White House (Russian government building)

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The White House in Moscow is a prominent Russian government building that has served as the seat of the Russian government and was a focal point during the 1991 coup attempt and the 1993 constitutional crisis.

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White House (Russian government building) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government building ⓘ
office building ⓘ
seat of government ⓘ
alsoKnownAs House of the Government of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Russian White House ⓘ
architect Dmitry Chechulin ⓘ
Pavel Shteller ⓘ
architecturalStyle Soviet modernism ⓘ
Stalinist architecture ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1965 ⓘ
coordinates 55.7575°N 37.5831°E ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
damagedIn 1993 Russian constitutional crisis ⓘ
damageType shelling and fire damage ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs House of Soviets of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
function seat of the Government of the Russian Federation ⓘ
hasImage image of the White House in Moscow on the Moskva River embankment ⓘ
hasPart central tower ⓘ
colonnaded main entrance ⓘ
flagpole with Russian flag ⓘ
two side wings ⓘ
height 119 m ⓘ
heritageStatus landmark of Moscow ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1981 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Central Administrative Okrug ⓘ
Presnensky District ⓘ
locatedOn Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment ⓘ
Moskva River ⓘ
location Moscow ⓘ
maintainedBy Government of the Russian Federation ⓘ
nativeName Дом Правительства Российской Федерации ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage ru ⓘ
numberOfFloorsAboveGround 20 ⓘ
occupant Apparatus of the Government of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Government of Russia ⓘ
Prime Minister of Russia ⓘ
ownedBy Russian Federation ⓘ
linked to: Russia
politicalSignificance symbol of Russian executive power ⓘ
symbol of post-Soviet political conflicts ⓘ
proximityTo Krasnopresnenskaya metro station ⓘ
World Trade Center Moscow ⓘ
roleInEvent center of resistance to the 1991 coup attempt ⓘ
stronghold of the Russian parliament during the 1993 crisis ⓘ
security protected by Federal Protective Service of Russia ⓘ
significantEvent 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt ⓘ
1993 Russian constitutional crisis ⓘ
usedFor cabinet meetings ⓘ
government offices ⓘ
official receptions ⓘ

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Congress of People’s Deputies of the Russian SFSR → meetingPlace → White House (Russian government building) ⓘ