The Cosmos Hotel is located in north-central Moscow in a green zone on Mira Avenue. It is located next to the VDNKh exhibition center, close to Ostankino Telecom Tower, the

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and the "Sokolniki" Exhibition Complex.

Overview

The hotel complex was built to serve the

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held in Moscow in 1980. The building and the nearby monument "Conquerors of Space" were developed jointly by a team of Soviet and French architects: V. Andreev and T. Zaikin and B. Steiskal of Mosproekt 1; and O. Kakub, P. Jouglet, S. Epstein of France. Construction of buildings was a joint venture with French property company Sefri (today called Sefri Cime). The hotel, with 1,777 rooms, is the largest hotel in Russia. Cosmos Hotel, which is owned by

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, is located at Prospect Mira, 150 in Moscow. In 2024 the Cosmos Hotel Group took the 2nd place in the Forbes ranking of the largest hotel chains.

History

The opening ceremony took place on 18 July 1979 and was attended by prominent politicians, businessmen, and stars of the Soviet system. Special guest singer

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performed at the opening.

In popular culture

The Cosmos Hotel was a location in the Russian movie Day Watch. Footage of the Kosmos hotel was used in the

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documentary Russia 1985–1999: TraumaZone by

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. The running tap water was brown in colour.

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* Hotels in Moscow Tourist attractions in Moscow Hotel buildings completed in 1979 Hotels established in 1979 1979 establishments in the Soviet Union Hotels built in the Soviet Union Buildings and structures completed in 1979 {{Russia-hotel-stub