Kudrinskaya ploshchad - Rooftopping in Moscow
Kudrinskaya Ploshchad is one of the Seven Sisters buildings which are a group of seven skyscrapers in Moscow designed in the Stalinist style. The term "Seven Sisters" is neither used nor understood by the local population; Muscovites call them Vysotki or Stalinskie Vysotki (Russian: Сталинские высотки), meaning "(Stalin's) high-rises" (or "Stalinist skyscrapers"). Kudrinskaya Ploshchad is the 30th tallest building in Moscow
Kudrinskaya Ploshchad was designed by Mikhail Posokhin (Sr.) and Ashot Mndoyants, construction started in 1950 and was completed in 1954 (a year after Stalin's death). The building has 22 floors (18 usable in the wings and 22 in the central part) and stands 512 ft high and the central tower culminates in a 30-meter spire with a very large red star on top. The building is mostly residential and you can even rent an apartment on booking.com :) After we came back down we found out that part of the building is let to the FSB! Probably would have been nice to know this before going up.
On our trip to Moscow we had the opportunity to get up to the very top and to the star for those who wanted to, My courage lasted until the second to last floor, but this still afforded me some great views over Moscow.
Kudrinskaya Ploshchad was designed by Mikhail Posokhin (Sr.) and Ashot Mndoyants, construction started in 1950 and was completed in 1954 (a year after Stalin's death). The building has 22 floors (18 usable in the wings and 22 in the central part) and stands 512 ft high and the central tower culminates in a 30-meter spire with a very large red star on top. The building is mostly residential and you can even rent an apartment on booking.com :) After we came back down we found out that part of the building is let to the FSB! Probably would have been nice to know this before going up.
On our trip to Moscow we had the opportunity to get up to the very top and to the star for those who wanted to, My courage lasted until the second to last floor, but this still afforded me some great views over Moscow.
