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BUILDING 14 (THE PRESIDIUM) |

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Building 14 (The Presidium)

This administrative building constructed in the neoclassical style stands next to the Senate and the Spassky Gates. It was built on the site of two ancient cloisters demolished in 1929 - the Chudov (Miracle) Monastery and the Voznesensky (Ascension) Convent - as well as the Maly Nikolayevsky Palace. The building was erected in 1932-1934, using the design of architect I.I. Rerberg, to house the Military School of the All-Union Central Executive Committee. However, in 1938, the secretariat of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR moved into the building. Later it was reconstructed to become the Kremlin theater, which was closed in 1961 when it became clear that the hall was unsuited to accommodate large-scale entertainment. Up until 1991, sessions of the Supreme Soviet were held in the building.

At present the building houses some subdivisions of the Presidential Administration, such as the Press Service, the Protocol Service, the Foreign Policy Directorate and the Research Department. The President also has a second office there.

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