The Palace of Soviets was an unrealized project for the constr | LOST HISTORY

The Palace of Soviets was an unrealized project for the construction of a high-rise administrative building in Moscow for sessions of the USSR Supreme Soviet and mass demonstrations.

According to the plan of architect Boris Iofan, the height of the Palace of Soviets together with the 100 meter tall statue of Vladimir Lenin crowning it was 415 m.

The palace was to become the center of the new Soviet Moscow and the tallest building in the world, symbolizing the victory of socialism.