Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia main building

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Seven Sisters skyscraper Stalinist high-rise government building headquarters building skyscraper

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia main building is a prominent Stalinist skyscraper in Moscow, serving as the headquarters of Russia’s foreign ministry and one of the city’s iconic “Seven Sisters” high-rises.

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Label Occurrences
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia building 2
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia main building canonical 2
Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Moscow 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Seven Sisters skyscraper ⓘ
Stalinist high-rise ⓘ
government building ⓘ
headquarters building ⓘ
skyscraper ⓘ
architect Mikhail Minkus ⓘ
Vladimir Gelfreikh ⓘ
architecturalStyle Soviet neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Stalinist architecture ⓘ
builtDuring Stalin era ⓘ
builtFor Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR
city Moscow ⓘ
completionDate 1953 ⓘ
coordinates 55.747°N 37.583°E ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
currentTenant Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation ⓘ
developer Soviet government ⓘ
floorCount 27 ⓘ
function headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia ⓘ
hasFeature central tower with flanking wings ⓘ
ornate spire-like crown ⓘ
stepped silhouette ⓘ
height approximately 172 m ⓘ
locatedIn Arbat District ⓘ
Moscow ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Smolenskaya-Sennaya Square ⓘ
surface form: Smolenskaya Square
location Moscow ⓘ
material reinforced concrete ⓘ
steel frame ⓘ
stone cladding ⓘ
notableFor Stalinist skyscraper design ⓘ
prominent role in Moscow skyline ⓘ
oneOf Seven Sisters (Moscow skyscrapers) ⓘ
surface form: Seven Sisters skyscrapers in Moscow
opened 1953 ⓘ
partOf Seven Sisters (Moscow skyscrapers) ⓘ
surface form: Seven Sisters (Moscow)
roofFeature large Soviet coat of arms relief ⓘ
startDate 1948 ⓘ
styleCharacteristic monumental vertical emphasis ⓘ
rich façade ornamentation ⓘ
symmetrical composition ⓘ
symbolOf Russian diplomacy ⓘ
Soviet power ⓘ
usedBy Russian diplomatic service ⓘ
usedFor administrative functions ⓘ
diplomatic meetings ⓘ
offices ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia main building
Description of subject: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia main building is a prominent Stalinist skyscraper in Moscow, serving as the headquarters of Russia’s foreign ministry and one of the city’s iconic “Seven Sisters” high-rises.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union → locatedInBuilding → Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia main building ⓘ
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation → buildingName → Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia main building ⓘ
Seven Sisters (Moscow skyscrapers) → hasPart → Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia main building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia building
MFA of the USSR → building → Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia main building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia building on Smolenskaya-Sennaya Square
Stalinist architecture → majorExample → Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia main building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Moscow
Old Arbat Street → hasNearbyLandmark → Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia main building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia building
Smolenskaya-Sennaya Square 32/34, Moscow → use → Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia main building ⓘ
this entity surface form: headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation