Rebuilt Hotel Moscow
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Okhotni-Ryad, adjacent Kremlin.<br /><br /> Note its asymmetry.<br /><br /> The original building had been designed and constructed upon order of "The Boss", Stalin.<br /><br /> The architect had submitted two proposed-designs.<br /><br /> The Boss signed-off on both.<br /><br /> Thus the architect felt a severe dilemma, and fear for his life, should he submit the wrong design for construction.<br /><br /> So, the architect submitted both designs to be constructed together.<br /><br /> Hotel rebuilt early 21st century with the same exterior asymmetry.