The Cosmos Hotel is located in north-central Moscow in a green zone on Mira Avenue.

The building and the nearby monument "Conquerors of Space" were developed jointly by a team of Soviet and French architects: V. Andreev and T. Zaikin and B. Steiskal of Mosproekt 1; and O. Kakub, P. Jouglet, S. Epstein of France.

[3] Cosmos Hotel, which is owned by Sistema, is located at Prospect Mira, 150 in Moscow.

[5] The opening ceremony took place on 18 July 1979 and was attended by prominent politicians, businessmen, and stars of the Soviet system.

Footage of the Kosmos hotel was used in the BBC documentary Russia 1985–1999: TraumaZone by Adam Curtis.