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The first skyscrapers in
Russia
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were built during the
Stalinist Era
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in the
Soviet Union
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. These skyscrapers are known as the
Seven Sisters, which were built in the
Stalinist
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architectural style. The first skyscraper to be constructed in Russia was the
Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building
Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building is one of seven Stalinist skyscrapers laid down in September 1947 and completed in 1952, designed by Dmitry Chechulin (then Chief Architect of Moscow) and Andrei Rostkovsky. The main tower has 32 levels (includi ...
. Skyscrapers in Russia are among the tallest in
Europe
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and the
Eastern Hemisphere
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, the vast majority of them are located in the
MIBC, in the nation's capital of
Moscow
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, which is home to 7 out of the 10 tallest skyscrapers in Europe.
As of 2022, the
Lakhta Center
The Lakhta Center () is an 87-story skyscraper built in the northwestern neighbourhood of Lakhta, Saint Petersburg, Lakhta in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Standing tall, it is the List of tallest buildings in Russia, tallest building in Russia, t ...
in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
is the tallest skyscraper in Russia and
Europe
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, with a height of . It is followed by four skyscrapers in the MIBC,
Federation Tower Vostok (or "East"),
OKO
OKO ( rus, ОКО, r=, literally means eye, also an abbreviation for Ob'yedinonnyye Kristallom Osnovaniya ( rus, Oбъединённые Кристаллом Oснования, r=, literally means Foundations Bound by a Crystal)) is a complex o ...
,
Neva Tower 2, and
Mercury City Tower, the tallest buildings in both Russia and Europe.
Russia is currently going through a skyscraper construction boom; with multiple skyscrapers under construction and planned. It is the first European nation with over roughly 300 skyscrapers completed over 100 metres.
The list does not include
Ostankino Tower
Ostankino Tower (russian: links=no, Останкинская телебашня, Ostankinskaya telebashnya) is a television and radio tower in Moscow, Russia, owned by the Moscow branch of unitary enterprise Russian TV and Radio Broadcasting N ...
(540 m), the tallest free-standing ''structure'' in Russia and Europe. For these kind of buildings, see
List of tallest structures built in the Soviet Union
This is an incomplete list of the tallest structures that are built in the former Soviet Union.
Tallest structures
File:Moscow Russia TV Tower.jpg, Ostankino Tower (540.1 m)
File:Mastofboganida.jpg, Dudinka CHAYKA-Mast (468 m)
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.
Tallest buildings
This list ranks all
topped out
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buildings in Russia that stand at least tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes all architectural details as well as antenna spires.
Tallest buildings proposed, approved, or under construction
Under Construction
Timeline of tallest buildings
This is a list of the history of the tallest buildings in Russia; it includes buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Russia.
See also
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List of tallest Orthodox churches
This is a list of tallest Orthodox church buildings in the world, all those higher than 70 metres.
Traditionally, an Orthodox church building is crowned by one or several domes with Orthodox crosses on the top of each. The overall height of the ...
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List of tallest buildings in Europe
This list of tallest buildings in Europe ranks skyscrapers in Europe by height exceeding 190 meters. For decades, only a few major cities, such as Frankfurt, Paris, London and Moscow contained skyscrapers. In recent years, however, construction ...
*
Ostankino Tower
Ostankino Tower (russian: links=no, Останкинская телебашня, Ostankinskaya telebashnya) is a television and radio tower in Moscow, Russia, owned by the Moscow branch of unitary enterprise Russian TV and Radio Broadcasting N ...
References
External links
The Skyscraper Center Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
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(CTBUH)
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