Russia

Dimensions: height over 30 meters Construction start 1508 / opening date: 1511 Original name: Koromyslov tower The Koromyslov Tower is a round corner architectural structure located at the junction of the Pochainsky ravine and the pipes of the Zelensky Congress (the historic street of Nizhny Novgorod). The tower is part of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, and […]

Construction start 1692 / opening date: 1695 Original name: Sukharev tower The Sukharev Tower is a unique monument of Russian architecture, which no longer exists today, but it lives in the memory of the people, in paintings and in books. History The history of the Sukharev Tower in Moscow began in the seventeenth century. It built […]

Locality: Saint Petersburg Construction start / opening date: 1730 Architect: Wilhelm Pel Original name: Griffin tower The tower of griffins is a remnant of a brick boiler-house chimney, which is located in the courtyard of one of the old pharmacies in St. Petersburg. It considered the most mysterious place in the city. It constantly visited by people […]

Construction start / opening date: 1516 Design: Aleviz Fryazin Original name: Kutafya tower The Kutafya Tower is part of the Moscow Kremlin. Its name associated with the outdated word “kutafya” – in ancient times, this the name for small, plump, clumsy and clumsy women. This is the only tower outside the Kremlin walls. It is located opposite the […]

Dimensions: height to the star 50.7 m, with a star 54.05 m Construction start / opening date: 1490 Architect: Peter Fryazin (Pietro Solari) Original name: Borovitskaya tower Borovitskaya Tower is located in the southwest of the Moscow Kremlin. It offers a stunning view of the Stone Bridge. In turn, the tower can admire from the side of […]

Construction start / opening date: 1491 Architect: Pietro Antonio Solari Original name: Senate tower The Senate Tower one of the buildings included in the architectural complex of the Moscow Kremlin. It is located between the Nikolskaya and Spasskaya towers and is one of the first Kremlin buildings. Story The Kremlin Senate Tower erected at the beginning […]

Construction start 1495 / opening date: 1499 Architect: Aleviz Fryazin Original name: Epiphany tower Name Throughout its history, the tower has had many names. Initial – Epiphany. Subsequently, she became the Robe of the Robe, Znamenskaya – in honor of the cathedrals that are located on the territory of the Kremlin, and Karetnaya – in honor of […]

Dimensions: height to the star – 67.1 m, with a star – 70.4 m Construction start / opening date: 1491 Architect: Pietro Antonio Solari Original name: Nikolskaya tower Table of Contents Architecture The height of the Nikolskaya Tower of the Kremlin, together with the star, reaches seventy meters. The original design represented by a simple but […]

In the westernmost territory of Russia in the city of Kaliningrad, the former German Königsberg, on the shore of Lake Superior there is a majestic defensive structure – the Wrangel Tower. It was erected back in Konigsberg, which became part of Russia after the Great Patriotic War. Origin and purpose of the tower The tower […]

Tatlin’s Tower – under this name the project of a monumental monument dedicated to the Third International went down in history. It appeared in the devastated and half-starved country of the Soviets in the 1920s and broke all traditional ideas about architecture. History of creation The design of the monument belongs to the Soviet architect Vladimir Evgrafievich […]