All-Russia Insurance Company building

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The All-Russia Insurance Company building is a historic Moscow structure best known today as the Lubyanka Building, long associated with Soviet and Russian security services.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf building
cultural heritage monument of regional significance in Moscow
government building
headquarters
office building
alsoKnownAs Lubyanka Building
surface form: Lubyanka

Lubyanka Building
architect Aleksandr V. Ivanov
Alexey Shchusev
surface form: Aleksey Shchusev
architecturalStyle Eclecticism
Neoclassical architecture
Stalinist architecture
associatedWith Russian state security
Soviet state security
city Moscow
constructionStart 1890s
coordinates 55.758°N 37.626°E
country Russia
currentOwner Government of the Russian Federation
currentUse headquarters of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation
formerUse headquarters of the All-Russia Insurance Company
headquarters of the Cheka
headquarters of the KGB
headquarters of the MGB
headquarters of the NKVD
headquarters of the OGPU
hasFacadeColor brown
yellow
hasPart Lubyanka Building
surface form: Lubyanka prison
heritageStatus object of cultural heritage of Russia
inaugurationDate 1900s
locatedIn Moscow
Tverskoy District, Moscow
surface form: Tverskoy District
locatedNear Kitay-gorod
Lubyanka metro station
surface form: Lubyanka Metro station

Nikolskaya Street
locatedOn Lubyanka Square, Moscow
surface form: Lubyanka Square
material brick
stone
notableFor association with political repression in the Soviet Union
role as symbol of Soviet secret police
numberOfFloors 6
originalClient All-Russia Insurance Company
region Moscow Oblast (de facto city of federal significance Moscow)
roofMaterial metal
significantReconstruction 1940
1947
streetAddress Lubyanka Square, Moscow
surface form: Lubyanka Square 2

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Lubyanka Building formerName All-Russia Insurance Company building