The first skyscrapers in

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were built during the

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in the

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. These skyscrapers are known as the Seven Sisters, which were built in the Stalinist architectural style. The first skyscraper to be constructed in Russia was the Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building. Skyscrapers in Russia are among the tallest in

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and the Eastern Hemisphere, the vast majority of them are located in the MIBC, in the nation's capital of

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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 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Standing tall, it is the tallest building in Russia, the tallest building in Europe, and the sixteenth-tallest bu ...

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

, 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 (540 m), the tallest free-standing ''structure'' in Russia and Europe. For these kind of buildings, see

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Tallest buildings

This list ranks all

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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.

References

External links

The Skyscraper Center

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