Rossiya Hotel | |
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General information | |
Type | Hotel |
Location | Moscow, Russia |
Opened | 1967 |
Demolished | 2006 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Dmitry Chechulin |
The Rossiya Hotel (Russian: Гостиница «Россия», romanized: Gostinitsa "Rossiya") was a hotel in Moscow and was the largest hotel in the world from 1967 to 1980.[1] Until its closure in 2006, it remained the second largest hotel in Europe, with 3,182 rooms.[2] Throughout its existence, the hotel welcomed about ten million guests, including more than two million foreigners. Famous hotel guests included Mikhail Gorbachev, George H. W. Bush and Mike Tyson.