Budynok Uryadu
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Budynok Uryadu literally the Government Building, is located in center of Kiev at Hrushevsky Street in the vicinity of Verkhovna Rada building
. It serves as the administrative building for the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
. From 1941 to 1954 the building was the tallest in Kiev
.
It was built in 1936-1938 by the design of an architect Ivan Fomin
and partially by an architect Pavlo Abrosymov. The main half-circled facade of the building is opened towards Hrushevsky Street. It is equally partitioned by tall columns (height 2.5 metres (8.2 ft)) of Corinthian order
, capital
s and bases of which are made out of cast iron
. The lower stories of the building are faced with big uncut blocks of a Tulchyn
labradorite
, while socle
and portal
s with a polished granite
. Alloy metal flagpoles and decorated gates were made in 1947.
The building at first was built on a demand of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD), while the government was supposed to be located in the building that today is occupied by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine at Mykhailov Square. However, when the plans of the construction of government center has changed and refused for it to be located in "High City" (Verkhne misto), for the government was given the recently finished building of NKVD, the Verkhovna Rada building became situated across from it, while the building of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine was redesigned out the building of the Kiev Military District
headquarters. All these institutions compactly moved to Lypky not accidentally. Budynok Uryadu, the National Bank of Ukraine, and Cabinet Ministers Club compose a shared court, under which as they say exists a former bunker of the Anti-Air Defense headquarter. Also there are rumors that using the underground tunnels one may end up there from the Verkhovna Rada building and the building of President's Secretariat.
Verkhovna Rada building
The Verkhovna Rada building is located in the center of the capital city of Ukraine Kiev, in the Pechersk Raion. It is the place where the Ukrainian parliament meets for all regular and ceremonial sessions...
. It serves as the administrative building for the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
The Cabinet of Ukraine is the highest body of state executive power in Ukraine also referred to as the Government of Ukraine...
. From 1941 to 1954 the building was the tallest in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
.
It was built in 1936-1938 by the design of an architect Ivan Fomin
Ivan Fomin
Ivan Aleksandrovich Fomin was a Russian architect and educator. He began his career in 1899 in Moscow, working in the Art Nouveau style. After relocating to Saint Petersburg in 1905, he became an established master of the Neoclassical Revival movement...
and partially by an architect Pavlo Abrosymov. The main half-circled facade of the building is opened towards Hrushevsky Street. It is equally partitioned by tall columns (height 2.5 metres (8.2 ft)) of Corinthian order
Corinthian order
The Corinthian order is one of the three principal classical orders of ancient Greek and Roman architecture. The other two are the Doric and Ionic. When classical architecture was revived during the Renaissance, two more orders were added to the canon, the Tuscan order and the Composite order...
, capital
Capital (architecture)
In architecture the capital forms the topmost member of a column . It mediates between the column and the load thrusting down upon it, broadening the area of the column's supporting surface...
s and bases of which are made out of cast iron
Cast iron
Cast iron is derived from pig iron, and while it usually refers to gray iron, it also identifies a large group of ferrous alloys which solidify with a eutectic. The color of a fractured surface can be used to identify an alloy. White cast iron is named after its white surface when fractured, due...
. The lower stories of the building are faced with big uncut blocks of a Tulchyn
Tulchyn
Tulchin , Latin Tulcinum, ) is a small city in the Vinnytsya Oblast of western Ukraine, former Podolia. It is the administrative center of the Tulchynsky Raion , and was the chief centre of the Southern Society of the Decembrists, Pavel Pestel was located there during planning of the rebellion...
labradorite
Labradorite
Labradorite , a feldspar mineral, is an intermediate to calcic member of the plagioclase series. It is usually defined as having "%An" between 50 and 70. The specific gravity ranges from 2.68 to 2.72. The streak is white, like most silicates. The refractive index ranges from 1.559 to 1.573....
, while socle
Socle (architecture)
In architecture, a socle is a short plinth used to support a pedestal, sculpture or column. In the field of archaeology, this term is used to refer to a wall base, frequently of stone, that supports the upper part of the wall, which is made of a different material, frequently mud brick...
and portal
Portal (architecture)
Portal is a general term describing an opening in the walls of a building, gate or fortification, and especially a grand entrance to an important structure. Doors, metal gates or portcullis in the opening can be used to control entry or exit. The surface surrounding the opening may be made of...
s with a polished granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
. Alloy metal flagpoles and decorated gates were made in 1947.
The building at first was built on a demand of the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD), while the government was supposed to be located in the building that today is occupied by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine at Mykhailov Square. However, when the plans of the construction of government center has changed and refused for it to be located in "High City" (Verkhne misto), for the government was given the recently finished building of NKVD, the Verkhovna Rada building became situated across from it, while the building of the Central Committee of the Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine was redesigned out the building of the Kiev Military District
Kiev Military District
The Kiev Military District was a Russian unit of military-administrative division of the Imperial Russian Army and subsequently of the Ukrainian Army, RKKA, and Soviet Armed Forces...
headquarters. All these institutions compactly moved to Lypky not accidentally. Budynok Uryadu, the National Bank of Ukraine, and Cabinet Ministers Club compose a shared court, under which as they say exists a former bunker of the Anti-Air Defense headquarter. Also there are rumors that using the underground tunnels one may end up there from the Verkhovna Rada building and the building of President's Secretariat.