Office Building in Zaryadye (never built)

Original 1947 plans included an 8th tower, which would have been among the tallest buildings in the world. Following Joseph Stalin's death, it was decided that the projected structure would overshadow.. Read more » the Moscow Kremlin and Chechulin's 1967 Rossiya Hotel was erected on the spot. The skyscraper, with some modifications, was instead built in Warsaw (Palace of Culture and Science).

Country:	USSR
Type:	Postage stamps
Series:	Projects of high-rise buildings in Moscow
Nominal:	1 ₽
Year:	1950
Perforation:	line 12½
Mintage:	1,000,000