Saint Petersburg TV Tower
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Lattice tower
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in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
, Russia
Russia
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. It was built in 1962 and was the first dedicated TV tower in the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
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. It is used for FM- and TV-broadcasting
Broadcasting
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The Saint Petersburg TV Tower features an observation platform at a height of 191 m. The tower is located at 3 Ulitsa Akademika Pavlova. The nearest metro station
Saint Petersburg Metro
The Saint Petersburg Metro is the underground railway system in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It has been open since November 15, 1955.Formerly known as the V.I...
is Petrogradskaya
Petrogradskaya
Petrogradskaya is a station on the Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro.The station was opened on July 1, 1963. The name was given by its location on Petrograskaya Storona, one of the historical districts of Saint Petersburg....
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See also: List of towers