Building of Council of Labor and Defense

Building of Council of Labor and Defense
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General information
LocationTverskoy District, Moscow, Russia
Address1 Okhotny Ryad
Coordinates55°45′28″N 37°36′57″E / 55.75778°N 37.61583°E / 55.75778; 37.61583
Current tenantsState Duma of the Russian Federation
Construction started1932
Opened1935
Design and construction
Architect(s)Arkady Langman
Website
duma.gov.ru

The building of Council of Labor and Defense (Russian: Здание Совета труда и обороны, romanizedZdaniye Soveta truda i oborony) is a state building located on Okhotny Ryad Street in central Moscow, Russia, 250 meters north of the Kremlin. Since 1994 it serves as the meeting place of the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament. It is alternatively known as State Duma building (Russian: Здание Государственной думы) or the Okhotny Ryad building (Russian: здание на Охотном Ряду). It has a regional-level cultural heritage status.[1]

  1. ^ "Здание Совета Труда и Обороны, 1932—1936 гг., архитектор А. Я. Лангман" (in Russian). Department of Cultural Heritage of the City of Moscow. Archived from the original on 2021-10-04. Retrieved 2020-02-17.