Not only foreign resorts attract travelers. Most of them will never refuse to visit the big Russian cities, including such as St. Petersburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Veliky Novgorod and, of course, Moscow. The capital city of Russia annually attracts thousands of guests, providing for a comfortable stay an extensive infrastructure and an interesting cultural program, collected from visits to many attractions.
Let's figure it out
It is easy for a modern tourist to get lost in the capital of the Russian Federation, in the city of Moscow, because the city, according to the latest data, has an area of two and a half thousand square kilometers and a population of more than twelve million people! Often, when arriving in Moscow for a couple of days, it is difficult for a traveler to decide which sights he wants to see. The choice is truly huge: these are numerous cathedrals, and the Ostankino tower, and the Kremlin, and Red Square, and Tsar Bell, and Tsar Cannon, and museums, and parks and much, much more.
Particular attention is drawn to the layout of the city, the so-called radial beam. The city has long been built from the center to the outskirts, the streets-rays and rings (Garden, Boulevard,Moscow Ring Road, Third transport and so on). The scheme of the city repeats the Moscow metro: there is also a ring and branches-beams.
Tower
But, walking along the streets of the metropolis, not everything can be seen with your own eyes and appreciated. One of the most interesting sights of Moscow - the Ostankino Tower - invites guests of the city to the observation deck. It is from here that you can appreciate the city from a bird's eye view, look at buildings resembling matchboxes from above, see the rings and rays of the city layout.
Building the tower
The structure was built between 1963 and 1967 by architect N. V. Nikitin. According to verified Internet sources, the author came up with a structure diagram in one night. This building is not only a landmark of the city's architecture, it has a functional significance: it is the Ostankino television tower, as well as a radio broadcasting tower.
Currently, its antennas reach over fifteen million people! The construction of the building is very simple and strong, the structure has a small base, many times greater than the weight of the mast top.
Building Features: Purpose
For eight years, the Ostankino tower retained the title of the tallest building in the world, and now firmly occupies eighth place in this indicator after the towers in Toronto and New York, Guangzhou and others. The building stands on a conical base of ten reliable supports, and the maximum deviation of the top of the tower from the center is, according tomodern data, taking into account the wind speed at a maximum of twelve meters. It is also interesting to know that the foundation of the tower does not exceed four and a half meters, and the weight of the building together with the foundation is 55 thousand tons. The diameter of the base of the building is about 65 meters, and the usable area inside is as much as fifteen thousand square meters! From afar, the tower looks very "thin", the question arises: "How does it all fit inside?!"
Five hundred and forty meters is the height of Ostankino, the tower, which is rightfully considered the tallest building in the city of Moscow. Initially, the building was not so high, "only" five hundred and thirty-three meters, and then it was completed (a flagpole was attached). There are several elevators inside the premises, including passenger, cargo-passenger, restaurant. Elevators have from nine to forty-seven stations each. Two of them are currently out of service and are being refurbished.
More than twenty TV channels operate in this landmark of the city of Moscow, among them Channel One, TVC, Russia-2, Perets, NTV, Domashny and many others. Some broadcasters are switching to modern technologies, and the Ostankino tower provides them with many opportunities for this purpose.
Functional use of this facility
The building is also a sports facility. In different years, various competitions were held on it. For example, in 2000, a race was arranged to a height of 337 meters on the stairs. Also in 2003A record was recorded: twenty-six people jumped off the building at the same time. However, a year later - in 2004 - the record was broken: thirty people risked their lives at the same time. There were also some accidents: the girl caught on the protruding part of the tower and almost died when she hit the wall.
Observation deck in the tower: what is it like
But the Ostankino Tower is famous not only for this. The observation deck is what attracts thousands of tourists to this object every year. Tourists can look at the city from the glazed and open areas. The glazed part of the building is located at a height of 337 meters, and the open part is at a height of 340 meters, slightly higher than the closed one.
Great views of the city from the grounds, this is an unforgettable sight! Wedding processions often visit this place, photo shoots are arranged against the backdrop of bird's-eye views of the city. That is why the most visited place in Moscow is the Ostankino Tower. Photos against the background of this attraction are often found on social networks. Indeed, the images are impressive! A person seems so small compared to the height and base of the tower, and the panorama of the city from above is amazing!
Concert Hall and Restaurant
The open observation deck of the tower receives visitors only on warm days of the year, from about May to October. Excursions are daily, but there is a limit on the number of people: no more than seventy tourists are allowed upstairs at the same time. There is also a concert hall inside the tower.and a restaurant. The Concert Hall is a modern equipped room where film screenings and concerts are held. There are 750 seats in the hall, in the stalls and the amphitheater. The concert venue is called the Royal Hall.
Probably, there is no such Russian person who would not know the film "The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath". Everyone knows the famous dialogue between Zhenya Lukashin and Gali, his abandoned bride. “By the way… they suggest celebrating the New Year in the restaurant of the Ostankino tower. Give me a cupcake. It's spinning." - “Well, if you want to spin, then of course, spin…”
So, for this it was worth visiting Ostankino. The restaurant did rotate until 2000, when the famous fire broke out. Three floors made a revolution around the axis of the tower for one or two times in forty minutes. The restaurant was located at an altitude of 328 to 334 meters, had, as already mentioned, three levels (like Olympic medals, gold, silver and bronze floors). It was, of course, prestigious to visit this institution, and the guests were pleased with the excellent view from the windows of the whole of Moscow. The restaurant is currently closed due to a lengthy renovation.
Small conclusion
Thus, the Ostankino Broadcasting Tower always invites tourists to the viewing platforms, it is one of the most visited architectural sites in Moscow, it is interesting and informative to visit it at any time of the year. There is an official website of the facility, where you can check information about the Ostankino tower, sign up for a tour or viewphotos.
