White House (Russian government building)

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The White House in Moscow is a prominent Russian government building that has served as the seat of the Russian government and was a focal point during the 1991 coup attempt and the 1993 constitutional crisis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government building
office building
seat of government
alsoKnownAs Дом Правительства Российской Федерации
surface form: House of the Government of the Russian Federation

Russian White House
architect Dmitry Chechulin
Pavel Shteller
architecturalStyle Soviet modernism
Stalinist architecture
constructionStartDate 1965
coordinates 55.7575°N 37.5831°E
country Russia
damagedIn 1993 Russian constitutional crisis
damageType shelling and fire damage
formerlyKnownAs Дом Советов РСФСР
surface form: House of Soviets of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
function seat of the Government of the Russian Federation
hasImage image of the White House in Moscow on the Moskva River embankment
hasPart central tower
colonnaded main entrance
flagpole with Russian flag
two side wings
height 119 m
heritageStatus landmark of Moscow
inaugurationDate 1981
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Central Administrative Okrug
Presnensky District
locatedOn Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment
Moskva River
location Moscow
maintainedBy Government of the Russian Federation
nativeName Дом Правительства Российской Федерации
nativeNameLanguage ru
numberOfFloorsAboveGround 20
occupant Apparatus of the Government of the Russian Federation
Government of the Russian Federation
surface form: Government of Russia

Prime Minister of Russia
ownedBy Russia
surface form: Russian Federation
politicalSignificance symbol of Russian executive power
symbol of post-Soviet political conflicts
proximityTo Krasnopresnenskaya metro station
World Trade Center Moscow
roleInEvent center of resistance to the 1991 coup attempt
stronghold of the Russian parliament during the 1993 crisis
security protected by Federal Protective Service of Russia
significantEvent August 1991 Soviet coup attempt
surface form: 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt

1993 Russian constitutional crisis
usedFor cabinet meetings
government offices
official receptions

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Congress of People’s Deputies of the Russian SFSR meetingPlace White House (Russian government building)