Seven Sisters (Moscow)
About Seven Sisters (Moscow)
The Seven Sisters is the English name given to a group of Moscow skyscrapers designed in the Stalinist style . Muscovites call these buildings Vysotki or Stalinskie Vysotki , which means "(Stalin's) Tall buildings". The "Seven Sisters" were built during Stalin 's last years (1947-1953) in an elaborate combination of Russian Baroque and Gothic styles, and the technology used in building American skyscrapers . Although there are many similar buildings in other (former) Communist countries, the only comparable Soviet-designed skyscraper is Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw .
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The Seven Sisters are as follows:
1) Moscow State University
2) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (also known as ‘Bely Dom’, or the White House, on the Old Arbat)
3) Ministry of Transport
4) Hotel Ukraina
5) Hotel Leningraskava
6) Kudrinskaya Square (apartment block)
7) Kotelnicheskaya Embankment (apartment block)
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The Seven Sisters are as follows:
1) Moscow State University
2) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (also known as ‘Bely Dom’, or the White House, on the Old Arbat)
3) Ministry of Transport
4) Hotel Ukraina
5) Hotel Leningraskava
6) Kudrinskaya Square (apartment block)
7) Kotelnicheskaya Embankment (apartment block)
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May 18, 2009
The Seven Sisters are the architectural legacy of one of the most ambitious building programmes ever conceived. Built on the orders of Jozef Stalin, the towers were constructed for the glorification of the Soviet State after WWII, and were intended to rival the USA’s skyscrapers that had gone up in the 30s. Each Sister was designed according to Stalin’s specifications, in a so-called ‘wedding-cake’ style, that concentrated the eye towards a central tower. Stalin also insisted that all of the Seven Sisters be given a spire, in order to distinguish them from their American counterparts.
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