Soviet skyscrapers

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf skyscraper
gptkbp:architecturalStyle gptkb:Stalinist_architecture
gptkbp:conservationEfforts heritage status
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:constructionMaterial brick
steel
concrete
1940s to 1960s
gptkbp:culturalImpact gptkb:icon_of_Soviet_architecture
tourist attraction
film location
photographic subject
gptkbp:culturalSignificance gptkb:symbol_of_Soviet_power
gptkbp:design tall spires
ornate facades
large windows
decorative elements
symmetrical shapes
gptkbp:function hotel
office space
residential space
gptkbp:height 100 to 200 meters
gptkbp:historicalContext Cold War era
post-World_War_II_reconstruction
Soviet_urban_planning
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Soviet skyscrapers
gptkbp:influencedBy American_skyscrapers
gptkbp:location gptkb:Bishkek
gptkb:Kyiv
gptkb:Moscow
gptkb:Riga
gptkb:Warsaw
gptkb:Vilnius
gptkb:Yerevan
Almaty
Tallinn
Tbilisi
Leningrad_(Saint_Petersburg)
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Lev_Rudnev
gptkb:Vladimir_Shchuko
gptkb:Mikhail_Posokhin
Seven Sisters
gptkbp:publicPerception mixed opinions
admired for scale
criticized for aesthetics
gptkbp:relatedTo architecture
urban development
Soviet_history
gptkbp:renovated ongoing