House of Unions

Moscow


The green-columned House of Unions dates from the 1780s. Its ballroom, called the Hall of Columns, is famous as the location of one of Stalin’s most grotesque show trials: that of Nikolai Bukharin, a leading Communist Party theorist who had been a close associate of Lenin.

The House of Unions can only be accessed when they stage one of the infrequent concerts.


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