Shukhov Tower

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55°43′02″N 37°36′41″E / 55.71722°N 37.61139°E / 55.71722; 37.61139

Shukhov Tower
The tower in 2007
General information
Architectural style	Constructivist architecture
Town or city	Moscow
Groundbreaking	1920
Completed	1922
Height
Tip	160 m (525 ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Vladimir Shukhov

The Shukhov Radio Tower (Russian: Шуховская башня), also known as the Shabolovka Tower (Шаболовская башня), is a broadcasting tower deriving from the Russian avant-garde in Moscow designed by Vladimir Shukhov. The 160-metre-high (520 ft) free-standing steel diagrid structure was built between 1920 and 1922, during the Russian Civil War.