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Vysotniye Zdaniya also known as Vysotki, Seven Sisters
		Location City Moscow   Buildings of Vysotniye Zdaniya   Building Floors Year Moscow State University 36 1953 Hotel Ukraine 34 1955 Kotelnicheskaya Naberezhnaya 1.. 32 1952 Ministry of Foreign Affairs 27 1953 Kudrinskaya Ploshchad 1 22 1954 Leningradskaya Hotel 26 1953 Red Gate Square 24 1953 Palace of the Soviets Facts - Although these "Stalinist Gothic" towers weren't completed until the mid-1950s, their designs were in fact conceived during the 1930s at a time when similar style towers were being constructed in New York City. - Often derided in the West during the Cold War, and nicknamed "Stalin's Wedding Cakes". - These are the main buildings to dominate the skyline of Moscow for over forty years. - Sonstsevo, a small worker-settlement for those involved in the construction of the Vysotniye Zdaniya, was built near the city before construction commenced. Today it is one of Moscow's suburbs. - Aside from the buildings of the Kremlin these are the most famous buildings in Russia, with extensive exposure in movies and souvenirs. - Before construction the developers surveyed the towers' visibility from around the city by launching zeppelins to the future positions of the spires. - A few similar buildings were built elsewhere, including the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Academy of Sciences in Riga, and South Urals State University in Chelyabinsk. - 21st century skyscrapers inspired by the Seven Sisters include Triumph-Palace and Edelweiss in Moscow and Triumph of Astana in Astana, Kazakhstan. Companies involved in this Complex* (no entries)