Almaty Tower

Almaty Tower
Алматы Теледидар Мұнарасы Алма-Ати́нская телебашня
Almaty Tower in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Location within Kazakhstan
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Steel telecommunications and observation tower
Location	Almaty, Kazakhstan
Coordinates	43°13′44″N 76°58′34″E / 43.22889°N 76.97611°E / 43.22889; 76.97611
Construction started	1975
Completed	1983
Opening	1983
Height
Architectural	372 m (1,220 ft) (rounded-off)
Antenna spire	371.5 m (1,219 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	7
Lifts/elevators	2
Design and construction
Architect(s)	N.G. Terziev, A.N. Savchenko (constructors N.K. Akimov, B.V. Ostroumov)
References
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The Almaty Television Tower (Kazakh: Алматы теледидар мұнарасы; Russian: Алматинская телебашня), or simply Almaty Tower, formally the Koktobe TV Tower (Kazakh: «Көктөбе» телемұнарасы; Russian: Телебашня «Коктобе») is a 371.5-metre-high (1,219 ft) steel television tower built between 1975 and 1983 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The tower is located on high slopes of Kok Tobe mountain (Kazakh: Көктөбе means "green hill") south-east of downtown Almaty. Unlike other similar TV towers, it is not a concrete, but a steel tubular structure. It is the tallest free-standing tubular steel structure in the world.^[1]

The tower is 371.5 m (1,219 ft) tall; its 114 m metal aerial reaches 1000 meters above sea level. It has two observation decks at the height of 146 m and 252 m, which are accessible by two high-speed elevators. It is however not open to the public.

On the north-western wall of the tower, in honor of the launch of the Soyuz T-12 spacecraft, one of the largest mosaics in the city was installed, 20 meters long and 8 meters high. The authors of the mosaic, which displays satellites and astronauts, are unknown. The tower contains several tunnels leading to a bomb shelter.^[2]