Lubyanka
[ loo-byahng-kuh ]
/ luˈbyɑŋ kə /
noun
a prison and secret-police headquarters in central Moscow.
Origin of Lubyanka
From the Russian word
Lyubyánʾka, named after the adjacent street and square, now Dzerzhinsky Street and Square
Example sentences from the Web for lubyanka
We watch Babel beaten, just before his death, in “Lubyanka Prison, Moscow, 1940.”
Intriguing, Humorous, Even Poetic: Peter Orner’s New Story Collection |Joseph Peschel |August 13, 2013 |DAILY BEASTFollowing the superintendent of police and talking loudly the crowd went in the direction of the Lubyanka Street.
War and Peace |Leo Tolstoy