>>510497381
>When russians built it they forbid any tall buildings to be constructed anywhere nearby
FALSE.
>Every year there are petitions to demolish it.
also false.
it's a protected, nationally registered antique building
>it was built to imitate
also false
1. it looks way better than any sloppy, poop-shaped monstrosity in moscow with skewed proportions. it's elegant, sleek and slim, the only ugly part of it is its octopus-like base
2. it was the TALLEST tower in Europe when it was built, the only-slightly taller moscow state university building wasn't completed yet. a building taller than others doesn't imitate, it leads

its design is basically art deco, not the stalinist soc-realism
look up Terminal Tower in Cleveland, you'll see the true inspiration