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Petrograd City Credit Society
Read more...One of the first and largest Russian building societies, the Petrograd City Credit Society was founded in 1861. Over the half-century of its history, it lent mortgages to the tune of more than six-hu...
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St Petersburg Provincial Credit Society
Read more...The St Petersburg Provincial Credit Society was founded in 1907. It offered local citizens mortgages for the purchase of houses and plots of land within the bounds of St Petersburg Province. In 1909,...
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Assignation Bank
Read more...The Assignation Bank was built by Giacomo Quarenghi (1783–90s) following the Senate decree of 1 February 1769 on the formation of commercial banks in Russia.
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