The Tashkent Television Tower ( uz, Toshkent Teleminorasi) is a tower, located in
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uzbekistan, largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous ...
and is the twelfth tallest tower in the world. Construction started in 1978 and it began operation six years later, on 15 January 1985. It was the forth tallest tower in the world from 1985 to 1991. Moreover, the decision of construction Tashkent Tower or TV-Tower of Uzbekistan was decided on 1 September 1971 in order to spread the TV and radio signals to all over the Uzbekistan. It is of a vertical cantilever structure, and is constructed out of steel. Its architectural design is a product of the Terxiev, Tsarucov & Semashko firm.
The tower has an observation deck located above the ground. It is second
tallest structure in Central Asia after
Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station
Ekibastuz ( kk, Екібастұз, translit=Ekıbastūz, , ەكئباستۇز; russian: Экибастуз) is a city in Pavlodar Region, northeastern Kazakhstan. The population was Ekibastuz is served by Ekibastuz Airport.
History
The history ...
in Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan. It also belongs to the
World Federation of Great Towers
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Use
The main purposes of the tower are
radio
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and
TV-transmission. The signal reaches the farthest points of
Tashkent Province
Tashkent Region ( uz, Toshkent viloyati, Тошкент вилояти, russian: Ташкентская область) is a viloyat (region) of Uzbekistan, located in the northeastern part of the country, between the Syr Darya River and the Tien ...
and some of the south regions of Kazakhstan. The tower is also used for communication between governmental departments, and organizations. The tower also serves as a complex hydrometeorological station.
See also
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List of tallest structures in Uzbekistan
This list of tallest structures in Uzbekistan ranks skyscrapers, towers and other structures in Uzbekistan based on official height.
Completed tallest structures
This list ranks the tallest buildings and structures in Uzbekistan that stand at leas ...
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List of tallest structures in Central Asia
This list of tallest structures in Central Asia ranks skyscrapers, towers and other structures in Central Asia based on official height.
Structures of the Central Asian region consisting of the countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turk ...
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List of the world's tallest structures
The tallest structure in the world is the Burj Khalifa skyscraper at . Listed are guyed masts (such as telecommunication masts), self-supporting towers (such as the CN Tower), skyscrapers (such as the Willis Tower), oil platforms, electricity t ...
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List of tallest towers in the world
Several extant building fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are ''self-supporting ...
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List of tallest freestanding structures in the world
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List of tallest freestanding steel structures
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Lattice tower
A lattice tower or truss tower is a freestanding vertical framework tower. This construction is widely used in transmission towers carrying high voltage electric power lines, in radio masts and towers (a self-radiating tower or as a support for ...
References
External links
Online Journal About Tower
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Towers built in the Soviet Union
Towers in Uzbekistan
Buildings and structures in Tashkent
Tourist attractions in Tashkent
Towers completed in 1985
Towers with revolving restaurants
Radio masts and towers
Observation towers
Lattice towers
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