Sovietsky Hotel Explained

Hotel Name:Sovietsky
Location:Moscow, Russia
Address:Leningradsky Ave, 32/2
Coordinates:55.785°N 37.5693°W
Opening Date:1952
Number Of Rooms:100+
Number Of Restaurants:Yar

The Sovietsky Hotel is a historic Soviet-styled hotel built in 1952 and located in Moscow on Leningradsky Prospect.[1]

History

Sovietsky was built on Stalin's orders and opened in 1952. The architecture is based on Russian traditionalism and Soviet era styles. Yar, founded in 1826, one of the highest rated restaurants in Russia at the time, is located in Sovietsky Hotel after the hotel opened.[2]

The hotel was often used to accommodate foreign diplomats and contains numerous hidden rooms used for spying.

In 2006, there were plans to rebrand the hotel as Ivanka Hotel after Ivanka Trump.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Simon Richmond. Russia europea. 2009. EDT srl. 978-88-6040-459-6. 209–.
  2. Book: Caroline Brooke. Moscow: A Cultural History. 2006. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-530952-2. 192–.
  3. Web site: Trump Tower Moscow? It Was the End of a Long, Failed Push to Invest in Russia. Cullison . Alan. Forrest . Brett. WSJ. 29 November 2018. 26 June 2019.