Bolshoy Dom

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  • Address
    Liteyny pr 4, Liteyny
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  • Transport
    underground rail: Chernyshevskaya

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Noi Trotsky's monolithic design for the local KGB headquarters (and current Interior Ministry headquarters) is referred to by everyone as the 'Bolshoy Dom' or 'Big House'. It's a fierce-looking block of granite built in 1932 in the late-constructivist style and was once a byword for fear among the people of the city: most people who were taken here during the purges were never heard of again. Employees who have worked here include former president Vladimir Putin during his days as a KGB man.