Some more facts about Hotel Rossiya:

Began operating in January 1967. It’s composed of 3 - 12-story buildings with one rising 21 stories high and houses 2700 hotel suites. Besides hotel rooms, also house the Rossiya concert hall, a movie theater, and several restaurants and nightclubs Its huge bulk also breaks up a very historical part of Moscow, obscuring small churches and buildings.


At 240,000-square-meter Rossiya, located on a 13-hectare site just 100 meters from the Kremlin, is 100 percent owned by the City of Moscow.

Built in 1967 in order to accommodate the delegates of Communist Party congresses, the glass and concrete structure consists of three 12-story buildings and one 21-story building, which, besides hotel rooms, also house the Rossiya concert hall, a movie theater, and several restaurants and nightclubs.

Also here is a link to the original story on the implosion of the building "no one" knew about: http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles...demolition.htm

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