Saint Petersburg TV Tower

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Saint Petersburg TV Tower as seen from Ushakovskaya Embankment

The Saint Petersburg TV Tower is a 310 meter high lattice steel tower in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built in 1962 and was the first dedicated TV tower in the Soviet Union. It is used for FM- and TV-broadcasting.

The Saint Petersburg TV Tower features an observation platform at a height of 191 m. The tower is located at 3 Ulitsa Akademika Pavlova. The nearest metro station is Petrogradskaya.

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Saint Petersburg TV Tower in the Structurae database

Coordinates: 59°58′36″N 30°19′15″E / 59.97667°N 30.32083°E / 59.97667; 30.32083

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	Moscow Oblast	Taldom transmitter · 19?? • Moscow Radio Centre 13 · 1989

	St. Petersburg	Griffin tower · 1??? • Ivanov tower · 1??? • Duma tower · 1??? • Saint Petersburg TV Tower · 1962 • Admiralty Tower · 1718 • Okhta Center Tower · 2010 (planned) Water Towers: Kronstadt Water Tower · 1??? • Main Water Tower · 1??? • Alexandrovsky Factory Tower · 1??? • Obukhovsky Factory Tower · 1??? • Politechnical Institute Tower · 1??? • Pevcheskaya Tower · 1882

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	Nizhny Novgorod Oblast	Shukhov tower · 1929

	Kaluga Oblast	Obninsk Meteorological tower · 1958

	Krasnodar Krai	Novorossiysk TV Tower · 1996

	Vladimir Oblast	Golden Gate · 1164

	Kaliningrad Oblast	Novorossiysk TV Tower · 1996

	Others	Bolshakovo transmitter · (Has not been constructed) • 3803 KM · 1954(Typical television tower)

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