It is situated on Frunzenskaya Embankment in Moscow, Russia.

The building was designed by Russian architect Lev Rudnev.

Ground was broken for construction in 1940, and the building was dedicated in 1952.

[1] The main building of the Russian Ministry of Defense is the General Staff building, built in the 1980s about three kilometres away near Arbatskaya Square.

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