Triumph Palace (,
transliterated
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as ''Triumf Palas'') is the tallest
apartment building
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in
Moscow
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and all of Europe. It is sometimes called the
Eighth Sister because it is similar in appearance to the
Seven Sisters skyscrapers built in Moscow under
Joseph Stalin
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through the 1950s. Construction began in 2001 and was completed in 2006.
The 61-
storey
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building, containing about 1,000 luxury apartments, was topped out on 20 December 2003, making it Europe's
[ and Russia's tallest skyscraper at until the inauguration in 2007 of Moscow's 268-metre ]Naberezhnaya Tower
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block C.
Triumph Palace is featured in detail in the 2009 Channel 4
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series '' Vertical City'' (series 1, episode 8).
Residents
Russian figures Dima Bilan, Marina Abrosimova, Alsu Abramova, Marina Zudina (theater and film actress), Alexey Pushkov (member of the Federation Council), Maxim Fadeev
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Biography Early life and career
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(producer) have apartments in Triumph Palace.
See also
*List of skyscrapers
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* List of skyscrapers in Europe
References
External links
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Apartment buildings
Residential skyscrapers in Moscow
Residential buildings completed in 2006
2006 establishments in Russia