Moscow City Hall

This article is about the historic city hall in Russia. For the city hall of Moscow, Idaho, see Moscow, Idaho, City Hall.
This article is about the historic building. For current city duma, see Moscow City Duma. For the cancelled project, see City Hall and City Duma.
Revolution Square and Moscow City Hall in 2000

The former Moscow City Hall (Russian: Здание городской думы, lit. 'City Duma building') is an ornate red-brick edifice situated immediately to the east of the State Historical Museum and notable in the history of architecture as a unique hybrid of the Russian Revival and Neo-Renaissance styles. During Soviet times it served as the Lenin Museum in Moscow [ru].[1]

  1. ^ Semler, Helen Boldyreff (1989). Discovering Moscow. Equation. p. 110. ISBN 9781853360848. Moscow City Hall (Lenin Museum) The huge red-brick building in Revolution Square which now houses the Lenin Museum was formerly the home of the Moscow City Council, known as the Duma