Architecture

Ostankino Tower, northwest elevation

Moscow, Russia

Останкинская телебашня (Ostankinskaya telebashnya) [Russian]
Ostankino Tower, northwest elevation

Architecture

structure overview
Ostankino Tower

Architecture: Ostankino Tower

historic names
50th Anniversary of October All-Union Radio and Television Broadcasting Station
Общесою́зная радиотелевизио́нная передаю́щая ста́нция им. 50-ле́тия Октября́ (Obshhesoyúznaya radioteleviziónnaya peredayúshhaya stánciya im. 50-létiya Oktyabryá) [Russian]
built
1960-1967
culture
Russian, Soviet
style/period
Modernism
work type by function
telecommunications tower
material
prestressed concrete
architect
Leonid Batalov, Dmitrij Burdin, Moisej Shkud
structural engineer
Nikolai Nikitin, Boris Zlobin, Lev Shhipakin

Specifications

Specifications: Ostankino Tower

height
540.1 m
height (tip)
540.1 m
height (top floor)
360.4 m
height (roof)
385.4 m
floor area
15,000 m²

Geography

Asia » Europe » Northern Asia » Eastern Europe » Russia » Central Federal District » Moscow Oblast » Moscow » North-Eastern Administrative Okrug » Ostankinsky Rayon
local language location name
Москва (Moskva), Россия (Rossija) [Russian]
historical affiliations
1967-1991
Soviet Union

Image characteristics

maximum image resolution
3,449 × 5,173  pixel
29.2 × 43.8 cm (300 dpi)
capture date
image processing
retouched, colour corrected
copyrights
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