List of tallest buildings in Moscow
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Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
's and Europe's tallest skyscraper is 302 m City of Capitals
City of Capitals
The City of Capitals is a multifunctional complex, including two skyscrapers, located on plot 9 in the International Business Center Moscow City in Moscow. The City of Capitals, symbolising Moscow and St. Petersburg, was completed in 2009...
Moscow Tower. Also the tallest non-building structure in Europe, Ostankino Tower
Ostankino Tower
Ostankino Tower is a free-standing television and radio tower in Moscow, Russia. Standing tall, Ostankino was designed by Nikolai Nikitin. It is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers, currently the tallest in Europe and 4th tallest in the world. The tower was the first free-standing...
with 540 m height is situated in Moscow.
Completed and topped out skyscrapers
| # | | Name | | Height,meters | | Height,feet | | Floors | Date of built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | City of Capitals City of Capitals The City of Capitals is a multifunctional complex, including two skyscrapers, located on plot 9 in the International Business Center Moscow City in Moscow. The City of Capitals, symbolising Moscow and St. Petersburg, was completed in 2009... Moscow Tower |
301.6 m | 989 ft | 76 | 2009 |
| 2. | Naberezhnaya Tower Naberezhnaya Tower Naberezhnaya Tower, Quay Tower is an office complex consisting of 3 individual office buildings underconnected to each other via a common basement totalling approximately 150,000 square meters of rentable area of office and retail space and located on plot 10 in the International Business Center... C |
268.4 m | 881 ft | 59 | 2007 |
| 3. | Triumph-Palace Triumph-Palace Triumph-Palace is the name of an apartment building in Moscow. It is sometimes called the Eighth Sister because it is similar in appearance to the Seven Sisters skyscrapers built in Moscow by Joseph Stalin through the 1950s... |
264.3 m | 866 ft | 57 | 2003 |
| 4. | City of Capitals City of Capitals The City of Capitals is a multifunctional complex, including two skyscrapers, located on plot 9 in the International Business Center Moscow City in Moscow. The City of Capitals, symbolising Moscow and St. Petersburg, was completed in 2009... St. Petersburg Tower |
256.9 m | 843 ft | 65 | 2009 |
| 5. | Federation Tower Federation Tower The Federation Tower is a skyscraper currently under construction as part of the Moscow International Business Center in Moscow, Russia. Construction of the towers began in 2003. When completed it will be the tallest building in Europe. However, the construction stopped for a long while... West Tower |
242.3 m | 795 ft | 62 | 2009 |
| 6. | Moscow State University Moscow State University Lomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy... main building |
240 m | 787 ft | 36 | 1953 |
| 7. | Imperia Tower Imperia Tower Imperia Tower in Moscow, Russia, is a 60-floors building complex that includes offices, a business center, a hotel and private apartments.The design of the tower was created by architects NBBJ. It consists of elliptical and hi-tech elements... main building |
239 m | 784 ft | 60 | 2010 |
| 8. | MosFilm Tower Mosfilm tower The MosFilm Tower is a Russian skyscraper in the Mosfilmovskaya section of Moscow, Russia. This building, located on Mosfilmovskaya street, is a residential complex consisting of 2 towers: one of 213 meters and the other 131 meters and 34 floors. The building was under the final stage of... |
213.3 m | 700 ft | 54 | 2010 |
| 9. | Hotel Ukraina (Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow Radisson Royal Hotel, Moscow is a five-star luxury hotel in Moscow city centre, on a bend of the Moskva River, managed by the Rezidor Hotel Group.- History :... ) |
198 m | 649 ft | 34 | 1957 |
| 10. | Continental Continental (building) The Esplanada/Continental is a 35-story mixed-use building currently under construction in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. It is located at the very centre of the city near Palats Sportu metro station . Once completed, it will surpass Parus Business Centre to become the highest office building in... |
190 | 623 | 48 | 2010 |
| 11. | Sparrow Hills Sparrow Hills (building) Sparrow Hills or Vorobyovy Gory is an elite residential complex in Moscow. The complex located at the base of Sparrow Hills and comprises seven buildings. 1,039 apartments are located in that complex, that was completed in 2004... Tower 2 |
188.2 m | 617 ft | 49 | 2008 |
| 12. | Scarlet Sails Scarlet Sails Scarlet Sails may refer to:* A 1923 adventure novel by Alexander Grin *Scarlet Sails , a Soviet film starring Vasily Lanovoy and Anastasiya Vertinskaya... block IV |
179 m | 587 ft | 48 | 2009 |
| 13. | Edelweiss Edelweiss (skyscraper) Edelweiss is a 43-story residential high-rise in Moscow, completed in 2003. It stands tall with a spire extending an additional . The building was designed to be a companion for the Seven Sisters and shares a similar design concept with Triumph-Palace... |
176 m | 577 ft | 43 | 2003 |
| 14. | Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Kotelnicheskaya Embankment is a street on the northern bank of Moskva River in central Tagansky District of Moscow, Russia. It spans from the mouth of Yauza River to the point one block west from Bolshoy Krashokholmsky Bridge , where it changes name to Goncharnaya Embankment.-Kotelnicheskaya... |
176 m | 576 ft | 32 | 1951 |
| 15. | Nordstar Tower Nordstar Tower Nordstar Tower is a skyscraper office building in Moscow, Russia. Construction was begun in 2006 and completed in 2009. There are 42 floors , 30 elevators, and the gross floorspace is 147,000 square metres. Roof height is 171.5 metres.... |
171,5 m | 565 ft | 42 | 2007 |
| 16. | Ministry of Foreign Affairs | 172 m | 564 ft | 27 | 1952 |
| 17. | Swissotel Krasnye Holmy Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow is a 5-star hotel in Moscow managed by Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts.-History:The idea of the hotel project began in 1995, when the OAO Moskva Krasnye Holmy was established to develop a business and cultural complex, called "Riverside Towers", located on the eastern tip... |
165 m | 541 ft | 37 | 2005 |
| 18. | WellHouse on Leninsky Avenue | 162 m | 532 ft | 46 | 2009 |
| 19. | Kudrinskaya Square Building | 156 m | 511 ft | 22 | 1954 |
| 20. | Avenue 77 block 1 | - | - | 43 | |
| 21. | GasProm Tower | 151 m | 495 ft | 35 | 1995 |
| 22. | Sokol’niki House | 147 m | 482 ft | 43 | |
| 23. | Izmaylovsky | 140 m | 460 ft | 37 | |
| 24. | North Park | 139 m | 457 ft | 40 | |
| 25. | Villange Tower | 138 m | 454 ft | 40 | |
| 26. | Central House of Tourist (Astrus hotel) | 138 m | 454 ft | 35 | 1979 |
| 27. | House on Begovaya Street | 136 m | 447 ft | 42 | |
| 28. | Hotel Leningradskaya Hotel Leningradskaya The Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya Hotel is one of Moscow's Seven Sisters, skyscrapers built in the early 1950s in the Stalinist neoclassical style. Stalinist neoclassical architecture mixes the Russian neoclassical style with the style of American skyscrapers of the 1930s. A main element of... |
136 m | 446 ft | 26 | 1956 |
| 29. | Monte Falcone | 135 m | 443 ft | 35 | |
| 30. | Monarch Center | 134 m | 440 ft | 36 | |
| 31. | Red Gate Tower (Soviet Ministry of Construction of Heavy Industry) | 133 m | 436 ft | 26 | 1955 |
| 32. | Delta Tower | 132 m | 433 ft | 25 | 1973 |
| 33. | North tower | 132 m | 433 ft | 27 | |
| 34. | Olympia Tower, Block 2 | 129 m | 423 ft | 35 | |
| 35. | WTC-2 | 128 m | 420 ft | 30 | |
| 36. | Mirax-Park ( “Winter” Tower) | 126 m | 413 ft | 37 | |
| 37. | Krylatsky Lights | 125 m | 410 ft | 36 | |
| 38. | Two Captains | 125 m | 410 ft | 34 | |
| 39. | VDNKH Tower | 124 m | 407 ft | 34 | |
| 40. | Airbus | 123 m | 403 ft | 35 | |
| 41. | Elena Tower | 123 m | 403 ft | 33 |
Skyscrapers under construction
| # | | Name | | Height,meters | | Height,feets | | Floors |
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| 1. | Federation Tower Federation Tower The Federation Tower is a skyscraper currently under construction as part of the Moscow International Business Center in Moscow, Russia. Construction of the towers began in 2003. When completed it will be the tallest building in Europe. However, the construction stopped for a long while... East Tower |
510 m | 1673 ft | 93 |
| 2. | Mercury City Tower Mercury City Tower Mercury City Tower is a skyscraper currently under construction in Moscow, Russia, located in Moscow International Business Center. Construction started in late 2005, and is planned to be completed by the end of 2011. Upon completion, it will become the tallest building in Europe, standing at ... |
380 m | 1246 ft | 70 |
| 3. | 16 MIBC | 327 m | 1073 ft | 85 |
| 4. | Eurasia Tower | 309 m | 1014 ft | 70 |
| 5. | City Hall and City Duma City Hall and City Duma The City Hall and City Duma will be the new home for the Moscow government and assembly . It consists of four 308.4 meter , 71 story towers. Currently, the government of the city is using hundreds of smaller buildings throughout the city... |
308 m | 1011 ft | 72 |
| 6. | Zvenigorodsky | 253 m | 830 ft | 62 |
| 7. | City Palace City Palace The Evolution Tower is a skyscraper currently under construction on plot 2 and 3 as part of the Moscow International Business Center in Moscow, Russia. Each floor will be twisted 3° in relation to the preceding one, totaling 135°. Construction of the tower began in 2007, and was planned to be... |
248 m | 813 ft | 46 |
| 8. | Exhibition Center | 228 m | 748 ft | 54 |
| 9. | Tricolor | 194 m | 636 ft | 58 |
| 10. | Mirax Plaza Mirax Plaza Mirax Plaza may refer to:*Mirax-Plaza Russia, a mixed use development in Moscow, Russia*Mirax-Plaza Ukraine, a 46-storey building under construction in Kiev, Ukraine.... |
193 m | 633 ft | 47 |
| 11. | CSKA Tower | 185 m | 607 ft | 45 |
| 12. | Park Huamin | 180 m | 590 ft | 40 |
| 13. | Skypark | 160 m | 525 ft | 45 |
| 14. | Khodynka | 157 m | 515 ft | 38 |
| 15. | Levoberzhny, block 1A | 155 m | 509 ft | 36 |
| 16. | Bastion | 153 m | 502 ft | 40 |
| 17. | Rublyovka Lights | 151 m | 495 ft | 40 |
| 18. | Alexander the Great | 149 m | 489 ft | 40 |
| 19. | 3-5 Veresayev Street | 146 m | 479 ft | 42 |
Other structures ( towers, chimneys, etc.)
The list is incomplete!| Name | | Year of completion | | Height | | Type | | Remarks | |
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| Ostankino Tower Ostankino Tower Ostankino Tower is a free-standing television and radio tower in Moscow, Russia. Standing tall, Ostankino was designed by Nikolai Nikitin. It is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers, currently the tallest in Europe and 4th tallest in the world. The tower was the first free-standing... |
1967 | 540.1 m (1,772 ft) | Tower (concrete) | Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... and the third tallest freestanding structure in the world (after Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... >s CN Tower CN Tower The CN Tower is a communications and observation tower in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Standing tall, it was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure and world's tallest tower at the time. It held both records for 34 years until the completion of the Burj... (2nd) and the Burj Khalifa (1st)) |
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| Moscow Octod Tower Moscow Octod Tower Moscow Octod Tower is a 258 metre tall lattice tower in Moscow, Russia. The Moscow Octod Tower is a lattice tower used for FM- and TV-transmission in an unusual octagonal cross section. Construction work on Moscow Octod Tower started in 2004. It was completed in 2006. The owner of the tower is the... |
2006 | 258 m (846.5 ft) | Tower (lattice steel) | ||
| Chimneys of TEC-23 | 1975/ 1981 | 250 m (820.2 ft) | Chimney (concrete) | 2 chimneys | |
| Shukhov Tower Shukhov Tower The Shukhov radio tower , also known as the Shabolovka tower, is a broadcasting tower in Moscow designed by Vladimir Shukhov. The 160-metre-high free-standing steel structure was built in the period 1920–1922, during the Russian Civil War... |
1922 | 160 m (524.9 ft) | Tower (lattice steel) |