Stalin's Seven Sister skyscrapers
Society & Culture
September 07, 2017, 18:55
On September 7, 1947, during the celebration of Moscow’s 800th anniversary, the foundations of Stalin's Seven Sister skyscrapers were laid
On September 7, 1947, during the celebration of Moscow’s 800th anniversary, the foundations of "Seven Sisters", a group of seven skyscrapers in Moscow designed in the Stalinist style were laid. The seven are: Hotel Ukraina, Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Apartments, the Kudrinskaya Square Building, the Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya Hotel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs main building, the main building of the Moscow State University, and the Red Gates Administrative Building. Have a look at Moscow's iconic buildings, that light up the city's skyline.