Moscow Palace of Youth, Cultural center in Khamovniki District, Russia

The Moscow Palace of Youth is a trapezoidal entertainment complex above Frunzenskaya metro station in Khamovniki, clad in white stone and set on a raised base. Its facade has no single main entrance: a colonnade supporting the roof greets visitors, and a decorative frieze runs along the upper part. The northern side incorporates the metro vestibule, framed by a portico of square columns.

The palace was built between 1982 and 1988 to a design by Yakov Belopolsky, Mikhail Belenya, Mikhail Posokhin and Vladimir Khavin. Their 1972 competition entry had a triangular form crowned by a flying statue, but the approved building became trapezoidal and ringed by staircases. In 1984 part of the Frunzenskaya metro vestibule was built into the palace and the rest demolished.

The name refers to the youth organisation whose palace this was; since 2002 the large hall has mainly served musicals. In 1989 Rolan Bykov organised the first Moscow international festival of films for children and young people here, screening 150 films from 42 countries. The marble portal of the main entrance, hidden for 20 years behind the small stage, was reopened in 2014.

The metro vestibule of Frunzenskaya station is built into the palace's northern side, so you can reach the halls without going outside. The building has no single main entrance: a colonnade supporting the roof meets visitors instead. The large hall seats 1,800, while the 1,200 m² parquet hall holds up to 2,000 people.

The metro vestibule predates the palace: part of the Frunzenskaya station entrance was built into the new building in 1984, the other part demolished, and the entrance framed by a portico of square columns. The architects deliberately left the building without a main entrance, so visitors meet a colonnade supporting the roof instead.