10 facts about GUM, the renowned store on the Red Square

The 'Glavny Universalny Magazin' ('Main Universal Store'), aka 'GUM', was the first store in Russia to introduce fixed prices, Vladimir Mayakovsky would write advertisements for it and there were even several plans to demolish it. Below are some interesting facts about the history of the country's leading department store.

1. It was built on the site of old Trading Rows