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  1. Ostankino Tower 1
    Ostankino Tower
    RussiaMoscow
    540 m 1967
  2. Lakhta Center 2
    Lakhta Center
    RussiaSaint Petersburg
    463 m 86 fl 2019
  3. Vostok 3
    Vostok
    RussiaMoscow
    374 m 95 fl 2017
  4. OKO Residential Tower 4
    OKO Residential Tower
    RussiaMoscow
    354 m 90 fl 2015
  5. Neva Towers 2 5
    Neva Towers 2
    RussiaMoscow
    345 m 79 fl 2020
  6. Mercury City Tower 6
    Mercury City Tower
    RussiaMoscow
    339 m 75 fl 2013
  7. Russky Island Bridge 7
    Russky Island Bridge
    RussiaVladivostok
    321 m 2012
  8. St. Petersburg TV Tower 8
    St. Petersburg TV Tower
    RussiaSaint Petersburg
    310 m 1963
  9. Stalnaya Vershina 9
    Stalnaya Vershina
    RussiaMoscow
    309 m 72 fl 2015
  10. Capital City Moscow Tower 10
    Capital City Moscow Tower
    RussiaMoscow
    302 m 76 fl 2010
  11. Neva Tower 1 11
    Neva Tower 1
    RussiaMoscow
    297 m 65 fl 2020
  12. Naberezhnaya Tower C 12
    Naberezhnaya Tower C
    RussiaMoscow
    268 m 61 fl 2007
  13. Triumph-Palace 13
    Triumph-Palace
    RussiaMoscow
    264 m 54 fl 2005
  14. ▢
    14
    Radio mast near Shartash Lake
    RussiaYekaterinburg
    263 m
  15. ▢
    15
    Broadcasting Tower
    RussiaNovorossiysk
    261 m 1996
  16. St. Petersburg 16
    St. Petersburg
    RussiaMoscow
    257 m 65 fl 2010
  17. ▢
    17
    Kingisepp TV Mast
    RussiaKingisepp
    256 m
  18. Evolution Tower 18
    Evolution Tower
    RussiaMoscow
    246 m 46 fl 2015
  19. Zapad 19
    Zapad
    RussiaMoscow
    242 m 62 fl 2008
  20. Moscow State University 20
    Moscow State University
    RussiaMoscow
    240 m 36 fl 1953
  21. Imperia Tower 21
    Imperia Tower
    RussiaMoscow
    239 m 60 fl 2011
  22. ▢
    22
    Zolotoy Rog Bridge
    Vladivostok
    226 m 2012
  23. ▢
    23
    Oko Tower 2
    RussiaMoscow
    224 m 47 fl 2015
  24. House on Mosfilmovskaya 1 24
    House on Mosfilmovskaya 1
    RussiaMoscow
    213 m 53 fl 2012
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    25
    Iset Tower
    RussiaYekaterinburg
    209 m 52 fl 2015
  26. Radisson Royal Hotel 26
    Radisson Royal Hotel
    RussiaMoscow
    206 m 34 fl 1955
  27. ▢
    27
    Vyborg TV Tower
    RussiaVyborg
    205 m 1966
  28. ▢
    28
    Barnaul TV Mast
    RussiaBarnaul
    197 m 1963
  29. ▢
    29
    TV Tower
    RussiaCheboksary
    196 m
  30. ▢
    30
    Chelyabinsk TV Tower
    RussiaChelyabinsk
    196 m 1958
  31. Novosibirsk TV Mast 31
    Novosibirsk TV Mast
    RussiaNovosibirsk
    196 m 1957
  32. ▢
    32
    Tricolor 1
    RussiaMoscow
    194 m 58 fl 2014
  33. ▢
    33
    TV Tower at Lunacharskogo Street
    RussiaYekaterinburg
    192 m
  34. ▢
    34
    Tricolor 2
    RussiaMoscow
    190 m 58 fl 2015
  35. Vysotsky Business Center 35
    Vysotsky Business Center
    RussiaYekaterinburg
    188 m 50 fl 2011
  36. Vorobiovy Gory II 36
    Vorobiovy Gory II
    RussiaMoscow
    188 m 49 fl 2004
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    37
    Radio Mast at Tekhnicheskaya Street
    RussiaPerm
    180 m 1958
  38. Heat Power Plant No.5 Chimney 38
    Heat Power Plant No.5 Chimney
    RussiaNovosibirsk
    180 m
  39. ▢
    39
    Radio Mast at Krupskoi Street
    RussiaPerm
    180 m 2003
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    40
    IQ-Quarter Tower 2
    RussiaMoscow
    178 m 42 fl 2016
  41. Edelweiss 41
    Edelweiss
    RussiaMoscow
    176 m 43 fl 2003
  42. Kotelnicheskaya Naberezhnaya 1/15 42
    Kotelnicheskaya Naberezhnaya 1/15
    RussiaMoscow
    176 m 32 fl 1952
  43. Aliye Parusa 4 43
    Aliye Parusa 4
    RussiaMoscow
    176 m 48 fl 2003
  44. Ministry of Foreign Affairs 44
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    RussiaMoscow
    172 m 27 fl 1953
  45. Mirax Plaza 2 45
    Mirax Plaza 2
    RussiaMoscow
    168 m 41 fl 2015
  46. Swissotel Krasnye Holmy 46
    Swissotel Krasnye Holmy
    RussiaMoscow
    167 m 35 fl 2005
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    47
    Zagorye Quarter Tower
    RussiaMoscow
    165 m 48 fl 2013
  48. Wellhouse at Leninsky Prospekt 48
    Wellhouse at Leninsky Prospekt
    RussiaMoscow
    162 m 46 fl 2009
  49. Kudrinskaya Ploshchad 1 49
    Kudrinskaya Ploshchad 1
    RussiaMoscow
    160 m 22 fl 1954
  50. Shuhovskaya Tower 50
    Shuhovskaya Tower
    RussiaMoscow
    160 m 1922
  51. Vorobiovy Gory III 51
    Vorobiovy Gory III
    RussiaMoscow
    155 m 44 fl 2004
  52. Vorobiovy Gory I 52
    Vorobiovy Gory I
    RussiaMoscow
    155 m 44 fl 2004
  53. ▢
    53
    Bastion
    RussiaMoscow
    153 m 40 fl 2012
  54. Gazprom 54
    Gazprom
    RussiaMoscow
    151 m 35 fl 1994
  55. Dom v Sokolnikah 55
    Dom v Sokolnikah
    RussiaMoscow
    147 m 37 fl 2008
  56. ▢
    56
    Phoenix
    RussiaGrozny
    145 m 40 fl 2011
  57. The Victory Monument 57
    The Victory Monument
    RussiaMoscow
    142 m
  58. ▢
    58
    IQ-Quarter Tower 1
    RussiaMoscow
    141 m 34 fl 2015
  59. Tower Lider 59
    Tower Lider
    RussiaSaint Petersburg
    140 m 40 fl 2011
  60. ▢
    60
    Izmailovsky 2
    RussiaMoscow
    140 m 35 fl 2010
  61. ▢
    61
    Izmailovsky 1
    RussiaMoscow
    140 m 35 fl 2010
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    62
    De Luxe
    RussiaYekaterinburg
    139 m 43 fl 2009
  63. Astrus Hotel - Central House of Tourists 63
    Astrus Hotel - Central House of Tourists
    RussiaMoscow
    138 m 33 fl 1980
  64. Leningradskaya Hotel 64
    Leningradskaya Hotel
    RussiaMoscow
    136 m 26 fl 1953
  65. Dom na Begovoy 2 65
    Dom na Begovoy 2
    RussiaMoscow
    136 m 44 fl 2008
  66. Dom na Begovoy 1 66
    Dom na Begovoy 1
    RussiaMoscow
    136 m 44 fl 2008
  67. Sokolinaya Gora 67
    Sokolinaya Gora
    RussiaMoscow
    135 m 36 fl 2008
  68. Red Gate Square 68
    Red Gate Square
    RussiaMoscow
    133 m 24 fl 1953
  69. NII Delta Business Center 69
    NII Delta Business Center
    RussiaMoscow
    132 m 25 fl 1982
  70. House on Mosfilmovskaya 2 70
    House on Mosfilmovskaya 2
    RussiaMoscow
    131 m 34 fl 2008
  71. ▢
    71
    One Yantarny Gorod
    RussiaMoscow
    130 m 39 fl 2011
  72. ▢
    72
    Radio Mast at Gagarina Boulevard
    RussiaPerm
    130 m
  73. ▢
    73
    Tower on Moskovskaya Gorka
    RussiaYekaterinburg
    130 m
  74. Olympia Tower 2 74
    Olympia Tower 2
    RussiaMoscow
    129 m 35 fl 2004
  75. Naberezhnaya Tower B 75
    Naberezhnaya Tower B
    RussiaMoscow
    127 m 29 fl 2006
  76. ▢
    76
    Ladya 3
    RussiaSamara
    126 m 25 fl 2008
  77. Ladya 2 77
    Ladya 2
    RussiaSamara
    126 m 25 fl 2006
  78. ▢
    78
    Demidov Tower
    RussiaYekaterinburg
    124 m 33 fl 2012
  79. VDNKh Tower 79
    VDNKh Tower
    RussiaMoscow
    123 m 35 fl 2007
  80. Peter and Paul Cathedral 80
    Peter and Paul Cathedral
    RussiaSaint Petersburg
    123 m 1733
  81. Lazurnie Nebesa 81
    Lazurnie Nebesa
    RussiaKazan
    122 m 35 fl 2013
  82. Aliye Parusa 1, korpus 1 82
    Aliye Parusa 1, korpus 1
    RussiaMoscow
    122 m 31 fl 2001
  83. Aliye Parusa 1, korpus 3 83
    Aliye Parusa 1, korpus 3
    RussiaMoscow
    122 m 31 fl 2001
  84. ▢
    84
    Oruzheiny
    RussiaMoscow
    121 m 27 fl 2014
  85. ▢
    85
    Hotel Grozny-City
    RussiaGrozny
    120 m 32 fl 2011
  86. Academy of Sciences 86
    Academy of Sciences
    RussiaMoscow
    120 m 29 fl 1989
  87. ▢
    87
    Communication tower at Blyukhera Street
    RussiaYekaterinburg
    120 m
  88. Government of Russia Building 88
    Government of Russia Building
    RussiaMoscow
    119 m 18 fl 1980
  89. First Tower 89
    First Tower
    RussiaKrasnoyarsk
    118 m 27 fl 2009
  90. ▢
    90
    Ulitsa Marshala Biryuzova 41
    RussiaMoscow
    116 m 31 fl 2011
  91. ▢
    91
    Aleksandr Nevsky
    RussiaSaint Petersburg
    116 m 36 fl 2012
  92. Teplichny Pereulok 4 - 8 92
    Teplichny Pereulok 4 - 8
    RussiaMoscow
    116 m 26 fl
  93. Prospekt Vernadskogo 12 93
    Prospekt Vernadskogo 12
    RussiaMoscow
    115 m 27 fl 1990
  94. Prospekt Vernadskogo 12A 94
    Prospekt Vernadskogo 12A
    RussiaMoscow
    115 m 26 fl 1985
  95. Leninsky Prospekt 116-1 95
    Leninsky Prospekt 116-1
    RussiaMoscow
    115 m 30 fl 1998
  96. Osen 96
    Osen
    RussiaMoscow
    114 m 33 fl 2007
  97. ▢
    97
    Izmailovsky 4
    RussiaMoscow
    112 m 28 fl 2010
  98. ▢
    98
    Izmailovsky 3
    RussiaMoscow
    112 m 28 fl 2010
  99. Profico 99
    Profico
    RussiaMoscow
    112 m 26 fl 2007
  100. Paveletskaya Tower 100
    Paveletskaya Tower
    RussiaMoscow
    111 m 27 fl 2003
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