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KGB Museum of Security Service on Lubyanka
12 ulitsa Bol. Lubyanka Metro: Lubyanka
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Russia
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“Muzei Federal'noi Sluzhby Bezopasnosti History Hall of the Federal Security Service” Wcities.com
“KGB Museum” Economist.com
“Mind the uniform” Boston.com / Boston Globe
“Introducing the Fabulous 50” Concierge.com / Condé Nast Traveler
“Spies like us” telegraph.co.uk / Telegraph Media Group
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“KGB Headquarters” VirtualTourist.com
“Former KGB Headquarters (now FSB)” VirtualTourist.com
“Lubyanka KGB...” VirtualTourist.com
“The LUBYANKA...the infamous...” VirtualTourist.com
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #18 of 201 attractions in Moscow
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Traveler Description: The official Museum of the KGB, housed in the Lubyanka - now the home of the FSB, Federal Security Service. You can only visit by prior arrangement.
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Attraction type: Specialty museum, Historic site, Museum
Address: 12 ulitsa Bol. Lubyanka
Metro: Lubyanka Moscow
Russia
Tel: (095) 299-6724

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“Hard to get into, but worth the effort”
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4 of 5 stars
Spyderwood   168 contributions
Washington DC, District of Columbia
Aug 27, 2008
1/2 found this review helpful

Tours of the KGB museum are by appointment only, and can only be arranged with certain tour guides. If you can locate a guide that can get you in, I recommend the tour, especially if you were alive during the Cold War and old enough to remember the propaganda, and want to see some of it from the Soviet perspective.... more

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KGB Museum of Security Service on Lubyanka Address

12 ulitsa Bol. Lubyanka | Metro: Lubyanka, Moscow, Russia
Tel: (095) 299-6724