List of tallest structures in the former Soviet Union
This is an incomplete list of the tallest structures that are situated on the territories of the former Soviet Union.
Moscow (/ˈmɒskaʊ/ or /ˈmɒskoʊ/; Russian: Москва́, tr. Moskva; IPA: [mɐˈskva] ( listen)) is the capital and the largest city of Russia with 12.2 million residents within the city limits and 16.8 million within the urban area. Moscow is one of three federal cities in Russia (the others are Saint Petersburg and Sevastopol, although the status of the latter is disputed due to the annexation of Crimea by Russia).
Population: 10,381,222
Latitude: 55° 45' 7.99" N
Longitude: 37° 36' 56.02" E
This is an incomplete list of the tallest structures that are situated on the territories of the former Soviet Union.
The Kremlin Arsenal (Russian: Арсенал Московского Кремля) is a former armory built within the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin in Russia. Initially constructed in 1736, it has been rebuilt several times. It remains in military use to date, unlike the K…
The House on the Embankment (Russian: Дом на набережной) is a block-wide apartment house in downtown Moscow, Russia. It faces Bersenevskaya Embankment on one side and Serafimovicha Street on the other side. It was completed in 1931 as the Government…
The Four Seasons Hotel Moscow is a modern luxury hotel, opening on October 30, 2014, with a facade that replicates the historic Hotel Moskva, which previously stood on the same location on Manezhnaya Square in the Tverskoy District, central Moscow, …
The Chudov Monastery (Чу́дов монасты́рь) (more formally known as Alexius’ Archangel Michael Monastery) was founded in the Moscow Kremlin in 1358 by Metropolitan Alexius of Moscow. The monastery was dedicated to the miracle (chudo in Russian) of the …
The Catherine Palace is a Neoclassical residence of Catherine II of Russia on the bank of the Yauza River in Lefortovo, Moscow. It should not be confused with the much more famous Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo.
Alexander Gomelsky CSKA Universal Sports Hall, formerly known as CSKA Palace of Sports, is an indoor sporting arena located in Moscow, Russia. The seating capacity of the arena is 5,500 people.
CSKA Ice Palace (Russian: Ледовый Дворец Спорта ЦСКА) is an Indoor arena in Moscow, Russia. Built in 1964, it was heavily renovated in 1991 and currently has 5,600 seats. It hosts ice hockey games of CSKA Moscow.
Rublevka or Rublyovka is an unofficial name of a prestigious residential area in the western suburbs of Moscow, Russia. It's located along Rublyovo-Uspenskoye Highway, Podushkinsoe, 1st Uspenskoe and 2nd Uspenskoe highways. The name is derived from …
The Moscow Manege (Мане́ж) is a large oblong building which gives its name to the vast Manege Square, which was cleared in the 1930s and lies adjacent to the more famous Red Square.
Matrosskaya Tishina (Russian: Матросская тишина, literally "Seaman's Silence") (formal name: Federal Budget Institution IZ-77/1 of the Office of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the City of Moscow) is a detention facility located in nor…
Lyubertsy (Russian: Люберцы; IPA: [ˈlʲʉbʲɪrtsɨ]) is a city and the administrative center of Lyuberetsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia.
Steklov Institute of Mathematics or Steklov Mathematical Institute (Russian: Математический институт имени В.А.Стеклова) is a research institute based in Moscow, specialized in mathematics, and a part of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The institut…
The Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH, RGGU; Russian: Росси́йский госуда́рственный гуманита́рный университе́т, РГГУ; translit. Rossijskij gosudarstvennyj gumanitarnyj universitet, RGGU), is a university in Moscow, Russia with over 14…
The Rusakov Workers' Club (Russian: Дом культуры имени И.В.Русакова (рабочий клуб)) in Moscow is a notable example of constructivist architecture. Designed by Konstantin Melnikov, it was constructed in 1927-28. The club is built on a fan-shaped plan…
Patriarshiye Ponds (Patriarch's Ponds, Russian: Патриаршие пруды) is an affluent residential area in downtown Presnensky District of Moscow, Russia. For the last 200 years, there has been only one pond, although, as the name of Tryokhprudny Pereulok…
Moscow State Linguistic University (Russian: Московский государственный лингвистический университет, МГЛУ), previously known as Maurice Thorez Moscow State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages (Russian: Московский государственный педагогически…
Moscow State Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation (Russian: Московский государственный технический университет радиотехники, электроники и автоматики, romanised: Moskóvskiy Gosudárstvennyy Institut Radiotekhniki, Elektroniki i …