Lubyanka
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Lubyanka
From the Russian word Lyubyánʾka, named after the adjacent street and square, now Dzerzhinsky Street and Square
Example Sentences
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He was exiled to the archive in the bowels of the Lubyanka, Moscow’s infamous KGB headquarters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026
After a handover at the same Vienna apartment, Marsalek wrote in a message that the device was successfully transported to the Lubyanka — where the FSB has its headquarters in Moscow — according to prosecutors.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2024
Patrushev moved to Moscow two years ahead of Putin, serving in senior positions in the FSB’s Lubyanka headquarters in the 1990s.
From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2022
Images provided by Maxar show armoured units manoeuvring in and through towns close to Antonov airport northwest of Kyiv, while other elements further north had repositioned near Lubyanka with towed artillery howitzers in firing positions.
From Reuters • Mar. 11, 2022
Marti Peterson during her filmed interrogation at Lubyanka Prison, with the contents of the dead-drop package laid out on the table.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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