View of the main building of Moscow State University in Sparrow Hills, Moscow, Russia

Moscow State University (MSU), officially M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University is the most famous Stalinist skyscraper in Moscow. Since 1953, most of the faculties have been situated on Sparrow Hills, in southwest Moscow.

 

Towards the end of his tenure as General Secretary of the Communist Party (1922 to 1952), Joseph Stalin commissioned the construction of seven skyscrapers in Moscow; these have colloquially become known as "The Seven Sisters" as each was constructed in the same Stalinist style. They were built from 1947 to 1953. At the time of construction, they were the tallest buildings in Europe, and the main building of Moscow State University remained the tallest building in Europe until 1990. The central tower is 240 m tall.

 

The "Seven Sisters" are:

1. Hotel Ukraina

2. Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Apartments

3. The Kudrinskaya Square Building

4. The Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya Hotel

5. The main building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

6. The main building of Moscow State University and

7. 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.

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