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Danilovsky (Shabolovka) · Moscow

Shukhov Tower

Шуховская башня

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Vladimir Shukhov's 160 m hyperboloid steel radio tower of 1922 on Shabolovka; it was planned at 350 m to beat the Eiffel Tower, and Soviet television was broadcast from here until the Ostankino tower.

Address
ulitsa Shukhova 10, Moscow
Hours
Exterior only
Price
Free to see from outside
Price level
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Good to know

  • From ulitsa Shabolovka turn into the small dead end by house 18 to see the steel beams close up (RUSSPASS Journal).
  • The tower stands on a concrete foundation 40 m across; you cannot go inside.

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