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Lubyanka
[ loo-byahng-kuh ]
noun
- a prison and secret-police headquarters in central Moscow.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Lubyanka1
From the Russian word Lyubyánʾka, named after the adjacent street and square, now Dzerzhinsky Street and Square
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Example Sentences
We watch Babel beaten, just before his death, in “Lubyanka Prison, Moscow, 1940.”
From The Daily Beast
Following the superintendent of police and talking loudly the crowd went in the direction of the Lubyanka Street.
From Project Gutenberg
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