 Spaso House was expropriated by the new Soviet government.Spaso House served as a reception house for the All-Russia Central Executive Committee, then as a residence for Soviet diplomats, including Georgi Chicherin, the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs from 1918 to 1930, and Lev Karakhan, who was Chicherin's deputy.After 16 years of not recognizing the Soviet Union, the United States finally established diplomatic relations with Moscow in 1933.