 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Dhizaini yekupedzisira naIofan, Vladimir Shchuko naVladimir Helfreich yakafungidzirwa muna 19331934 uye yakatora chimiro chayo chekupedzisira muna 1937. Murwi wakatsvikinyidzana wamasirinda ane mabhanhire akapfekedzwa korona nechifananidzo chaVladimir Lenin wakabatanidza Art Deco namapesvedzero echiNeoclassical netekinoroji yazvino yeAmerican skyscraper. Basa panzvimbo yacho rakatanga muna 1933; nheyo dzakapedzwa muna January 1939. Kupinda kweGermany muna June 1941akagumisa basa racho. Mainjiniya navashandi vakachinjirwa kumapurojekiti ezvidziviriro kana kumanikidzirwa muuto; simbi yesimbi yakaiswa yakabviswa muna 1942 nokuda kwezvisimbiso nemabhiriji. 