Lubyanka Square
 FSB headquarters and Central Children's Store in Lubyanka Square | |
| Native name | Лубянская площадь (Russian) |
|---|---|
| Location | Moscow Central Administrative Okrug Tverskoy District |
| Postal code | 101000 |
| Nearest metro station |  Lubyanka |
| Coordinates | 55°45′34″N 37°37′37″E / 55.75944°N 37.62694°E |
Lubyanskaya Square (
Name
The square was renamed Dzerzhinsky Square for many years (1926–1990) in honor of the founder of the Soviet security service Felix Dzerzhinsky.
Square center
A fountain used to stand in front of the building, at the center of the Lubyanka Square. In 1958, the fountain at the center of the Lubyanka Square was replaced by an 11-ton statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky ("Iron Felix"), founder of the Cheka, made by Yevgeny Vuchetich.[1]
On October 30, 1990, the
Lubyanka Building
Lubyanka Square is best known for the monumental
Detsky Mir
Opposite the FSB building stands the massive Central Children's Store, known by its historical name of Detsky Mir (Russian: Де́тский мир, "Children World"), Europe's largest children's store, built between 1953 and 1957,[2] and fully restored in 2014. It hosts in its main atrium the world's largest mechanical clock movement: Raketa Monumental.[3][4][5]
Metro
The
Gallery
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Lubyanka Square in the early 1900s -
Dzerzhinsky Square in 1966, with the statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky -
KGB building in 1983 -
The Solovetsky Stone monument -
A less common view
References
- ^ RIR; Romendik, Dmitriy (2014-02-11). "The dark history of Lubyanka". www.rbth.com. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- ISBN 978-1-85828-700-3.
- ^ Weaver, Courtney (26 March 2015). "Do not advertise a past dark with pain". The Financial Times. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ Ilya Khrennikov (31 March 2015). "Hamleys Moscow Store Transcends Toy Retailer's London Flagship". Bloomberg. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ "Механические часы В ЦДМ на Лубянке производства ПЧЗ "Ракета" - Русские часы: Ракета / Russian Watches: Raketa". Raketa.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
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