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 Palace of Culture and Science
 A statue holding a book of Marx, Engels, and Lenin, with the name Stalin plastered over The Palace of Culture and Science (Polish: Pałac Kultury i Nauki, also abbreviated PKiN) in Warsaw is the tallest building in Poland and the world's 164th tallest building. The building was originally known as the Joseph Stalin Palace of Culture and Science (Pałac Kultury i Nauki imienia Józefa Stalina), but in the wake of destalinization the dedication was revoked; Stalin's name was hastily removed from the interior lobby and one of the building's sculptures. Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, by Akir , File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, by Akir , File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1704x2272, 1469 KB) A statue at the Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science holding a book from which Joseph Stalins name had been removed. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1704x2272, 1469 KB) A statue at the Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science holding a book from which Joseph Stalins name had been removed. ...
Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818, Trier, Germany – March 14, 1883, London) was a German philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary. ...
Friedrich Engels (November 28, 1820, Wuppertal – August 5, 1895, London), a 19th-century German political philosopher, developed communist theory alongside his better-known collaborator, Karl Marx, co-authoring The Communist Manifesto (1848). ...
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin ( Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин listen?), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) ( April 22 (April 10 ( O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a...
Warsaw (Polish: , , in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ...
While determining the worlds tallest structure has generally been straightforward, the questions of what is the worlds tallest building or the worlds tallest tower have often been controversial, both because of disputes over what should be counted as a building or a tower, and further disputes over...
De-Stalinization and the Khrushchev era For further details, see Nikita Khrushchev After Stalin had died in March 1953, he was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and Georgi Malenkov as Premier of the Soviet Union. ...
The building currently serves as an exhibition centre and office complex. It is also used for FM and TV broadcasting. It is 230.68 metres (757 ft) tall which includes the height of the spire of 43 metres. There are 3288 rooms on 42 floors, with an overall area of 123,000 m², containing cinemas, theatres, museums, offices, bookshops, and a large conference hall for 3000 people. A modern spire on the Lancaster University Chaplaincy Centre A spire is a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, particularly a church tower. ...
Construction started in 1952 and lasted until 1955. A "gift" from the Soviet Union to the people of Poland, the tower was constructed, using Soviet plans, almost entirely by 3500 workers from the Soviet Union, of whom 16 died in accidents during the construction. The architecture of the building is closely related to several similar skyscrapers built in the Soviet Union of the same era, most notably the Moscow State University. However, the main architect Lev Rudnev incorporated some Polish architectural details into the project. The monumental walls are headed with pieces of masonry copied from renaissance houses and palaces of Kraków and Zamość. The apartment building on Kotyelnicheskaya Nabyerezhnaya (КотельничеÑÐºÐ°Ñ Ð½Ð°Ð±ÐµÑ€ÐµÐ¶Ð½Ð°Ñ) in Moscow. ...
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Lev Rudnev Lev Vladimirovich Rudnev (Russian: ; 13 March 1885 [O.S. 1 March]-November 19, 1956) was a Russian architect, representant of the Stalinist architecture. ...
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Shortly after opening, the building hosted the 5th World Festival of Youth and Students. Many visiting dignitaries toured the Palace, and it also hosted performances by notable international artists, such as a 1967 concert by the Rolling Stones, the first by a major western rock group behind the Iron Curtain.[1] [2] The Fourth World Festival of Youth and Students (WFYS) was held in 1955, in Warsaw, the capital of the then Peoples Republic of Poland. ...
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Countries to the east of the Iron Curtain are shaded red; those to the west of it — blue. ...
As the city's most visible landmark, the building was controversial from its inception. Many Poles initially hated the building because they considered it to be a symbol of Soviet domination, and at least some of that negative feeling persists until today. Some have also argued that, regardless of its political connotations, the building destroyed the esthetic balance of the old city and imposed dissonance with other buildings.
The Palace dominates its own view. The inhabitants of Warsaw still commonly use nicknames to refer to the palace, notably Pekin (Peking in Polish, because of its abbreviated name PKiN) or Pajac ("puppet", a word that sounds close to Pałac). The terrace on the 30th floor, at 114 metres, is a well-known tourist attraction with a panoramic view of the city. An old joke held that the best views of Warsaw were available from the building: it was the only place in the city from where it could not be seen, a claim made for several other skyscrapers. Image File history File linksMetadata Palace_of_Culture_and_Science_shadow,_Warsaw. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Palace_of_Culture_and_Science_shadow,_Warsaw. ...
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The tower is 209 metres (690 feet) high. ...
However, over time, and especially in recent years, Warsaw has acquired a number of other skyscrapers of comparable height, so that the Palace now fits somewhat more harmoniously into the city skyline. Furthermore, since Soviet domination over Poland ended in 1989, the negative symbolism of the building has much diminished. Four 6.3-metre clock faces were added to the top of the building in 2000, and it is now the world's second-tallest clock tower, after the NTT DoCoMo Yoyogi Building.
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| During the communist era Image File history File links Download high resolution version (570x700, 41 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
| Socialist Realist sculptures surrounding the Palace Sculptures surrounding the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, by Akir File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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| The Palace at night Description: Cultural Palce at night Source: Dhirad 2004 please credit Dhirad if picture is used File links The following pages link to this file: Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science User:Deep750 Categories: GFDL images ...
| View north from the viewing gallery at dusk ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 768 KB) Summary View of Warsaw, Poland, looking north at dusk from the viewing gallery of the PKiN, showing post-WW2 reconstruction. ...
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| Other skyscrapers are gradually diminishing the prominence of the Palace in Warsaw's skyline Image File history File links Warsaw: construction sites in the city centre File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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See also Exhibition grounds feature numerous fountains. ...
The apartment building on Kotyelnicheskaya Nabyerezhnaya embankment in Moscow. ...
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Russian Ministry of Heavy Industry building, Moscow, Russia. ...
Moscow State University M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russian: МоÑковÑкий гоÑударÑтвенный универÑитет имени Ðœ.Ð’.ЛомоноÑова, often abbreviated МГУ, MSU, MGU) is the largest and arguably the oldest university in Russia, founded in 1755. ...
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Triumph palace and the typical Soviet block of flats Triumph-Palace, view from Peschanaya Street Triumph-Palace is the name of an apartment building in Moscow. ...
Photograph of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Warsaw shortly after completion in 1912. ...
The Japanese General Government Building (often referred to outside Korea as the Seoul Capitol) was the chief administrative building in Seoul during the Japanese occupation of Korea and the seat of the Governor-General of Korea. ...
Combatants Poland Germany Commanders Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Antoni Chruściel, Tadeusz Pełczyński Erich von dem Bach, Rainer Stahel, Heinz Reinefarth, Bronislav Kaminski Strength 50,000 troops 25,000 troops Casualties 18,000 killed, 12,000 wounded, 15,000 taken prisoner 250,000 civilians killed 10,000 killed...
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