Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building

Stalinist skyscraper in Russia

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Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building

Котельническая набережная

General information
Architectural style| Stalinist
Location| Tagansky District, Moscow, Russia
Coordinates| 55°44′50″N 37°38′34″E﻿ / ﻿55.74722°N 37.64278°E﻿ / 55.74722; 37.64278
Completed| 1952
Height
Architectural| 176 m (577 ft)[1]
Technical details
Floor count| 32
Design and construction
Architect(s)| Dmitry Chechylin, Andrei Rostkovsky

Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building is one of seven Stalinist skyscrapers laid down in September 1947 and completed in 1952, designed by Dmitry Chechulin (then Chief Architect of Moscow) and Andrei Rostkovsky. The main tower has 32 levels (including mechanical floors) and is 176 metres (577 ft) tall. At the time of construction it was the tallest building in Europe.[2]

The building also incorporates a 9-story apartment block facing Moskva River, designed by the same architects in 1938 and completed in 1940. Initially built in stern early Stalinist style, with wet stucco wall finishes, it was re-finished in terracotta panels in line with the central tower and acquired ornate pseudo-Gothic crowns over its 12-story raised corners and center tower. By the end of World War II, the side wing was converted to multi-family kommunalka housing, in contrast to the planned elite status of the central tower.

The central tower, of a conventional steel frame structural type, has a hexagonal cross-section with three side wings (18 stories, including two mechanical floors). While it is not exceptionally tall or massive, the "upward surge" of five stepped-up layers, from a flat 9-story side wing to the spire, gives the impression of a more massive structure. The structure hides behind itself a so-called "Shvivaya Gorka," a hill with historical architecture and a maze of steeply inclined streets. Chechulin was initially criticized for complete disregard of this area, but his bureaucratic influence brushed off any criticisms.

## Notable residents

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Notable residents of the building include(d):

* Vasily Aksyonov
* Yuri Lyubimov
* Konstantin Paustovsky
* Faina Ranevskaya
* Igor Shuvalov[3]
* Willi Tokarev[4]
* Aleksandr Tvardovsky
* Galina Ulanova
* Andrey Voznesensky
* Yevgeny Yevtushenko
* Lyudmila Zykina

## Notes

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1. ^ Building data at emporis.com[usurped]
2. ^ "The History of the European Skyscraper" (PDF). CTBUH Journal: 52. 2013.
3. ^ "Russians infuriated by social media tales of government officials' excess". The Washington Times. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
4. ^ Nivat, Anne (2014). "Chapter 21. Wing A. Entryway 9, Third Floor: Willy and Julia Tokarev". The View from the Vysotka: A Portrait of Russia Today Through One of Moscow's Most Famous Addresses. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9781466865815.

## External links

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* Building data at emporis.com[usurped]
* History of Moscow Skyscrapers (in Russian)
* video from top of building

Records

Preceded by

River House Apartments

|  Tallest Residential Building in the World
1952—1964
176 m | Succeeded by

1000 Lake Shore Plaza

Preceded by

Peter and Paul Cathedral

|  Tallest Building in the Soviet Union
1952—1953
176 m | Succeeded by

Main building of Moscow State University

Preceded by

Peter and Paul Cathedral

|  Tallest Building in the Russian SFSR
1952—1953
176 m | Succeeded by

Main building of Moscow State University

Preceded by

Ivan the Great Bell Tower

|  Tallest Building in Moscow
1952—1953
176 m | Succeeded by

Main building of Moscow State University

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Skyscrapers in Russia

Completed

| Moscow|

* Federation: East Tower (373.7 m)
* OKO: South Tower (354.1 m)
* Neva Towers 2 (345 m)
* Mercury City Tower (338.8 m)
* Eurasia (308.9 m)
* Neva Towers 1 (302 m)
* City of Capitals: Moscow Tower (301.6 m)
* Naberezhnaya Tower C (268.4 m)
* Triumph Palace (264.1 m)
* City of Capitals: Saint Petersburg Tower (256.9 m)
* Evolution Tower (245.9 m)
* OKO: North Tower (245 m)
* Federation: West Tower (243.2 m)
* Moscow State University (240 m)
* Imperia Tower (238.7 m)
* House on Mosfilmovskaya (213 m)
* Hotel Ukraina (198 m)
* Tricolor: Tower A (194 m)
* Tricolor: Tower A (192 m)
* D1 (191 m)
* Continental (191 m)
* Sparrow Hills: Tower 2 (188.2 m)
* Wellton: Tower 1 (178.7 m)
* Aliye Parusa: Tower 2 (179 m)
* Edelweiss (176 m)
* Kotelnicheskaya Building (176 m)
* Nebo (176 m)
* Headliner: Tower 1 (174.9 m)
* IQ-quarter: Tower 1 (172.8 m)
* Ministry of Foreign Affairs (172 m)
* Nordstar Tower (171.5 m)
* Sberbank City: Tower B (168 m)
* Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy (165 m)
* Oruzheyny (165 m)
* Wellton: Tower 3 (162.2 m)
* Well House (162 m)
* Sparrow Hills: Towers 1, 3 (161 m)
* Kudrinskaya Square (160 m)
* Zagorye (157 m)
* Presnya City (156 m)
* Savyolovskiy City (155.6 m)
* Avenue 77 (155 m)
* Dirigible (153 m)
* Gazprom Tower (150.9 m)

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Saint Petersburg|

* Lakhta Center (462.5 m)

Vladivostok|

* Aquamarine (155.5 m)

Yekaterinburg|

* Iset Tower (206.5 m)
* Vysotsky (188.3 m)

Khimki|

* Mayak (157 m)

Under construction

| Moscow|

* One Tower (442.8 m)
* Grand Tower (283.4 m)
* Capital Towers (267 m)
* iCity (256.7 m)
* National Space Centre (248 m)
* Silver (182 m)
* City Bay (177 m)
* Headliner: Towers 4, 9 (174.9 m)
* Alcon Tower (168.1 m)
* Paveletskaya City (165 m)
* Zilart (150 m)

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Approved

| Moscow|

World Trade Center (200 m)

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Timeline of the tallest buildings in Europe

* Victoria Tower (98.5 m) (1860)
* Palais de Justice, Brussels (104 m) (1883)
* Vienna City Hall (105 m) (1892)
* Terrazza Martini Tower (108 m) (1940)
* Kotelnicheskaya Embankment (176 m) (1952)
* Main building of Moscow State University (240 m) (1953)
* Messeturm (257 m) (1990)
* Commerzbank Tower (259 m) (1997)
* Triumph Palace (264 m) (2003)
* Naberezhnaya Tower (268 m) (2007)
* Capital City Moscow Tower (302 m) (2009)
* The Shard (310 m) (2012)
* Mercury City Tower (339 m) (2012)
* OKO: South Tower (354 m) (2015)
* Federation Tower (374 m) (2016)
* Lakhta Center (462 m) (2018)

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