Lubyanka (Russian: Лубянка, IPA: [lʊˈbʲankə]) is the popular name for the building which contains the headquarters of the FSB on Lubyanka Square [1] in the Meshchansky District of Moscow, Russia.

2014年2月11日 · Home first to the Soviet and then the Russian security agencies, in the 20th century, the Lubyanka square became synonymous with executions, violence and torture. But more than a century before...

2021年6月15日 · The Lubyanka, perhaps the most infamous building in Russia, was originally established in 1898 as the All-Russia Insurance Company’s headquarters. It was then nationalized following the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 and converted to house the Cheka, the Soviet Union’s secret police.

Lubyanka Square is best known for the monumental Lubyanka Building, designed by Aleksandr V. Ivanov and constructed from 1897 to 1898. Originally built for the insurance company Rossiya, it later became better known for housing the headquarters of the KGB in its various incarnations.

2024年9月30日 · Discover the grim history of the Lubyanka Building, the infamous KGB headquarters in Moscow, where Soviet dissidents, spies, and political prisoners faced imprisonment, interrogation, and terror during Stalin’s reign and beyond.

The Lubyanka (Russian: Лубя́нка, IPA: [lʊˈbʲankə]) is the headquarters of the FSB and a prison on Lubyanka Square in Moscow. It was previously the national headquarters of the KGB; Soviet hammers and sickles can be seen on the building's façade. Lubyanka was built on the spot where Catherine the Great had once headquartered her secret police. [1] .

2009年8月20日 · Lubyanka was the heart of darkness of the old USSR, the fabled headquarters of the KGB and home of an infamous jail where spies, political dissidents, and various enemies of the State were...

Lubyanka may refer to: Lubyanka Square , Moscow Lubyanka Building , former KGB headquarters at Lubyanka Square, Moscow, and the Lubyanka Prison within; metonymically, "Lubyanka" may also refer to Soviet and Russian secret services (NKVD, KGB, FSB, etc.)

And since the Soviet collapse in 1991, Russia's intelligence agencies have tried to create an impression of openness, giving guided tours through the yellow Lubyanka. The new KGB Museum, which is open to the public, is housed in the Lubyanka building.

Colloquially referred to as Lubyanka, the historic national headquarters of the KGB is presently occupied by the Federal Security Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation. The large Neo-Baroque building was designed by Alexander V. Ivanov in 1897.