The seat of the regional parliament, an imposing late-Soviet building on Lenina Street faced with grey marble. Architecturally it is unremarkable — typical of administrative buildings of the 1980s — but the building has been at the centre of every major Crimean political moment of the last forty years.
Public access to the interior is restricted; the surrounding plaza is open and is often the site of small commemorative ceremonies. The buildings opposite are also government offices, making this the political heart of the peninsula.