For the first time in many years, visitors to Moscow’s 540 meter tall Ostankino TV Tower will be able to admire the Russian capital from an open observation deck 85 meters above ground.

The Ostankino TV Tower is the world’s 4th tallest and Europe’s highest and rises to 540 metres (1,771 feet). It was built in 1967 by the famous Soviet engineer, Nikolai Nikitin.

In a grand gesture, Moscow's Ostankino Tower, the tallest structure in Europe, was lit up with the Tricolour on Monday night. This illumination marked the arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...

In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris last weekend, several media outlets reported that the Ostankino Tower in Moscow (the tallest structure in Europe) changed its lighting scheme to the ...

Russian firefighters extinguished the blaze yesterday that gutted Moscow’s huge TV tower and killed at least two people. The firefighters won their 26-hour battle with the flames high inside … ...

After the recent Moscow bombing and the sinking of the Kursk submarine, the latest unexpected disaster to hit Russia -- and its president, Vladimir Putin -- was the outbreak of fire yesterday in ...

Ostankino tower on fire. CBC News · Posted: Aug 27, 2000 4:31 PM EDT | Last Updated: November 11, 2000. Social Sharing. Europe's tallest structure is on fire.

On Sunday afternoon, Moscow inhabitants watched incredulously as the city's landmark Ostankino TV tower, one of the technical miracles of the post-war period, went up in flames. As the blaze ...

A fire that has gutted the landmark Ostankino television tower in Moscow - one of the world's tallest buildings - is reported to have been brought under control. More than 24 hours after the blaze ...

New Year Countdown to Be Launched at Moscow’s Ostankino TV Tower 22.12.2014. A New Year countdown will start at Moscow’s Ostankino tower, Europe’s tallest TV tower, on Sunday. Farther Frost, who will ...

Russia's top construction official predicted Thursday that it will take at least a year to completely repair the landmark television tower that was severely damaged in a 26-hour fire this week.