Architecture

Building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, view from Christ the Savior Cathedral

Moscow, Russia

Building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, view from Christ the Savior Cathedral

Architecture

The building represents one of the so called "Seven Sisters", seven Stalinist era socialist classicism skycrapers built between 1947 to 1955.

Architecture: Building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia

historic names
Building of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Здание Министерства иностранных дел СССР (Zdanie Ministerstva inostranny'x del SSSR) [Russian]
1953-1991
built
1948-1953
culture
Soviet, Russian
style/period
Socialist Classicism, Stalinist Empire Style
work type by function
governmental office building
work type form/concept
skyscraper
material
steel, Karlahti granite, Korostyshevo granite, Karachaevsk limestone
architect
Vladimir Gelfreykh, Mikhail Minkus, Grigory Limanovsky

Specifications

Specifications: Building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia

height
172.0 m
width
160.0 m
area
65,000 m²
stories (above ground)
27

Geography

Asia » Europe » Northern Asia » Eastern Europe » Russia » Central Federal District » Moscow Oblast » Moscow » Central Administrative Okrug » Arbat Rayon
local language location name
Москва (Moskva), Россия (Rossija) [Russian]
historical affiliations
1953-1991
Soviet Union

Image characteristics

maximum image resolution
3,533 × 5,300  pixel
29.9 × 44.9 cm (300 dpi)
capture date
image processing
colour corrected
copyrights
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