The first skyscrapers in Russia were built during the Stalinist Era in the USSR. These skyscrapers are known as the Seven Sisters, which were built in the Stalinist architectural style. The first skyscraper to be constructed in Russia was the Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building. Skyscrapers in Russia are among the tallest in Europe and the Western Hemisphere, many of them located in the Moscow International Business Center (MIBC) in the Russian capital, Moscow.
As of June 2018, the Lakhta Center of St. Petersburg is de facto the tallest skyscraper in Russia and Europe with a height of {{convert|462|m|ft}} while Vostok or Tower East of the Federation Towers in Moscow is the tallest completed skyscraper in Russia and Europe, with a height of {{convert|374|m|ft}}. The two are followed by two MIBC skyscrapers, OKO and Mercury City Tower, in being the tallest buildings in both Russia and Europe.
There are numerous skyscrapers being proposed or under construction: notable examples such as the Lakhta Center in Saint Petersburg, the Akhmat Tower in Grozny, and the NEVA Towers in Moscow.
This lists ranks all topped out buildings in Russia that stand at least {{convert|150|m|ft}} tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes all architectural details as well as antenna spires.
| Rank | Name | Image | Location | Height
m (ft) | Stories | Year | Notes |
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| 1|1}} | Lakhta Center | Saint Petersburg{{Coord|59|59|13.7|N|30|10|37.3|E}} | 462|m|ft}} | 87 | 2019 | Reached in 2017, topped-out in 2018, completed in 2019. Lakhta Center overtook Vostok (East Tower) of the Federation Towers as the tallest building in the Russian Federation as well as the tallest building in Europe.[1][2][3] |
| 02|2}} | Federation Towers (East Tower/Vostok) | Moscow{{Coord|55|44|59.17|N|37|32|13.70|E}} | 01.0{{convert>130|m|ft}}{{convert|130|m|ft}}{{convert|130|m|ft}}{{convert|374|m|ft}} | 95 | 2017 | Completed in 2017, the Federation Tower overtook the OKO as the tallest building in the Russian Federation as well as the tallest building in Europe. Composed of two towers, East Tower/Vostok (the tallest) and West Tower/Zapad.[4] |
| 03|3}} | OKO (South Tower) | Moscow{{Coord|55|44|58.48|N|37|32|3.69|E}} | 01.0 {{convert>354.1|m|ft}} | 85 | 2015 | Completed in 2015, the OKO is the second tallest building in the Russian Federation and the second-tallest building in Europe. Composed of two towers: South Tower (the tallest) and North Tower.[4] |
| 04|4}} | Mercury City Tower | Moscow{{Coord|55|45|2|N|37|32|22.6|E}} | 01.0{{convert>354.1|m|ft}}{{convert|354.1|m|ft}}{{convert|354.1|m|ft}} {{convert|338.8|m|ft}} | 75 | 2012 | Completed in 2012, Mercury City Tower is the third tallest building in the Russian Federation as well as the third-tallest building in Europe. The distinctive shape and the blazing copper-orange facade help make the Mercury City Tower stand out of the rest in the MIBC.[4] |
| 05|5}} | Eurasia | Moscow{{Coord|55|44|57|N|37|32|05|E}} | 01.0 {{convert>308.9|m|ft}} | 72 | 2013 | Completed in 2013, Eurasia Tower is the fourth tallest building in the Russian Federation and the fifth-tallest building in Europe.[4] |
| 06|6}} | City of Capitals (Moscow Tower) | Moscow | 01.0{{convert>308.9|m|ft}}{{convert|301.6|m|ft}} | 76 | 2009 | The fifth-tallest building in the Russian Federation and the sixth-tallest building in Europe. It is composed of tower towers, each representing a capital of Russia, Moscow Tower (the tallest) and St. Petersburg Tower.[4] |
| 07|7}} | Naberezhnaya Tower | Moscow | 02.0{{convert|268.4|m|ft}} | 61 | 2007 | Composed of three towers: A, B, and C (the tallest). |
| 08|8}} | Triumph Palace | Moscow | 02.0 {{convert>264.1|m|ft}} | 52 | 2006 | |
| 09|9}} | City of Capitals (Saint Petersburg Tower) | Moscow | 02.0 {{convert>257|m|ft}} | 65 | 2009 | |
| 10|10}} | OKO (North Tower) | Moscow | 254|m|ft}} | 49 | 2014 |
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| 11|11}} | Evolution Tower | Moscow | 246|m|ft}} | 55 | 2014 | |
| 12|12}} | Federation Tower (West Tower/Zapad) | Moscow | 02.0 {{convert>242.2|m|ft}} | 62 | 2008 | |
| 13|13}} | Main Building of Moscow State University | Moscow | 02.0 {{convert>240|m|ft}} | 36 | 1953 | |
| 14|14}} | Empire | Moscow | 02.0{{convert>239|m|ft}} | 60 | 2010 | |
| 15|15}} | House on Mosfilmovskaya | Moscow | 02.0 {{convert>213|m|ft}} | 54 | 2010 | |
| 16|16}} | Iset Tower | Yekaterinburg | 02.0 {{convert>212.8|m|ft}}[5] | 52 | 2016 | |
| 17|17}} | Hotel Ukraina | Moscow | 02.0 {{convert>198|m|ft}} | 34 | 1957 | |
| 18|18}} | Tricolor Tower A | Moscow | 02.0{{convert>198|m|ft}}{{convert|198|m|ft}}{{convert|198|m|ft}}{{convert|194|m|ft}} | 56 | 2014 | |
| 19|19}} | Tricolor Tower B | Moscow | 192|m|ft}} | 58 | 2015 |
| 20|20}} | Continental House | Moscow | 191|m|ft}} | 48 | 2011 |
| 21|21}} | Vysotsky | Yekaterinburg | 02.0{{convert>188.3|m|ft}} | 53 | 2011 |
| 22|22}} | Vorobyovy Gory (Sparrow Hills Tower II) | Moscow | 02.0{{convert>188.2|m|ft}} | 49 | 2004 |
| 23|23}} | Алые паруса (Scarlet sails) | Moscow | 02.0{{convert>179|m|ft}} | 48 | 2003 |
| 24=|2=24=}} | Edelweiss | Moscow | 02.0{{convert>176|m|ft}} | 43 | 2003 |
| 24=|2=24=}} | Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building | Moscow | 02.0{{convert>176|m|ft}} | 32 | 1952 | The first skyscraper to be constructed in Russia. |
| 26=|2=26=}} | Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Moscow | 02.0{{convert>172|m|ft}} | 27 | 1953 |
| 26=|2=26=}} | Nordstar Tower | Moscow | 02.0{{convert>172|m|ft}} | 42 | 2009 |
| 28|28}} | Mirax Plaza (Tower B) | Moscow | 02.0{{convert>167|m|ft}} | 41 | 2010 |
| 29|29}} | Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy | Moscow | 02.0{{convert>165|m|ft}} | 34 | 2005 |
| 30|30}} | WellHouse on Leninskiy | Moscow | 02.0{{convert>162|m|ft}} | 46 | 2009 |
| 31|31}} | Kudrinskaya Square Building | Moscow | 02.0{{convert>160|m|ft}} | 41 (22) | 1954 |
| 32=|2=32=}} | Sparrow Hills Tower I | Moscow | 02.0{{convert>155|m|ft}} | 44 | 2004 |
| 32=|2=32=}} | Sparrow Hills Tower III | Moscow | 02.0{{convert>155|m|ft}} | 44 | 2004 |
| 32=|2=32=}} | Avenue 77 | Moscow | 155|m|ft}} | 45 | 2009 |
| 35|35}}= | Gazprom building | Moscow | 02.0{{convert>150.9|m|ft}} | 35 | 1994 |
| 35|35}}= | Sverdlovsk | Yekaterinburg | 150.9|m|ft}} | 37 | 2015 |
This is a list of the history of the tallest buildings in Russia; it includes buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Russia.
| Name | Image | Location | Years as tallest | Heightmeters (ft) | Stories | Reference | | Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral | Saint Petersburg | 1733-1952 | 122,5 | - |
| Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building | Moscow | 1952–1953 | 02.0{{convert>176|m|ft}} | 32 |
| Main Building of Moscow State University | Moscow | 1953–2006 | 02.0 {{convert>240|m|ft}} | 36 |
| Triumph Palace | Moscow | 2006–2007 | 02.0 {{convert>264.1|m|ft}} | 52 |
| Naberezhnaya Tower | Moscow | 2007–2009 | 02.0 {{convert>268.4|m|ft}} | 61 |
| City of Capitals (Moscow Tower) | Moscow | 2009–2012 | 01.0{{convert>308.9|m|ft}}{{convert|306.6|m|ft}} | 76 |
| Mercury City Tower | Moscow | 2012-2015 | 01.0{{convert>354.1|m|ft}}{{convert|354.1|m|ft}}{{convert|354.1|m|ft}} {{convert|338.8|m|ft}} | 75 |
| OKO (South Tower) | Moscow | 2015–2016 | 01.0 {{convert>354.1|m|ft}} | 85 |
| Federation Tower | Moscow | 2016–2017 | 374 metres (1,227 ft) | 95 |
| Lakhta Center | Saint Petersburg | 2017-present | 462|m|ft}} | 87 |
1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://lakhta.center/en/article/?id=1280|title=European altitude record broken|website=lakhta.center|access-date=2018-06-17}}
2. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.euronews.com/2017/10/06/russian-skyscraper-becomes-europe-s-tallest-building#|title=Russian skyscraper ‘becomes Europe’s tallest building’|date=2017-10-06|work=euronews|access-date=2018-06-17|language=en}}
3. ^{{Citation|last=Лахта Центр|title=Lakhta Center reached the design height|date=2018-01-29|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y-0SYU5sJU|access-date=2018-06-17}}
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5. ^Schematic of Iset Tower
6. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite web|url=https://skyscrapercenter.com/country/russia|title=Russia—The Skyscraper Center|website=skyscrapercenter.com|access-date=2017-05-22}}