Lubyanka

American  

[loo-byahng-kuh] / luˈbyɑŋ kə /

noun

1. a prison and secret-police headquarters in central Moscow.

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Etymology

Origin of Lubyanka

From the Russian word Lyubyánʾka, named after the adjacent street and square, now Dzerzhinsky Street and Square

Example Sentences

He was exiled to the archive in the bowels of the Lubyanka, Moscow’s infamous KGB headquarters.

From The Wall Street Journal

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 Literature

Rudolf Abel swore this sacred oath in Moscow’s Lubyanka building, headquarters of the Soviet Union’s secret intelligence agency, the KGB.

From Literature

The car drove directly to the Lubyanka prison.

From Literature

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