KGB headquarters

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf building
gptkbp:accessibility public tours available
gptkbp:architect gptkb:Vladimir_Shchuko
gptkbp:architecturalStyle gptkb:Stalinist_architecture
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:colors red
gptkbp:constructionMaterial brick
gptkbp:culturalImpact in literature
in video games
in films
gptkbp:currentUse gptkb:FSB_headquarters
gptkbp:dissolved 1991
gptkbp:establishedIn 1930
gptkbp:features gptkb:Lubyanka_Square
gptkbp:floors 7 floors
gptkbp:height approximately 100 meters
gptkbp:historicalRole intelligence gathering
state security
political police
gptkbp:historicalSignificance gptkb:Cold_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label KGB headquarters
gptkbp:knownFor espionage
political repression
counterintelligence
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Moscow
gptkbp:notableEvent arrests
surveillance operations
interrogations
gptkbp:notableFeature Cold War espionage
assassinations
political purges
surveillance of dissidents
defections
dissident crackdowns
spying scandals
espionage_cases
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Yuri_Andropov
gptkb:Vladimir_Putin
Felix Dzerzhinsky
gptkbp:previousName gptkb:Lubyanka_Building
gptkbp:renovated multiple renovations
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:FSB_headquarters
gptkbp:security high security
surveillance cameras
armed guards
gptkbp:servedIn intelligence agency headquarters
gptkbp:surroundingArea gptkb:Lubyanka_Square
gptkbp:symbolism gptkb:Soviet_power
gptkbp:touristAttraction yes