Kremlin Presidium building

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The Kremlin Presidium building is a Soviet-era administrative structure within the Moscow Kremlin, erected in the 1920s–1930s as a government office complex after the demolition of historic monastic and religious buildings on the site.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet architecture
administrative building
government building
office building
accessControl guarded by Federal Protective Service of Russia
architecturalStyle Stalinist architecture
builtAfterDemolitionOf Ascension Convent
Chudov Monastery
Church of St. Catherine in the Kremlin
constructedInPeriod 1920s
1930s
country Russia
demolitionOfPredecessorsOrderedBy Soviet authorities
era Soviet era
hasAlternativeName Kremlin administrative building
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet building
hasFacadeColor light-colored stone cladding
hasFunction seat of Soviet government offices
hasStoreys multiple floors
hasTenant Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
Russian presidential administration offices
various Soviet state bodies
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow"
locatedIn Moscow
Russia
locatedOn Borovitsky Hill
location Moscow Kremlin
material brick
reinforced concrete
near Cathedral Square
Ivan the Great Bell Tower
Senate building
owner Office of the President of Russia
ownership Russian Federation
linked to: Russia
partOf Moscow Kremlin ensemble
linked to: Moscow Kremlin
partOfComplex Kremlin administrative buildings
politicalSignificance center of Soviet state administration
part of Russian federal executive complex
religiousPredecessorsDemolishedIn 1929
replaced historic monastic buildings
religious buildings
roofType flat roof
securityStatus restricted access
symbolizes Soviet secularization of Kremlin space
urbanContext historic core of Moscow
usedFor administrative functions
government offices

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Chudov Monastery, Moscow replacedBy Kremlin Presidium building
General Department of the CPSU Central Committee locatedIn CPSU Central Committee building in Moscow
linked to: Kremlin Presidium building
Ascension Convent, Moscow successorUseOfSite Kremlin administrative buildings
linked to: Kremlin Presidium building
Kremlin Presidium building hasAlternativeName Presidium of the Supreme Soviet building
linked to: Kremlin Presidium building
Kremlin Presidium building hasAlternativeName Kremlin administrative building
linked to: Kremlin Presidium building