OSTANKINO TOWER, Ostankino Tower

Hi, my name’s Marcy, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the Wonders of the World: Ostankino Tower.

The spectacular Ostankino Tower is named after the neighborhood where it is located and has been a defining architectural element of Moscow’s skyline since the 1960s.

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union wanted to build something taller than the Empire State Building in New York, and so this futuristic reinforced concrete structure measuring 540 meters was designed for radio and television broadcasts.

The Tower, the pride of Soviet engineering, was designed by the great Russian architect Nikolai Nikitin, who developed a construction in prestressed reinforced concrete, a type of concrete that is particularly strong. Construction began in 1963 and ended in 1967....