Headquarters of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON), in Moscow, and flags of its members: Bulgaria, Cuba, Romania, Hungary, Mongolia, Soviet Union, Germany (Berlin), Poland and Czechoslovakia
Lomonosov Moscow State University: It was founded in 1755, on the initiative of Mihail Vasilevič Lomonosov, an outstanding scientist of the enlightenment. Its main building (1949-1953) is the tallest of seven Moscow skyscrapers in the Stalinist architectural style, and consists of the central tower, followed by its two 18-storey high lateral wings that slope down to the arms of 8 stories each.
The State Academic Bolshoi Theatre was founded in 1776. The company acquired the Petrovka Theatre in 1780, which was destroyed by fire in 1805 . A new building was projected by Andrej Mihajlov and Osip Bove, and completed in 1825. It was a monumental complex with a strong eight-column portico, and a copper Apollo statue above the front. Fired again in 1853, it was rebuilt by Alberto Cavos in 1856.
