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 Ex-KGB Building by UjamaflipLeave a Comment Directions: metro Lubyanskaya
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 Former KGB Headquarters by John_P_LSU
There is a way to get in for a tour, but I was harassed by militzia (police) for merely taking a photo of the outside of the building. Jeez Ruskies... relax... the CIA has the plans for this building!! Leave a Comment Directions: Lubianka Metro Station.
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 Lubijanka by Sioma
there's a story that underground there are as much floors as you see outside...
there's also another story that, when there was the works to build metro, the tunnel had to turn around it, because it was forbidden to pass under the building.... Leave a Comment Directions: metro Lubyanskaya
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 by kris-t
The Lubyanka actually consists of three buildings. The main yellow building, which is often shown on television, predates the Revolution and was taken over by the Bolsheviks in 1918. Containing the Lubyanka prison, this building is now the headquarters of the Border Troops, and it also contains a single Federal Security Service (FSB) Directorate. The Federal Security Service headquarters building is the gray one to left side, No. 1/3. whose construction began under Andropov and was finished under Chebrikov. Since 1984 (when KGB chief Yuri Andropov became chairman of the Communist Party and decided to improve the KGB's public image) tourists have been able to visit a KGB museum in a gray stone building behind the Lubyanka. The upper floors are KGB offices, but the ground floors are used for conferences and a clubroom for retired KGB offices, featuring a disco, among other things. And since the Soviet collapse in 1991, Russia's intelligence agencies have tried to create an impression of openness, giving guided tours through the yellow Lubyanka. The new KGB Museum, which is open to the public, is housed in the Lubyanka building. Across the square from the Lubyanka is Dyetsky Mir (Children’s World), the largest children’s shop in the country. Leave a Comment
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 Lubyanka by don_kam
The FSB does not operate foreign spies like the KGB. Behind the building is the entrance to a four-room KGB museum. The museum is not open to casual callers but Patriarshy Dom occassionally takes groups there. Leave a Comment Directions: metro Lubyanskaya
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 New Year is coming by Pablos_new
You can see building of "Children's World" store. KGB building is on the right.
Photo by Sergei Karpenko Leave a Comment Directions: metro Lubyanskaya
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 At the KGB museum by hslowe
Since 1984, when the KGB started trying to improve its public image, tourists have been able to visit a KGB museum. And since the Soviet collapse in 1991, Russia's intelligence agencies have tried to create an impression of openness, giving guided tours through the yellow Lubyanka.
I did not tour the Lubyanka, but I did tour the KGB musuem. We found that it's open to group tours only, not individual tourists. It took about two and a half hours to see and was well worth the time. In fact, it was a highlight of my Moscow experience...especially since they bring out a real live FSB agent at the end to answer your questions. Leave a Comment Directions: metro Lubyanskaya
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 Lubyanka by hslowe
KGB directors from Beria to Andropov had their office on the third floor of this yellow building. The center of the square used to have a statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky, founder of the first communist secret police, the Cheka. However, the Dzerzhinsky statue came down in 1991.
Across the square from the Lubyanka is Dyetsky Mir (Children’s World), the largest children’s shop in the country. Leave a Comment Directions: metro Lubyanskaya
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 KGB Headquarters by Canadienne
It is still home to the Russian intelligence services today, but tours can be arranged through Patrirashy Dom (see website below), if you're in town at the right time. Leave a Comment
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