Verkhovna Rada building in the context of "Stalinist architecture"

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⭐ Core Definition: Verkhovna Rada building

The Verkhovna Rada building (Ukrainian: Будинок Верховної Ради, romanizedBudynok Verkhovnoi Rady) is located in the center of Kyiv, in the Pecherskyi District. The building is located at the Constitution Square.

It is the place where the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) meets for all regular and ceremonial sessions. The building was erected between 1936–38 during the reign of Joseph Stalin to a design by Volodymyr Zabolotnyi in the Socialist Classicalist architectural style. Zabolotny was awarded the State Prize for that project in 1940 and was appointed the chief architect of the city.

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Verkhovna Rada building in the context of Verkhovna Rada

The Verkhovna Rada (/vərˈkɒvnə ˈrɑːdə/ vər-KOV-nə RAH-də; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovna Rada building in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv.

The Verkhovna Rada developed out of the systems of the republican representative body known in the Soviet Union as the Supreme Soviet (Supreme Council), which was first established on 26 June 1938 as a type of legislature of the Ukrainian SSR after the dissolution of the Congress of Soviets of the Ukrainian SSR.

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Verkhovna Rada building in the context of Mariinskyi Palace

The Mariinskyi Palace (Ukrainian: Маріїнський палац, romanizedMariinskyi palats) is the official residence of the president of Ukraine. The Elizabethan baroque palace is sited on the right bank of the Dnipro River in Kyiv, Ukraine, adjoining the neo-classical building of the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine.

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