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Ostankino Tower

television and radio tower in Moscow, Russia
Organization Television Tower Q181324

Facts

25 properties

Identity

Instance of
television tower, architectural landmark, observation tower[4][5]
Official website
www.tvtower.ru[28]
Native label
Останкинская телебашня[33]

Status and dates

Inception
1960[21]
State of use
in use[38]

Location

Country
Russia, Soviet Union[3]
Location
Moscow[15]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 55.820°, 37.612°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Ostankinsky District[2]

Relations

Owned by
Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network[11]
Has part(s)
observation deck, revolving restaurant, flagpole, weather station, glass floor[16][17][18][19][20]
More facts +14
Appears in the heritage monument list
list of cultural heritage sites in Ostankinsky, North-Eastern Administrative Okrug of Moscow (Russia)[36]
Architect
Nikolai Nikitin, Leonid Batalov, Dmitri Burdin, Moisei Shkud, Lev Shchipakin[6][7][8][9][10]
Area
+15000[34]
Date of official opening
November 5, 1967[32]
Has characteristic
tourist attraction[31]
Height
+540.1[35]
Heritage designation
candidate heritage site in Russia[30]
Located on street
Akademika Korolyova street[26]
Made from material
prestressed concrete, reinforced concrete[13][14]
Named after
Ostankinsky District[12]
Number of elevators
+5[29]
Permanent duplicated item
Wikidata item[37]
Significant event
Ostankino Tower fire[27]
Structural engineer
Злобин, Борис Алексеевич, Vladimir Travush, Ханджи, Виктор Викторович, Moisei Shkud[22][23][24][25]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ostankino Tower ar برج اوستانكينو cs Televizní věž Ostankino cs Věž Ostankino cs Ostankino da Ostankinskajatårnet de Moskauer Fernsehturm de Fernsehturm Ostankino de Ostankino-Fernsehturm de Ostankino-Turm el Πύργος Οστάνκινο es Torre Ostankino fa آسمان‌خراش اوستانکینو fa آسمان خراش اوستانکینو fa اسمان‌خراش اوستانکینو fa اسمان خراش اوستانکینو fa برج استانکینو fa برج اوستانکینو fi Ostankinon televisiotorni fi Ostankinon torni
🔖 Identifiers · 19
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Останкинская башня вечером.jpg ↗
BabelNet ID
02934372n
CTBUH Skyscraper Center building ID
9387
Discover Moscow ID
house/ostankinskaya_telebashnya
Emporis building ID
111722
Freebase ID
/m/01_5wt
GeoNames ID
6956696
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Ostankino-tårnet
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
ostankinskaia-telebashnia-467b19
Kulturnoe-nasledie.ru ID
7740834000
NL CR AUT ID
ge1124086
Quora topic ID
Ostankino-Tower
Show all 19 identifiers +7
RIA Novosti reference
86450354
SkyscraperPage building ID
24
Structurae structure ID
20000279
Telegram username
ostankino_tvtower
VK username
tv_tower
Wiki Loves Monuments ID
RU-7740834000
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Building", "OstankinoTower::y9pk5"]

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 4
tourist attraction, concert hall, television tower, architectural landmark
Architect 2
Nikolai Nikitin, Dmitri Burdin
Country 2
Russia, Soviet Union
Created notable works 2
Nikolai Nikitin, Dmitri Burdin
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Ostankinsky District
Location 1
Moscow
Named after 1
Ostankinsky District
Owned by 1
Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network
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Summary

Ostankino Tower is a television tower[1].

Related Entities

Russia

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . Q18914453. wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . en.wikipedia.org. en.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · Svetlov Artem · 2026-10-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Made from material → prestressed concrete, reinforced concrete
    "Created claim: Made from material: prestressed concrete"
  2. 19d ago · Svetlov Artem · 2026-10-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → observation deck, revolving restaurant, flagpole +1
    "Created claim: Has part(s): flagpole"
  3. 19d ago · Svetlov Artem · 2026-10-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim: Architect: Moisei Shkud"
  4. 19d ago · Svetlov Artem · 2026-10-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Structural engineer → Злобин, Борис Алексеевич, Vladimir Travush, Ханджи, Виктор Викторович +1
    "Created claim: Structural engineer: Moisei Shkud"
  5. 19d ago · Svetlov Artem · 2026-10-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Structural engineer → Злобин, Борис Алексеевич, Vladimir Travush, Ханджи, Виктор Викторович +1
    "Created claim: Structural engineer: Злобин, Борис Алексеевич"
  6. 21d ago · Svetlov Artem · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → television tower, architectural landmark, observation tower
    Has part(s) → observation deck, revolving restaurant, flagpole +1
    Date of official opening → November 5, 1967
    "Created claim: Has part(s): observation deck"
  7. 21d ago · Svetlov Artem · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → television tower, architectural landmark, observation tower
    "Removed claim: Instance of: concert hall"
  8. 19w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → television tower, architectural landmark, observation tower
    Has characteristic → tourist attraction
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #39782: Move Q570116 from P31 -> P1552"
  9. 28w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Moscow
    Located on street → Akademika Korolyova street
    Number of elevators → 5
    Architect → Nikolai Nikitin, Leonid Batalov, Dmitri Burdin +2
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Building", "OstankinoTower::y9pk5"], batch #257096"
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