# Moscow Building

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moscow-building/778344>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 27, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moscow-building/778344 "2017-01-27T22:07:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Potestas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@Potestas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potestas)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moscow-building/778344/1 "2017-01-27T22:07:18Z")

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[![](https://micras.org/wiki/images/0/08/Mos1.jpg) ](https://micras.org/wiki/images/0/08/Mos1.jpg)

What is the prominent building with the star in the background of this photograph taken during 1950s Moscow?

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moscow-building/778344/2 "2017-01-27T22:28:09Z")

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Looks like a bell tower–googling _bell tower moscow_ comes up with [the bell tower of Novospassky monastery](https://www.google.com/search?q=bell+tower+of+Novospassky+monastery&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjB3rPirePRAhXjQZoKHdDlAzcQ_AUICSgC&biw=1056&bih=518), which [looks damned similar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novospassky_Monastery). (I’m not seeing what you are calling a star, though.)[URL=“[https://www.google.com/search?q=bell+tower+of+Novospassky+monastery&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjB3rPirePRAhXjQZoKHdDlAzcQ\_AUICSgC&biw=1056&bih=518](https://www.google.com/search?q=bell+tower+of+Novospassky+monastery&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjB3rPirePRAhXjQZoKHdDlAzcQ_AUICSgC&biw=1056&bih=518)”]

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**Author:** ![ctrod22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@ctrod22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctrod22)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moscow-building/778344/3 "2017-01-27T22:36:44Z")

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I don’t know anything about Moscow but is it this building next to the monastery?

https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=%213m2%212sen%214v0%216m8%211m7%211sBRi75z3iPC9Rzqcj7q6nmA%212m2%211d55.7300892%212d37.6583217%213f322.95%214f9.302%215f0.75

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moscow-building/778344/4 "2017-01-27T22:36:57Z")

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It’s the [Novospassky Monastery.](http://openbuildings.com/buildings/novospassky-monastery-profile-24467)

ETA: Damn, beaten to the punch. Twice.

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**Author:** ![Potestas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@Potestas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potestas)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moscow-building/778344/5 "2017-01-27T22:37:09Z")

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I do believe you’ve got it! Thanks 😃