 In 1913 a branch was founded in Poland and became a publicly traded company – the Western Bank ("Bank Zachodni") in Poland).The Wawelbergs later lost control of it due to Russian Bolshevik-induced turmoil.In 1910 the St. Petersburg Commercial Bank purchased a building with a lot underneath it in one most prestigious locations, at the corner of Nevsky Prospekt and aristocratic "Malaia Morskaia ulitsa" (7 and 9 "Nevsky Prospekt").