Moscow State University
Moscow, Russia

HEIGHT: 240m/787 feet
FLOORS: 36 floors
COMPLETION: 1953
ARCHITECT: Lev Vladimirovitch Rudnev


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Well I LOVE it. 9. I don't know why, but it looks futuristic to me. Maybe because you don't see any classical architecture this damned huge.

I give it a 9 too, it's not beautiful, but there's actually something special with this building, it's "different", I don't know how to explain :)

How much of that spire is counted in it's height?

whoa..Interesting. LARGE SPIRE.

5/10

The definitive work of totalitarian architecture - at least until that loony hotel in Pyongyang came along. Stalin's architectural minions were trying to create a unique style that combined massive scale with classical detailing, because the unornamented international style gaining favor in the West at the same time was just so darn capitalist. It's hard to rate something this unique, but I would probably toss out a six. In a way it's grotesque, but it overcomes it by being so Russian.

I love it I wish the uni I'm going to looked like this 8/10

An elagent looking building. I've always liked this building. 9/10 :)

I like the proportions and the detailing, and the spire. In some of the photos the top sections look unusually whiter than the rest of the building, were they given a scrub or reclad? In older photos the whole facade was a similar colour. 9/10

the most beautiful Moscow building and THE best University i have ever seen

:bash: :guns1: :bleep: :mad: :rant: >( :baaa: :moods: :D

it's ugly , bud very special built
why r all the "skyscrapers" of moskow like that one?????
anyway i give it a 5

Total Russia. I always wished I could've gone down to see Moscow and this building during all my visits to the Arctic Russian areas.

7.

Oppressive, Massive, Brutal, Imposing. I love it even though it is not beautiful. 8/10

i would love to see that in person . . . but dont agree with counting goofy spires to the overall height . . so 5/10

Wow, very grand Uni, very wide, very nice facade, and good spire.

8/10

I saw the word "grotesque" used above and that is a perfect description.

Grotesque though does not necessarily mean ugly, in this case it means unique, tantalizing and historically significant.

This building is almost impossible to rate, but for all it's (I wish I knew Russian because I can't quite find the adjective here) I give it 9/10.

8/10

Very grand and majestic. Somehow I cant see it as a skyscraper.

i like it!
9

9/10

great, majestic,good looking building

9/10. Very cool!

I voted 8.5

looks like a castle almost.... i don't think the spire should count towards the height though..... 8/10

This is no skyscraper to me , it's a boombastic creation of insanety

the spire/tower section is way too tall compared to the rest of the building..

8.5/10

its hard to traet this with the same criteria we do a skyscraper, its more like a church, grand but mostly decorative, if i was rating it as a building i would give it a 9

as a skyscraper a 7 will do

Tallests building in Moscow 9/10
http://msu.mnc.ru/img.php?img=ex/106.jpg
http://msu.mnc.ru/img.php?img=ex/107.jpg
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More photos:http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18242

:cool:

7/10

Bold and unique, but it doesn't have that skyscraper look.

Very beautiful
9/10

this is an architectural beauty...simply stunning to look at...some have used the word grotesque but it looks to be more overbearing since it's so huge...it does have a castle resemblance similar to those built in Spain..it's impressive....8.5/10

An ugly son of a bitch, 4/10

Almost perfect! A 9.5 for me.
I love these buildings, the greatness of their facade, the beautiful positioning. I'd like to visit it once.

I like the building, very impressive... only thing I don't like is the idea behind it.... an 8

Yehaaaaa! I love it sooooo much! MY absolutely favorit! 10/10

Awesome Soviet building.

Looks like something popped out of disney land.
8.0/10

10/10
the pictures don't do justice to the way that it looms imposingly over the whole city, nor to the detail of the soviet-style decorations 200 metres above the ground... ok so it isn't that tall, but it does compensate for this by having lots of style and stone hammer-and-sickle logos about the size of a small lorry.

Plus it looks incredible in the dark.

And it stands on top of a hill that makes it seem twice as high as it is.

And there is the most incredible view from this hill!

If only the soviets had spent more money competing properly with the US in building skyscrapers instead of wasting all that money on ICBMs that no-one ever used anyway, then this would probably be twice the height. If only....

9.5/10 Nice building! I think its the world's tallest building in a university.

10! My second favorite university building after the Cathedral of Learning in Pittsburgh. This building looks totally evil, oppressive, grim, mighty and powerful. It is extremely ornate and massive. I love this style of building.



My only complaint is that the spire is a little excessive.

7.5/10

This one is a classic.. But i find the spire weird... I dont understand why they tuck some circular thing on the top of it? :?

8/10

looks grand. 9.5/10

Beautiful building, but keep in mind it was built by Stalin to represent the power of the State. Its meant to intimidate, not impress.

This is part of the "seven sisters" buildings. All Stalinist Gothic. One of them, Palace of Culture, was never built.

http://www.skyscrapers.com/re/en/wm/pr/100285/

Incidentally, this is the tallest academic building in the world. The second tallest is the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, US).

http://zeeb.library.cmu.edu/SAA-PghHostCmte/images/Cathedral.jpg

If its meant to intimidate, then it did a fantastic job at tt. 8/10. :)

4

What a great building!! 8.5/10

another communistic monster 4/10

10/10 :banana:

5/10. it is monsterous and impressive but i get very depressed of it.

7/10 it's massive. what can i say about it.. although the design doesn't impress me that much..

facade: ok
form: i love that russian style, especially this one!
points: 10/10

Bow down to the workers of the world you capitalist pigs. Russian building will krush you like ant on boot.

9/10

um...okay

This is great building!!! 10/10.

hummm, 7/10.
only for its location

18 october 2003

Jarno Trulli driving F1 RS-23 on Renault Moscow's Show
http://coth.by.ru/gallery/renault/jtf1.jpg

http://coth.by.ru/gallery/renault/msu.jpg

Loony building.

2/10

9/10


Great landmark

Now that's what I call a god-DAMN institution. 9/10

6.5 / 10 - I've clicked by this thread several times before, and have not voted because I couldn't decide how to rate this imposing, massive pile...Is is a scraper or a castle, or what? :?
(I might have given it a higher rating as a castle....)

The main tower seems to have a lot of nice "neo-quelquechose" detailing (that wasn't sarcasm - just an inability to identify the style more precisely - or is it several styles?) At any rate, the red string courses (if that's the term i want), the other bands of relief work running around the tower, and the statues seem, as far as I can see, to work well together. The set backs give it some gracefullness in spite of its massiveness.

The smaller towers also seem to work well, and make the overall shape of the building more graceful.

However...

That metal spire with the star & wreath sprouting from what looks like a vase simply comes accross as the world's largest potted plant, perhaps an escapee from that movie "Little Shop of Horrors", :ohno: and looks, somehow, completely out of place.

The facade, below the ornament, seems bland, almost dreary, as if the architects had exhausted their energy up there where the building meets the sky...

8.5/10. Is it the 108th highest building??? It doesn't look that tall

6/10

Hm,I guess tv tower in Moscow ( http://www.tvtower.ru/ ) is not a skyscraper? or it is?
It is very interesting i think.

Hm,I guess tv tower in Moscow ( http://www.tvtower.ru/ ) is not a skyscraper? or it is?
It is very interesting i think.
No, it isn't.

newbie here? from russia?

Why not? you mean, it's not interesting or not a skyscraper?

Yes Newbie :-)

it's not a highrise building, it's a tower

russian architecture's so grand! that commie star's too big though...

8.5

it's not a highrise building, it's a tower


Well, i understand,i will be visiting Russia this summer and i hope i'll visit Moscva City too :-) . Here in greece there are no skyscrapers at all... :-(

I would give it a 10 but it's kinda creepy (the communist style with the red paint etc...). And inside it looks awful (in the pics).
I give it a 9, I love the classical touch and details (and the lighting)!

^we voting for architecture, not for political interests!

9.5/10 Just beautiful ex soviet architecture.. Great pics BTW.

:)

I meant the architechture was a little bit creepy not that it's creepy because it's a communist building. I apologize if I was a bit misleading. :okay:

Definitely not a skyscraper, more of a monument than anything
Great architecture and design, but again 1/10 for being a real skyscraper

10/10 for architecture
10/10 for being so friggin gaudy (not Gaudi, although ... ;-0)

1/10 for being a cheap way to say we have skyscrapers

7.5/10 overall then I guess

BTW is the entire university self contained in this structure
Or is it sort of a Cathedral of Learning, with satellite buildings etc

Even better than its Polish brother. :lol:

8

Impressive for 1953 Russia. Too ornamental tho

i had the honour of seeing this building in person a few years back - it looks damn good when viewed down the garden leading to it on a blustery, snowy, winter day.

9/10

It's undoubtedly an impressive building, but I wouldn't call it "beautiful".

It looks too much like a fortress, or some kind of prison.

8/10

Like it and the spire, 8/10

7/10

The top is incredible. 8.0

I love it I wish the uni I'm going to looked like this 8/10


if my uni was like this then i would be proud i was going to a university like that! :D shame i am not!

7/10

One of the most beautiful and awesome buildings in the world!!! 10/10.

9/10 a classic

Very elegant and beautiful. The best of the Moscow castle building thingies. I give it a 9.5/10. :yes:

Really cool tower. I don't like Soviet style, but this one is really great. It looks even better than Palace of Culture & Science, because it's clean ;):D 9/10

Really unique, VERY massive spire!
8/10

8/10
It would look better if the lower parts were smaller.Anyway it's an impressive building.

9/10

9/10 Monumental!

ochyen krasiveye. 9.

I love it. 9.5/10.

8.

Who said all communist architecture had to be ugly? 9/10

8/10

Gotta love this building, 8/10

palace..9.5/10

http://foto.rambler.ru/photos/m/o/mostopic/Moscowtrip/MGU04/MGU04.jpg
http://foto.rambler.ru/photos/m/o/mostopic/Moscowtrip/MGU01/MGU01.jpg

nice except for the spire. 8/10

one of my favorite skycrapers 10/10

One of the best in the world in one of the best cities of the world

This is a great building. It says so much about the city its in. A great design and a perfect icon for Moscow. 10

Hey, does anybody know how many students it houses? Is the whole university contained in this one building or does the campus have a few other buildings.

Excellent, a building with a country-specific identity. 8.5

10, this building is beautiful one of my favorite buildings.

10...

nice nigh pics

this is one of the most bety and nice classical building of Europe 8/10

10/10 of chorse

THE BEST UNIVERSITY IN THE WORLD 9/10

9 Massive, I love this building

6,5/10

OMG very nice 10/10

9/10

The soviet-style classic icon :-)
This building's crown is just completely out of this world ! So intricate and amazing ! The proportion is also pleasing to the eye. Of course the lower levels may not look so nice but who cares ?
That's a 9 !

stylish building
10

Spire is too big of course, but I still like it.

Another good building that wants to add height by using a spire. Just can't live with it. 7/10

8/10

9/10 ;) Elegant

8.5/10 :)

9/10 that's a beautiful building, Is the al bait inspired by the Moscow State University?

8.5/10

7/10 Nice building but it seems to be lacking something.

7/10.

Its beautiful though i dont like the spire and there are many copies of this type of building. 8/10

7/10

8/10 This is one of the very few times when a giant spire is warranted. Communist to a T but so what. It looks cool. It screams power and strength at you which makes the fact that its a university more interesting. It looks more like a capital building of a country.

it has smth special...i just can't explain!!!

it has smth special...i just can't explain!!! 10/10 for something special...and i love this suniversity...ohhh....i wish my university would be like this one :0

10/10 The best thing I've ever seen...<maybe St. Basil is better :D:D>. One thing it's architecture, and second is- it was made from very good materials- only best quality. It's worth everything because modern skyscrapers will collapse, and it will be still standing at it's place. Just perfect...

<a bym sie smiala jakby jutro wiezyczka odpadla...:crazy:>

This old beast is very impressive in the flesh. 9/10

9/10

7/10 I prefer PKiN

Amazing University.

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7,5/10

Nice building 10/10

This is what makes Moskva one of the greatest cities on Earth.. 9/10

7/10

Amazing 10/10

I studied in MSU. Hoooorrray!
:))

10/10

I'm studing in this building for last 6 years in its top floor - there the "highest" in the WORLD faculty of georgraphy is situated. Its the views of from our lecture rooms in 21-22 floors. All photos are today images (23/05/2006)

From MSU to the Centre
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6097/resizeofcentr9py.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

From MSU to the new library and Lomonosov Square
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/3124/resizeoflibrary3ev.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

From MSU to Vernadskogo Avenue (Moscow South-West)
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8909/resizeofveravenue3qh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

From MSU to the West of Moscow
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/6940/resizeofwest0nt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

From MSU to new territories of MSU
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8536/resizeofnewmsu1ft.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I'm not only studying in this building I'm just living (for last 3 years) and working in it. It like a small city with all intrastructure. An you could spend several days and weeks without leaving it.

A view from a hostel. It was rainy yesterday
http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/5865/resizeofhostel0ws.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Of course, MSU building is amazing and I'm very proud that its the place there a temporary live. It looks massive and forever indeginous, that today skyscrapers in a Moscow City.

Beautiful

Hey, does anybody know how many students it houses? Is the whole university contained in this one building or does the campus have a few other buildings.

The university has about 35,000 students.

This is just one of the buildings, mostly a dorm, there are some lecture auditoriums in it too, geology/geography departments, museum of minerals, cafeteria... maybe something else... Other departments are in their own buildings located around in a huge campus; the campus itself is a big park.

It's a 3D Model of MSU campus on Lenin (Sparrow) Hill's from MSU Official Atlas
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9278/p10100333qq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

It's a view of MSU and new campus behind the Lomonosov Avenue
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/2422/p10100341ss.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^we voting for architecture, not for political interests!
Voters divided into two groups: some of them like this building, some - hate communists...

Damn! How cool a place to live in isn't that? Top 10 worldwide I'd say :)

9/10

Wow! Mingitau's pics are awesome! Moscow looks BIG and DENSE from MSU.And very green btw.
I think the building itself deserves 8.5

Excellent pics, I can actually see my house from one of them. Not so long ago the space you see in the second last pic (post 142) was a huge empty space.

And very green btw.
Oh yes. In Google Maps you can see: all green on the map are forests and parks:
http://maps.google.com/?ll=55.720923,37.578735&spn=0.550714,1.157684&om=1

The MSU building is here:
http://maps.google.com/?ll=55.702621,37.530885&spn=0.017218,0.036178&om=1

Just stunning! 10/10

better than the Rate Palace of Culture and Science but also not my taste 7/10

10/10...simply awesome!!!

10/10
still in love with it. :fiddle:

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10/10. One word: Awesome.

8.5/10

a magnificent piece of work.

awesome.. the spire is huge, but fits into the design really well..

8.5

It looks so beautiful! 10/10

The top is the icing on the cake. 10/10

9/10

9/10

Splendid. 9.0

5/10

I saw it in person and it is a stunning building. 9/10

really nice, i like it. 9.5/10

8.5/10.

7/10

9/10

9. elegant!

7/10 Looks beautiful at night

8.5 / 10

8 / 10

The most beautiful skyscraper of all times

One of the most remarkable building on this planet, 8/10.

Strange and beautyful ;) 9.5/10

One pic of the building under construction:

http://mos-sky.narod.ru/pic/msu_str.jpg

8/10

Love this building. It's on my desktop.

Sorry, but I don't like the building ;/ only 3.5 from me..

8.5/10

Looks nice! 7 out of 10.

Very nice building. 9/10

9/10

6/10

9,5/10

Too wide and :tiasd:

4/10

9/10

8/10

Eh, just a really massive version of other buildings, but still, 8/10

10/10

One of my favourites. I love the thin, elegant spire shining into the sky. The facade is also very beautiful.

A very beautiful building.

8/10 - could you imagine playing ultimate hide and go seek there? :D

nice spire but bit too massive as the whole 7/10

1/10

7/10

i dont like this socialistic crap, but this is impressive...10/10

2/10

soviet 10/10 ;)

classic! love it! makes me wanna go study there! :okay: 10000!

icon! 8.
love the star on the top

Amazing! 10/10 ... For me it is the most beautiful university in the world!

I think this building is tacky. Of course, when it was built I'm sure it was in style, at least in Moscow, so I'm not blaming the tackiness on bad architecture or anything. I just personally don't enjoy it very much. However, the sheer size of the building and what it does for Moscow's skyline are impressive, so I gave it a 6.5.

10/10 perfect!

damn 10/10

5/10

6/10

:applause:

10/10

There was this achievement in that age. Today only a fondness and the recognition for old builders. Appearance? Matter of the taste.

5/10

8/10

7.5/10

7/10

Very imposing. 9

10/10
It's unique

8/10

8/10

8/10

Impressive style !

9.0/10

7.5

10/10

Love Soviet architecture

10. Excellent building. Regards.

9.5/10

9/10 very huge building, nice

9/10

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9/10

Absolutely enormous. Elegant, but enormous.

voted 6/10 its fine...

9/10

2/10

Iconic Soviet classic: big and brooding, what more could one want? 7

10/10

HUGE!
9/10

7.5/10

6.5

7/10

10/10

http://s006.radikal.ru/i215/1002/8b/3f2b0b3d1528.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)

Really impressive. 8.5/10

9.5/10

8/10

9/10

9.5

10/10

7/10

10/10...cause of its uniqueness :)

8/10 :)

8/10

imposing 8.5

6/10

8/10

8/10