The Government House () is a building in

Chișinău Chișinău ( , , ; formerly known as Kishinev) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Moldova, largest city of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial centre, and is located in the middle of the coun ...

of the

Government of Moldova The government of Moldova () is the government of the Republic of Moldova. It is housed in the Government House at the Great National Assembly Square in Chișinău Chișinău ( , , ; formerly known as Kishinev) is the Capital city, cap ...

located on Great National Assembly Square and Stefan cel Mare Avenue. It was designed by Semyon Fridlin in 1964 on Victory Square (now PMAN) and along Lenin Avenue (now Stefan cel Mare Avenue). It used to be the headquarters of the Council of Ministers of the

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. The building is a 6-storey reinforced concrete structure, lined with white stone, made in the shape of a letter Russian letter ''П'' (translated to ''P'' in English). Above the main entrance to the building is the inscription "The Government of the Republic of Moldova", as well as the

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and the flag of Moldova. In 2010, the Monument to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation was opened right in front of the building.

Gallery

File:Former Chisinau (1980). (13887566091).jpg, A parade in front of the building in 1980 File:Stonememory to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation.jpg, The Monument to the Victims of the Soviet Occupation File:Flag on the Government Building of Moldova - Flickr - Dave Proffer (5).jpg, The

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and Moldovan coat of arms on the building File:Lenin,_Brezhnev,_Bodiul_etc._(1976)._(14241235186).jpg, The Soviet and Moldovan political leadership on a grandstand in front of government house, but with

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during a ceremony in 1976 in

(then Kishinev)

References

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