Seven Stalinist-style skyscrapers were built in Moscow from 1947 to 1957 under a decree of January 1947, with Stalin directing the program. The article also calls the style Empire. At completion they were the tallest buildings in Europe. The map pin marks the university building, a main tower by Lev Rudnev that is 787 feet (240 m) high with 36 floors.
The others are Hotel Ukraina, the Kudrinskaya Square building, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Leningradskaya Hotel, the Kotelnicheskaya Embankment building and the Red Gates building. The article gives Ukraina's height as 676 feet (206 m) in the infobox and 650 feet (198 m) in the body.
The buildings have steel frames with concrete ceilings and masonry infill, and clad in ceramic tile panels. The university's foundation slab is 23 feet (7 m) thick. Ukraina reopened in 2010 as a hotel, Leningradskaya reopened as a Hilton, and the Ministry houses government offices.
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