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Page 353
... building , and warehouses . Many of the old buildings near the river , however , were demolished in the 1960s to make room for the huge Rossiya Hotel . Along the northern front of the hotel is a row of preserved buildings , including ...
... building , and warehouses . Many of the old buildings near the river , however , were demolished in the 1960s to make room for the huge Rossiya Hotel . Along the northern front of the hotel is a row of preserved buildings , including ...
Page 354
... buildings , linked at street and second - floor levels by a shopping mall . At its outer end rises a lofty , three - winged building overlooking the river that for many years housed offices of Comecon ( Council for Mutual Economic ...
... buildings , linked at street and second - floor levels by a shopping mall . At its outer end rises a lofty , three - winged building overlooking the river that for many years housed offices of Comecon ( Council for Mutual Economic ...
Page 357
... buildings of various ministries and government departments are scattered fairly widely over the inner city . The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in a skyscraper of the Stalin period on the Garden Ring . Several ministries are housed in ...
... buildings of various ministries and government departments are scattered fairly widely over the inner city . The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in a skyscraper of the Stalin period on the Garden Ring . Several ministries are housed in ...
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