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
The statue at the SVR looks remarkably similar to the one that once stood on Lubyanka Square.
From Reuters • Sep. 11, 2023
Ms. Tkachenko was 12 in 1986 when she spotted a glow at the Chernobyl power plant from her home in the village of Lubyanka, about 20 miles away.
From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2022
A group of military officers and men in business suits sat with the American prisoner at a long table in the KGB’s Lubyanka prison.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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