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Moscow State University Main Building
Leninskiye Gory 1. Metro “Universitet” and “Vorobyovy Gory”.
The tallest of the sisters and the tallest university building in the world.
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Five of the skyscrapers stand in the centre, near the Garden Ring and the Moskva River. The Moscow State University Main Building and Hotel Ukraina are further west, on the Sparrow Hills and Kutuzovsky Prospekt.
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Addresses and metro
2
Hotel Ukraina
Kutuzovsky Prospekt 2/1. Metro “Kievskaya”.
The last of the seven. It is a working hotel, so you can walk in and see the 1950s interiors and the diorama of Moscow.
3
Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building
Kotelnicheskaya Embankment 1/15. Metro “Taganskaya” and “Kitay-gorod”.
The most famous apartment building in Moscow. Ulanova, Ranevskaya and Tvardovsky lived here.
4
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building
Smolenskaya-Sennaya Square 32/34. Metro “Smolenskaya”.
The only skyscraper without a star on its spire.
5
Kudrinskaya Square Building
Kudrinskaya Square 1. Metro “Barrikadnaya” and “Krasnopresnenskaya”.
The “aviators’ house” on the Garden Ring. Its entrance halls still have their stained glass.
6
Red Gates Building
Sadovaya-Spasskaya Street 21/1. Metro “Krasnye Vorota”.
The ground was frozen during construction, so the tower was built leaning. Once the soil thawed, it straightened up.
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Hotel Leningradskaya
Kalanchyovskaya Street 21/40. Metro “Komsomolskaya”.
The smallest and most ornate of the sisters. It stands on the square of three railway stations.