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Main Building of Moscow State University
Главное здание Московского Государственного Университета

Moscow MOW Russia

Status:
built
Construction Dates
  Began1949
  Finished1953
Floor Count36
Building Uses
 - education
 - residential
 - university
Structural Types
 - highrise
 - clock
 - pole
 - statue

 Heights ValueSource / Comments 
Spire771 fthttp://retrofonoteka.ru/sovarch/mgu/22.htm
Roof601 ft-"-
Blocks b—v272 ftArchitectural structures of civil buildings. Kiev, Budivelnyk, 1980 - p. 4
Base-48 fthttp://retrofonoteka.ru/sovarch/mgu/31.htm
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Description
Architects:
• L. V. Rudniev
• S. E. Chernyshev
• P. V. Abrosimov
• A. V. Khriakov

• Tallest university building in the world.
• Completed in 1953 as world's tallest building outside New York City.
• Europe's tallest building from 1952 until MesseTurm was completed in 1990.
• Constructor: V. Nasonov
• Clock diameter: 8.7 m

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