Hotel Ukraina in Moscow was designed by Arkady Mordvinov and Vyacheslav Oltarzhevsky and commissioned by Joseph Stalin. A government resolution came on January 13, 1947, and the first stone was laid on September 7, 1947. The text says construction started in 1953. The infobox gives opening in May 1957, and the text gives May 25, 1957.
The article calls the style Stalinist Empire, with neoclassical elements and Soviet ornamentation. It uses a metal frame, precast reinforced concrete slabs and hollow ceramic blocks on a box foundation suited to weak sandy loam. The height is 676 feet (206 m) including a 73 m spire, with 34 floors in the central tower.
The infobox lists 497 rooms, while the text gives 505 rooms and 38 apartments. God Nisanov bought it at a 2005 auction for 59 million pounds. It closed in 2007 and reopened on April 28, 2010. It was renamed Radisson Collection in 2019. The article gives no hours.
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