Moscow State University
1. Have a look at the main building of Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU). The north-side view is the most impressive.
2. This 240 meters high and 36-level university was erected in 1949-1953 by prisoners. The famous architects L. Rudnev, B. Iofan, S. Chernyshev, P. Abrosimov and V. Nasonov created the project. The rear-view
3. In 50s the university was the highest building in the world outside the US. This is probably one of the most outstanding masterpieces of the Russian architecture of the 20th century located in Moscow. The skyscraper belongs to the famous group of Joseph Stalin's 7 buildings located in the heart of Moscow. The side view
4. Nowadays there are a lot of modern skyscrapers in the capital, but this one will always be the magnificent part of the Moscow's landscape. The university is located at a 50-meters high hill not far from the Moscow River, and it seems like the building is soaring over the city. It has a charming night illumination.
5. Earlier the main entrance was located on the Vorobyovy Gory side.
6. In the 18th century the university occupied a building at Mokhovaya street in the center of Moscow, next to the Kremlin. Unfortunately the building does not exist anymore. Some blocks of MSU are still located at Mokhovaya street. The former main entrance
7. The triumphal columns
8. The sights of the main building of the university: Sculptures of architect Vera Mukhina, the author of the famous Moscow sculpture "Rabochy I Kolkhoznitsa" ("The Worker and Collective Farm Woman").
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10. The four towers with the astronomical clock
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12. There are faculties of Geology, Math, Geography and rectorate in the main block. The Museum of Earth Science is located in the square storey wich is decorated with the emblem.
13. Decoration of the level
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15. Sculptures
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17. The elegant Rotunda, one of the assemble halls of MSU, occupies two round levels, the 31 and 32. We will reach it a little later. Mechanical rooms are located at the 33 - 36 levels. The spire with the star is 58 meters high.
18. Hostels for students and postgraduates and apartments of teachers and professors.
19. The hostel's courtyard
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22. This is a front view of the arches between the hostels and the main block.
23. Nowadays the main entrance is located at the south side.
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26. The view at the top of the building
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28. This Hall of Four Buffets is a popular place at the first floor. It has a beautiful granitic decoration.
29. Some more pictures of the fundamental and heavy interiors at the first level. A grandiose assemble hall and fragments of the temple of Christ the Saviour.
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32. Those express elevators operate at certain levels and each one has its own rout.
33. This is the Museum of Earth Science, one of the best in Moscow. Strangers may get a tour to have a chance to visit the museum. The elevator that serves the 28th level leads to the assemble hall Rotonda.
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35. The exit to the 31 floor at the bottom of Rotonda
36. The view of Rotonda
37. One more view at it
38. The dome of Rotonda
