White House (Moscow)

The House of the Government of the Russian Federation
Дом Правительства Российской Федерации
The building in 2016
Location in Moscow
Former names	House of Soviets of the RSFSR House of Soviets of the Russian Federation
General information
Type	Parliament
Architectural style	Soviet modernism
Town or city	Moscow
Country	Russia
Coordinates	55°45′18″N 37°34′23″E / 55.7549°N 37.5731°E / 55.7549; 37.5731
Construction started	1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Completed	1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Height	119 m
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Dmitry Chechulin, Pavel Shteller

The White House (Russian: Белый дом, romanized: Belyy dom, IPA: [ˈbʲɛlɨj ˈdom]; officially The House of the Government of the Russian Federation, Russian: Дом Правительства Российской Федерации, romanized: Dom pravitelstva Rossiyskoi Federatsii), also known as the Russian White House and previously known as the House of Soviets of Russia, is a government building in Moscow. It stands on the Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment. The building serves as the primary office of the government of Russia and is the official workplace of the Russian Prime Minister.

It was built from 1965 to 1981 according to the design of architect Dmitry Chechulin to house the People's Control Committee and the Supreme Soviet of Russia.^[1] During the August 1991 coup attempt, the building became a center of resistance to the State Committee on the State of Emergency. The structure was badly damaged during the 1993 constitutional crisis and was subsequently reconstructed.