The Embassy of the Russian Federation is rightfully considered to be one of the biggest and the most beautiful in Washington D.C. area. “Mount Alto” on Wisconsin Avenue, where the Embassy complex is situated, was leased to the Soviet government for 85 years on the basis of the agreement between the USSR and the U.S., concluded in 1969. Under the agreement of 1972 the same territory in Moscow was leased to the U.S. for a new Embassy on the same conditions. The second agreement also stated that both sides should start using their new buildings simultaneously.