This is an incomplete list of the tallest structures that are built in the former Soviet Union.
Tallest structures
Construction Year Country Town Pinnacle height Structural type Coordinates Remarks Ostankino Tower 1967 Russia Moscow Tower (concrete) Tallest structure in Europe and the 8th tallest freestanding structure in the world Dudinka CHAYKA-Mast :ru:Список самых высоких телевизионных башен и радиомачт России 196? Russia Dudinka Guyed mast Taymylyr CHAYKA-Mast 196? Russia Taymylyr Guyed mast demolished on 24 September 2009 by explosives Inta CHAYKA-Mast 196? Russia Inta Guyed mast Central Mast of Imeretinskaya VLF-transmitter ? Russia Imeretinskaya Guyed mast Chimney of GRES-2 Power Station1987 Kazakhstan Ekibastusz Chimney (concrete) Tallest chimney in the world Kyiv TV Tower1973 Ukraine Kyiv Tower (lattice steel) Tallest lattice tower in the world Tashkent Tower 1985 Uzbekistan Tashkent Tower (steel) Almaty Tower 1983Kazakhstan Alma-Ata Tower (tubular steel) Tallest steel tube tower in the worldChimney of Berezovskaya GRES 1985 Russia Sharypovo Chimney (concrete) Tallest chimney in Russia Tambov TV Mast 1991 Russia Tambov Guyed mast Riga Radio and TV Tower 1986 Latvia Riga Tower (concrete) Sarepta transmitter, large mast ? Kazakhstan Sarepta Guyed mast Străşeni TV Mast 1985 Moldova Străşeni Guyed mast Lipetsk TV Mast 1991 Russia Lipetsk Guyed mast TV Tower Vinnytsia 1961 Ukraine Vinnytsia Guyed mast equipped with six crossbars running from the mast body to the guysSosnovy Longwave Radio Mast ? Belarus Sosnovy Guyed mast Tsivilsk TV Mast 1990 Russia Tsivilsk Guyed mast Uchkizil TV Mast 1990 Uzbekistan Uchkizil, Termez Guyed mast Varaksino TV Mast 1988 Russia Izhevsk Guyed mast Smogiri TV Mast 1986 Russia Smolensk Guyed mast Sovetsky TV Mast 1984 Russia Sovetsky, Mari El Republic Guyed mast Chimney of Syrdarya Power Plant 1980 Uzbekistan Shirin Chimney (concrete) Kanevskaya TV Mast 1979 Russia Kanevskaya Guyed mast Livny TV Mast 1979 Russia Livny Guyed mast Stavropol TV Mast 1979 Russia Stavropol Guyed mast Ust-Kalmanka TV Mast 1979 Russia Ust-Kalmanka Guyed mast ? Volga TV Mast 1978 Russia Rybinsk Guyed mast Novo-Bykovo TV Mast 1977 Russia Vladimir Guyed mast Rodniki TV Mast 1977 Russia Rodniki Guyed mast Tula TV Mast 1976 Russia Tula Guyed mast Yershov TV Mast 1974 Russia Yershov Guyed mast Ushachi TV Mast 1974 Belarus Ushachi Guyed mast Pinerovka TV Mast 1971 Russia Balashov Guyed mast Selizharovo TV Mast 1971 Russia Selizharovo Guyed mast Kolodischi TV Mast 1970 Belarus Minsk Guyed mast Lipin Bor TV Mast 1970 Russia Lipin Bor Guyed mast Mosolovo TV Mast 1968 Russia Mosolovo Guyed mast Galich TV Mast ? Russia Galich Guyed mast not in use so farBelyy Yar TV Mast ? Russia Belyy Yar, Surgut Guyed mast Polykovichi TV Mast ? Belarus Mahilyow/Polykovichi Guyed mast Novaya Strazha TV Mast ? Belarus Slonim Guyed mast Smetanichi TV Mast ? Belarus Smetanichi Guyed mast Novaya TV Mast ? Kazakhstan Karaganda Guyed mast Grigoriopol transmitter ? Moldova Mayak Guyed mast collapsed in 1997Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky CHAYKA-Mast ? Russia Soboli Guyed mast Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky CHAYKA-Mast ? Russia Sokoch Guyed mast Ussuriysk CHAYKA-Mast ? Russia Pad' Levaja Guyed mast Koeru TV Mast 1976 Estonia Koeru Guyed mast Valgjärve TV Mast 1988 Estonia Valgjärve Guyed mast Proletariy TV Mast 1991 Russia Novgorod Guyed mast Salsk TV Mast Russia Salsk Guyed mast Rogun Dam - Tajikistan Rogun Dam (mud) under constructionBobrov TV Mast 1976 Russia Bobrov Guyed mast Chimney of Kharkiv TEC-5 1991 Ukraine Podvorky, Kharkiv Oblast Chimney (concrete) 3rd Chimney of Primorskaya GRES 1990 Russia Luchegorsk Chimney (concrete) Chimney of Novo-Angrenskaya Power Plant 1985 Uzbekistan Olmaliq Chimney (concrete) 2nd Chimney of Gusinoozyorskaya GRES 1988 Russia Gusinoozyorsk Chimney (concrete) 2 Chimneys of Permskaya GRES 1982/1990 Russia Dobryanka Chimney (concrete) Ekibastuz GRES-1, Chimney East 1982 Kazakhstan Ekibastuz Chimney (concrete) Chimney of Zuevska thermal power station 1981 Ukraine Zuhres, Donetsk Oblast Chimney (concrete) Chimney of Cuciurgan power station 1980 Moldova Dnestrovsc Chimney (concrete) 4th Chimney of Reftinskaya GRES 1979 Russia Reftinskiy Chimney (concrete) Mîndreştii Noi TV Mast ? Moldova Mîndreştii Noi Guyed mast Vilnius TV Tower 1980 Lithuania Vilnius Tower (concrete) St. Petersburg TV Tower 1963 Russia St. Petersburg Tower (lattice steel) 2 Chimneys of Kirishskaya GRES 1984/1986 Russia Kirishi Chimney (concrete) ; 2 Chimneys of Azerbaijan Thermal Power Plant 1981/1990 Azerbaijan Mingachevir Chimney (concrete) 3rd Chimney of Kostromskaya GRES 1980 Russia Volgorechensk Chimney (concrete) 2 Chimneys of Ryazan Power Station 1973/1980 Russia Novomichurinsk Chimney (concrete) 2 Chimneys of Zaporozhskaya GRES 1972/1977 Ukraine Enerhodar Chimney (concrete) 2 Chimneys of Vuhlehirska thermal power plant 1972/1975 Ukraine Solncedar Chimney (concrete) Central Mast of Krasnodar RSDN-20 Transmitter ? Russia Poltavskaya Guyed mast Central Mast of Novosibirsk RSDN-20 Transmitter ? Russia Bolotnoye Guyed mast Tallinn TV Tower 1980 Estonia Tallinn Tower (concrete) TV Tower Yerevan 1977 Armenia Yerevan Tower (lattice steel) Azeri TV Tower 1996 Azerbaijan Baku Tower (concrete) Obninsk Meteorological tower 1958 Russia Obninsk Guyed mast Central Mast of Khabarovsk RSDN-20 Transmitter ? Russia Elban Guyed mast Central Masts of Arkhangelsk VLF-transmitter ? Russia Lukovetskiy Guyed mast ; ; 3 masts Vileyka VLF transmitter, central masts 1964 Belarus Vileyka Guyed mast 3 mastsKamyshin TV Mast ? Russia Kamyshin Guyed mast Chimney of Volzhskaya TEC-2 1988 Russia Volzhsky Chimney (concrete) Karachev CHAYKA transmitter, central mast ? Russia Karachev Guyed mast Mast used for a 1150 kW-transmitter of CHAYKA-chain GRI 8000 Ekibastuz GRES-1, Chimney West 1980 Kazakhstan Ekibastuz Chimney (concrete) Nurek Dam 1980 Tajikistan Nurek Dam (mud) Perm TV Mast - Russia Perm ? planned, Chimney of Bishkek TEC 1989 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Chimney (concrete) Krasnoyarskaya TEC-3, Chimney 3 1991 Russia Krasnoyarsk Chimney (concrete) Large Chimney of Angarsk HPP-9 ? Russia Angarsk Chimney (concrete) Chimney of TEC-5 1983 Russia Omsk Chimney (concrete) Central Masts of Prometey VLF-Transmitter ? Kyrgyzstan Kayyngdy Guyed mast ; ; 3 masts Chimney of TEC-6 1982 Ukraine Kyiv Chimney (concrete) Taldom transmitter ? Russia Taldom Guyed mast Georgia Tbilisi TV Broadcasting Tower 1955 Georgia Tbilisi Tower (tubular steel) Measuring masts of Staratel Proving Ground Russia Nishnij Tagil Guyed mast ; 2 mastsLarge Chimney of TEC-2 Volgodonsk 1989 Russia Volgodonsk Chimney (concrete) Chimneys of Surgut-2 Power Station 1986 Russia Surgut Chimney (concrete) ; ; Chimney of Talimarjan Power Plant 198? Uzbekistan Nuristan, Qashqadaryo Province Chimney (concrete) Inguri Dam 1980 Georgia Jvari Dam (concrete) Tallest arch dam in the worldLarge Chimney of Nizhnevartovsk GRES Russia Izluchinsk Chimney (concrete) Chimney 3 of Karmanovskaya GRES 1973 Russia Yanaul Chimney (concrete) Chimney of Hrazdan Thermal Power Plant-5 1990 Armenia Hrazdan Chimney (concrete) 3rd Chimney of Tbilisi Thermal Power Station 1990 Georgia Gardabani Chimney (concrete) TEC Tobolsk, Chimney East 1986 Russia Tobolsk Chimney (concrete) also used as electricity pylon 2nd Chimney of Stavropolskaya GRES 1983 Russia Solnechnodolsk Chimney (concrete) 1st Chimney of Kostromskaya GRES 1970 Russia Volgorechensk Chimney (concrete) Large Chimney of Karagandinskaya TÈC-3 1978 Kazakhstan Karaganda Chimney (concrete) Vileyka VLF transmitter, ring masts 1964 Belarus Vileyka Guyed mast 15 masts Odinsk Transmitter, Longwave Antenna South ? Russia Odinsk Guyed mast ARRT-antenna Kirovsk TV Mast Russia Kirovsk Guyed mast Atasu TV Mast Kazakhstan Atasu Guyed mast 2nd Chimney of Kurganskaya TEC 1987 Russia Kurgan Chimney (concrete) Stepnoye TV Mast Russia Stepnoye Guyed mast Ust-Ishim TV Mast 1978 Russia Ust-Ishim Guyed mast 3 Chimneys of Naberezhnochelninskaya TEC 1972/1978/1984 Russia Naberezhnye Chelny Chimney (concrete) Odinsk Transmitter, Longwave Antenna North ? Russia Odinsk Guyed mast ARRT-antenna Petrivka Radio Mast ? Ukraine Petrivka Guyed mast Birobidzhan longwave transmitter 1966 Russia Birobidzhan Guyed mast 2 masts Kruchina longwave mast 1971 Russia Kruchina Guyed mast Insulated against ground (ARRT)-antennaLarge Chimney of TEC-5 Novosibirsk 1985 Russia Novosibirsk Chimney (concrete) Yaroslavl TV Mast 1989 Russia Yaroslavl Guyed mast Selenginsk transmitter ? Russia Selenginsk Guyed mast Guyed mast with ARRT-antenna for longwave broadcasting Brovary Longwave Transmitter 1972 Ukraine Brovary Guyed mast Insulated against ground (ARRT)-antenna Gavar longwave mast ? Armenia Gavar Guyed mast Insulated against ground (ARRT)-antenna Sosnovy transmitter, Mast East ? Belarus Sosnovy Guyed mast Ashgabat Longwave Broadcasting Mast ? Turkmenistan Ashgabat Guyed mast ARRT-antenna Razdolnoye transmitter, Longwave Mast 1965 Russia Razdolnoye Guyed mast Guyed mast with ARRT-antenna for longwave broadcasting Sarepta transmitter, medium mast ? Kazakhstan Sarepta Guyed mast Krasne longwave transmitter ? Ukraine Krasne Guyed mast Guyed mast with ARRT-antenna for longwave broadcasting Raduzhnyy longwave transmitter ? Russia Raduzhnyy Guyed mast ARRT-antenna Bidzhan TV Mast 1985 Russia Bidzhan Guyed mast 2nd Chimney of TEC-4 198? Russia Omsk Chimney (concrete) Vestochka longwave transmitter ? Russia Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Guyed mast 2nd Chimney of Zapadno-Sibirskaya TEC 198? Russia Novokuznetsk Chimney (concrete) Taditoshan TV Mast 1976 Russia Dalnerechensk Guyed mast Bolshakovo Longwave Radio Mast 1974 Russia Bolshakovo Guyed mast Guyed mast with ARRT-antenna for longwave broadcasting Sitkunai transmitter, ARRT-Antenna 1964 Lithuania Sitkunai Guyed mast Guyed mast with ARRT-antenna for mediumwave broadcasting Krasny Bor transmitter, Mast 2 1961 Russia Krasny Bor Guyed mast Guyed mast with ARRT-antenna for longwave broadcasting Taldom transmitter, 153 kHz-Mast ? Russia Taldom Guyed mast Koskovo transmitter ? Russia Koskovo Guyed mast Guyed mast with ARRT-antenna for longwave broadcasting Zelenets transmitter ? Russia Zelenets Guyed mast Guyed mast with ARRT-antenna for longwave broadcasting Avsyunino transmitter ? Russia Avsyunino Guyed mast Guyed mast with ARRT-antenna for longwave broadcasting Surgut transmitter ? Russia Surgut Guyed mast Guyed mast with ARRT-antenna for longwave broadcasting Oktjabrskij longwave transmitter ? Russia Oktjabrskij Guyed mast Popova longwave transmitter ? Russia Popova Guyed mast Murmansk longwave transmitter ? Russia Murmansk Guyed mast Blagoveschensk longwave transmitter ? Russia Blagoveschensk Guyed mast 2nd Chimney of Kostromskaya GRES 1972 Russia Volgorechensk Chimney (concrete) AGP-Chimney Kazakhstan Temirtau Chimney (concrete) Kingisepp TV Mast ? Russia Kingisepp Guyed mast Troitsko-Pechorsk TV Mast 1979 Russia Troitsko-Pechorsk Guyed mast Yekaterinburg longwave transmitter ? Russia Yekaterinburg Guyed mast Ternopil TV Mast 1979 Ukraine Lozova Guyed mast Raduga transmitter ? Russia Raduga Guyed mast Guyed mast with ARRT-antenna for longwave broadcasting Yelizovo longwave transmitter ? Russia Yelizovo Guyed mast Luga TV Mast ? Russia Luga Guyed mast Sosnovy transmitter, Mast North ? Belarus Sosnovy Guyed mast Grodno TV Tower 1984 Belarus Grodno Tower (lattice steel) Chimney of TEC Biysk 1977 Russia Biysk Chimney (concrete) Kohtla TV Mast ? Estonia Kohtla-Nõmme Guyed mast Karaganda Transmitter ? Kazakhstan Karaganda Guyed mast 2 mastsDovolnoye TV Mast Russia Dovolnoye Guyed mast Naystenjarvi TV Mast 1991 Russia Naystenjarvi Guyed mast Nakhodka TV Mast 1992 Russia Nakhodka Guyed mast Ocher TV Mast ? Russia Ocher Guyed mast Volgograd mediumwave transmitter ? Russia Volgograd Guyed mast Chimneys of Karagandinskaya TÈC-2 Kazakhstan Temirtau Chimney (concrete) ; Volochysk TV Mast 1976 Ukraine Volochysk Guyed mast Kastsyukovichy TV Mast ? Belarus Kastsyukovichy Guyed mast Naz