Main Building of the Ministry of Defense (Russia)
Main Building of the Ministry of Defense | |
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Здание Минобороны России | |
General information | |
Status | Complete |
Location | Moscow, Russia |
Address | Znamenka 19, Moscow, Russia[1] |
Construction started | 1940 |
Completed | 1951 |
Renovated | 1979–1988 |
Owner | Russian Defense Ministry |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 8 |
The Main Building of the Russian Defense Ministry is the headquarters of the Russian Ministry of Defense, located in Moscow, Russia.
The building was designed by Russian architect Lev Rudnev and was renovated by who was the main architect of Moscow (1960–1982). Ground was broken for construction in 1940, and the building was dedicated in 1952.
The main ministry building, built in the 1940s and renovated in the 1980s, is located on Arbatskaya Square, near Arbat Street. Other buildings of the ministry are located throughout the city of Moscow. The high supreme body that responsible for the Ministry's management and supervision of the Armed Forces is The National Defense Management Center (Национальный центр управления обороной РФ) which is located in Frunze Naberezhnaya and responsible for centralization of the Armed Forces' command.
The building has eight floors. The walls are decorated with marble, Ural stones: serpentine and granite.
See also[]
- Lobanov-Rostovsky Palace, Czarist equivalent
- General Staff Building (Saint Petersburg)
References[]
Notes
- ^ RF MOS website www.mil.ru accessed 9 August 2012.
External links[]
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- Ministry of Defence (Russia)
- Government buildings in Russia
- Government buildings completed in 1979
- Military of Russia
- Arbat District