By the late 1960s, the KGB headquarters at the Lubyanka Building became increasingly overcrowded, and the Chairman of the KGB, Yuri Andropov, authorized the construction of a new building outside of Moscow in Yasenevo, which was to become the new headquarters of the First Chief Directorate and all Foreign Operations.
The late 1960s saw an increase in the size of the KGB headquarters at the Lubyanka Building, prompting Andropov to authorize the construction of a new facility in Yasenevo for the First Chief Directorate and all Foreign Operations.