Lubyanka Building

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The Lubyanka Building is a historic Moscow structure infamous as the main Soviet-era security service complex, associated with political repression and state surveillance.

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Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf building
government building
headquarters
historical landmark
address Lubyanka Square, Moscow, Russia
architecturalStyle Neo-Baroque
Neoclassical
associatedWith Soviet secret police
political repression
state surveillance
city Moscow
contains interrogation rooms
offices
prison
coordinates 55.7606°N 37.6265°E
country Russia
Soviet Union
era Soviet era
formerName All-Russia Insurance Company building
function headquarters of Soviet security services
headquarters of the FSB
headquarters of the KGB
hasPart Lubyanka prison
heritageStatus cultural heritage monument in Moscow
inPopularCulture frequently referenced in Soviet dissident literature
symbol of totalitarian repression
locatedIn Moscow
Russia
locatedOn Lubyanka Square
material yellow brick
notableFor role in Stalinist purges
symbol of Soviet state security
use as a political prison
ownedBy Government of Russia
region Central Administrative Okrug of Moscow
securityServiceHeadquartersFor Cheka
FSB
KGB
NKVD
significance iconic symbol of Soviet security apparatus
key site of Soviet political policing
usedBy Cheka
FSB
GPU
KGB
MGB
NKVD
OGPU

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
FSB
KGB
headquartersBuilding
Lubyanka Building ("Lubyanka prison")
hasPart
KGB ("Lubyanka Square")
locatedIn

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