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The Embassy of the Republic of Finland in Moscow is the chief diplomatic mission of Finland in the Russian Federation. It is located at 15-17 Kropotkinsky Lane (Russian: Кропоткинский пер., 15/17) in the Khamovniki District of Moscow.[1]

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The current building of the embassy has been in use since December 6th, 1948; Finland's independence day. It is the first building that Finland built specifically as a diplomatic mission. It was also the first foreign mission to be built in the Soviet capital of Moscow[2] and it remains one of the few functionalist buildings in the city.

The building’s large balcony is called "Paasikiven komentosilta"; "The command bridge of Paasikivi". Inside, in the decorative hall between the dining hall and the great hall, there are two paintings by Ilya Repin and gilded furniture from the beginning of the 20th century. According to legend, the furniture originates from the minister-secretary of state’s residence during the Grand Duchy of Finland. The great hall features modern furniture and the dining hall has furniture designed by Elli Ruuth.[2]

When the building was completed, the staff lived in the embassy area. During the Winter War, the building was vacant and under Swedish surveillance. Swedish diplomats lived in the building during the Continuation War. U.S. diplomat George F. Kennan moved in once the war was over.[2]

There were allotments, as well as chickens and pigs, in the embassy yard from the late 1940s until the 1960s, when apartments for the staff began to be rented from elsewhere in the city.[2]

The construction for the additional building for the embassy began once the Soviet Union dissolved and was completed in 1996.[2]

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