| LC control no. | sh2020001161 |
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| Corporate name heading | Stalinskie Vysotki (Moscow, Russia) |
| Variant(s) | Seven Sisters (Moscow, Russia) |
| See also | Buildings--Russia (Federation) |
| Found in | Work cat: 2020011491: Moscow monumental, 2021: (ECIP galley (In 1947, Soviet architects and engineers embarked on a project to transform the cityscape of the Soviet capital through the construction of eight skyscrapers; collectively, they are known, in English, as the "seven sisters." In Russian, they are known as Stalin's "vysotki;" the eighth unbuilt skyscraper in the Zariad'e would never be finished) Atlas obscura, viewed May 4, 2020: under Moscow State University (largest of the Seven Sisters of Moscow, a series of neo-gothic skyscrapers built in elaborate imperial style of Stalin's era) Dome (via MIT website), viewed May 4, 2020: under Red Gates Building (The "Seven Sisters" is the English name given to a group of Moscow skyscrapers designed in the Stalinist style. Muscovites call them Vysotki or Stalinskie Vysotki, "(Stalin's) tall buildings". They were built during the dictator's last years, 1947 to 1953, in an elaborate combination of Russian Baroque and Gothic styles, and the technology used in building American skyscrapers. The seven are: Hotel Ukraina, Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Apartments, the Kudrinskaya Square Building, the Leningradskaya Hotel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow State University, and the Red Gates Administrative Building) Labour (via JSTOR), Spring 2006: p. 117 (caption: one of Stalin's Vysotki (skyscrapers or "Seven Sisters")) Rough guide to Moscow (via Google books), 2009: p. 8 (among Moscow's most distinctive landmarks are the "Seven Sisters"; the Stalin skyscrapers still dominate Moscow's Garden Ring) Washington Post (via Internet), July 29, 1997 (Stalin's Seven Sisters; all seven of the Stalin skyscrapers, sometimes nicknamed the "seven sisters"; they include the Moscow State University tower on the Lenin Hills; the Ukraine Hotel overlooking the Russian parliament building; and the Foreign Ministry headquarters; caption: Stalin-era skyscrapers called the "seven sisters") Wikipedia, May 1, 2020 (Seven Sisters (Moscow); The Seven Sisters (Russian: Сталинские высотки, romanized: Stalinskie Vysotki, lit. 'Stalin's high-rises') are a group of seven skyscrapers in Moscow designed in the Stalinist style. They were built from 1947 to 1953; the seven are: Hotel Ukraina, Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Apartments, the Kudrinskaya Square Building, the Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya Hotel, the main building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the main building of Moscow State University, and the Red Gates Administrative Building. There were two more skyscrapers in the same style planned that were never built: the Zaryadye Administrative Building and the Palace of the Soviets) |
| Not found in | Built Works Registry, viewed May 1, 2020; Library of Congress Prints & Photographs online catalog |
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