| Hotel Cosmos | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Hotel |
| Location | Moscow,Russia |
| Address | 129366, Moscow, Prospect Mira, 150 |
| Town or city | Moscow |
| Country | Russia |
| Coordinates | 55°49′20″N37°38′50″E / 55.82222°N 37.64722°E /55.82222; 37.64722 |
| Completed | 1979 |
| Opened | 1979 |
| Height | |
| Top floor | 25 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 25 |
| Floor area | 106,113 sq.m. |
| Website | |
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TheCosmos Hotel is located in north-central Moscow in a green zone onMira Avenue. It is located next to theVDNKh exhibition center, close toOstankino Telecom Tower, theOlympic Stadium and the"Sokolniki" Exhibition Complex.
The hotel complex was built to serve the1980 Summer Olympics 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.[1] Construction of buildings was a joint venture with French property company Sefri[2] (today called Sefri Cime).
The hotel, with 1,777 rooms, is the largest hotel in Russia.[3] Cosmos Hotel, which is owned bySistema, is located at Prospect Mira, 150 in Moscow.[4]
In 2024 the Cosmos Hotel Group took the 2nd place in the Forbes ranking of the largest hotel chains.[5]
The opening ceremony took place on 18 July 1979 and was attended by prominent politicians, businessmen, and stars of the Soviet system. Special guest singerJoe Dassin performed at the opening.[6]
The Cosmos Hotel was a location in the Russian movieDay Watch.
Footage of the Kosmos hotel was used in theBBC documentaryRussia 1985–1999: TraumaZone byAdam Curtis. The running tap water was brown in colour.[7][8]
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