The legendary Fur Palace in Leningrad became the place where the first fur auctions were held in the USSR. The main lots were white fox, marten, sable, mink, karakul. In the late 30s, a building in the style of Stalinist Neoclassicism appeared in Moskovsky Prospekt, 98 Leningrad. A Real Palace with columns and stucco. The citizens called it the Fur Palace.