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Coordinates: 55°45′32″N 37°34′50″E. The Kudrinskaya Square Building is a building in Moscow, one of Seven Sisters Of Moscow Stalinist skyscrapers, designed by Mikhail Posokhin ( Russian: Михаил Посохин) [1] and Ashot Mndoyants (Russian: Ашот Мндоянц). [2] Design and construction features.
Address: Kudrinskaya Square, 1. Years of construction: 1948-1954. What’s inside: an apartment complex. Just like other Stalinist high-rises, the construction of the skyscraper on Kudrinskaya...
- Moscow State University, Sparrow Hills
- Hotel Ukraina– Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya Hotel
- Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building
- Kudrinskaya Square Building
- Red Gates Administrative Building
When the Moscow State University skyscraper was finished, it became the crown of the whole project. It was the highest and most beautiful building among the “sisters.” Although Boris Iofan was the main architect responsible for the skyscraper, he made a mistake in the placement of the building. There was a risk of landslide on the location that he ...
This skyscraper, formerly known only as “Ukraina,” was created by Arkady Mordvinov and Vyacheslav Oltarzhevsky. It was the second tallest “sister” (198 meters and 34 floors). “Ukraina” also held the title of the tallest hotel in the world, but it got beaten in 1975 by the Peachtree Plaza Hotel constructed in Atlanta, Georgia. After a major renovati...
The current Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Russian Federation building is also one of the “seven sisters.” The skyscraper construction was overseen by V.G.Gelfreih and A.B.Minkus. It was built between 1946 and 1953, and it is 172 high, with 27 functional floors. Out of the two designs which were proposed, the more streamlined one was selected....
In the past, it was known as the “Leningradskaya Hotel,” and it was created by Leonid Polyakov. This skyscraper that stands on Komsomolskaya Square is relatively shorter than the other “Sisters” which it is 136 meters high, and has 26 floors, of which only 19 are usable. The interior of the building vas very inefficiently planned. A document from 1...
The “Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building” is 176 meters high, and it has 22 usable floors. It is built at the point where the Moskva River and Yauza River meet. Initially, it was planned that this skyscraper would serve as an elite housing building, but after it was erected, it ended up as a multi-family communal apartments building, known as “komm...
Mikhail Posokhin (Sr.) and Ashot Mndoyants designed this 160 meters tall building of 22 floors, at the end of Krasnaya Presnya street to serve as an apartment complex for Soviet cultural leaders and politicians. Today, the apartments are inhabited by wealthy Russian citizens.
“The Red Gates Administrative Building, designed by Alexey Dushkin,” is the shortest of the “Seven Sisters.” This 133 meters high skyscraper has 24 levels, and it once housed the Ministry of Construction of Heavy Industry and the Ministry of Transport Construction. Now it is building with several purposes. “The Red Gates” building is also known as ...
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Originally known simply as the Leningradskaya Hotel, this relatively small (136 meters, 26 floors, of which 19 are usable) building by Leonid Polyakov on Komsomolskaya Square is decorated with pseudo-Russian ornaments mimicking Alexey Shchusev's Kazansky Rail Terminal.
🗨️ Kudrinskaya Square Building is a high-rise building constructed in Moscow between 1948 and 1954, one of the seven built "Stalinist skyscrapers". The building project was designed by architects Mikhail Posokhin and Ashot Mndoyants of Master Workshop No. 9 of the Mosproekt Institute, and structural engineer M.N. Volkhovsky.
Kudrinskaya Ploshchad 1, Revolt Square, Vostaniya, Uprising Square. Type. CTBUH collects data on two major types of tall structures: 'Buildings' and 'Telecommunications / Observation Towers.'. A 'Building' is a structure where at least 50% of the height is occupied by usable floor area.
