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White House
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government building in Moscow
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Within Vinony's link graph, White House is referenced by 118 other articles, and connects out to Russia, 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt and Moscow.
The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark.
It sits within the topics 1981 establishments in Russia, Buildings and structures completed in 1981 and Buildings and structures in Moscow.
Its subject is documented across 37 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Former names
- House of Soviets of Russia
- Type
- Parliament
- Architectural style
- Soviet modernism
- Location
- Moscow , Russia
- Construction started
- 1965 ; 61 years ago ( 1965 )
- Completed
- 1981 ; 45 years ago ( 1981 )
- Height
- 119 m
- Architects
- Dmitry Chechulin , Pavel Shteller
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- architectural landmark
- Named after
- White House
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Presnensky District
- Official website
- www.government.gov.ru
- Image
- Дом правительства РФ.jpg
- Height
- 119
- Has use
- official residence
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- located on street
- Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment
- Commons category
- White house (Moscow)
- architect
- Pavel Shteller
- inception
- 1981-00-00
- native label
- Белый дом
- architectural style
- Soviet Modernist architecture
- different from
- White House (international)
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Encyclopedic overview
The White House (Russian: Белый дом, romanized: Belyy dom, IPA: [ˈbʲɛlɨj ˈdom]), officially the House of the Government of the Russian Federation (Russian: Дом Правительства Российской Федерации, romanized: Dom pravitelstva Rossiyskoi Federatsii), also known as the Russian White House and previously as the House of Soviets of Russia, is a government building in Moscow. It stands on the Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment. The building serves as the primary office of the government of Russia and is the official workplace of the prime minister.
It was built from 1965 to 1981 according to the design of architect Dmitry Chechulin to house the People's Control Committee and the Supreme Soviet of Russia. During the failed August 1991 coup attempt, the building became a center of resistance to the State Committee on the State of Emergency. The structure was badly damaged during the 1993 constitutional crisis and was subsequently repaired.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “White House” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.