General Staff Building (Moscow)

General Staff Building
Здание Генерального штаба
Headquarters of the Russian General Staff in Autumn 2009
Map
General information
StatusCompleted
LocationMoscow, Russia
AddressZnamenka 14/1, Moscow, Russia[1]
Current tenantsRussian General Staff
Construction started1979
Completed1987
OwnerRussian Defence Ministry
Technical details
Floor count8

The General Staff Building (Russian: Здание Генерального штаба, Zdanie General'nogo shtaba) is the headquarters of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, situated on Arbatskaya Square in Central Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia.

The building was designed by Mikhail Posokhin who was the main architect of Moscow (1960–1982), and built in 1979–1987.[2]

  1. ^ RF MOS website www.mil.ru accessed 20 December 2019.
  2. ^ И. Л. Бусева-Давыдова, М. В. Нащокина, М. И. Астафьева-Длугач (1997). Москва: Архитектурный путеводитель. Moscow: Стройиздат. p. 82. ISBN 5-274-01624-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)