Moscow City Hall

Revolution Square and Moscow City Hall in 2000

The former Moscow City Hall (Russian: Здание городской думы, lit.'City Duma building') is an ornate red-brick edifice situated immediately to the east of the State Historical Museum and notable in the history of architecture as a unique hybrid of the Russian Revival and Neo-Renaissance styles. During Soviet times it served as the Lenin Museum in Moscow.[1]

  1. ^ Semler, Helen Boldyreff (1989). Discovering Moscow. Equation. p. 110. ISBN 9781853360848. Moscow City Hall (Lenin Museum) The huge red-brick building in Revolution Square which now houses the Lenin Museum was formerly the home of the Moscow City Council, known as the Duma

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