President Hotel (Moscow)
Hotel President is a four-star hotel complex in Moscow at Bolszaja Yakimanka St. 24. It consists of 206 rooms. The facility is equipped with a complex of 20 conference rooms, cinema/theatre, swimming pool, and medical point.
History
Built in 1983 by the company Mosstroy No. 16 of the Glavmospromstroy union, now Mospromstrоy, on the order of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The hotel was opened under the name "Oktyabrskaya".Since 1992, it has been operated under the name of Hotel President by the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation.
In the years 1983–1992, the facility was secret, outside the hotel did not have any signboard, access was only to accommodated guests, party and government leadership and senior CPSU officials. The cost of the stay was covered by the Central Committee of the CPSU. Separate rooms in the building were used by the Secretary General of the Central Committee of the CPSU, currently the President of Russia, and the security services.
A fallout shelter for 350 people was built in the hotel.