Excursion to the Ostankino Bashny.Net

Of course, the photos of the tower with a viewing platform and fully online, but I want to tell about their own trips, organized at the initiative of our teacher of art history.
After a fire in 2000, to get on a tour of the Ostankino TV tower is not so simple. Firstly, we need an organized group, preferably with the head, it is desirable ot15 up to 30 people. Then you need to make an application, the form of which is on the site of TV tower www.tvtower.ru , it indicates nationality and date of birth in addition to the name of group members. Then, the application is sent to the administration and then, if approved, you go on a trip. In the coming months it is usually all busy, so if you want to go in the summer, you need to make an application today.
We went in the fall and it was feared that there will be fog or thick clouds, as tour was in the morning. But we were lucky, the clouds were, but scattered until the guide narrated about the kinds opening from the lookout. The tour lasts about an hour, but this time also includes the passage of CPR (which is about 15-20 minutes), lifting the elevator (for 15 people and it's not one course), so it seemed to us that the time for self-examination is not enough (literally 5 minutes).





I go there at least once worth of glass floor unforgettable experience and just very nice.
Well, some information about the tower itself:
Height - 540 meters (original height of the tower was 533 m, but was completed flagpole), fourth in the world in height freestanding building after Burj Dubai (Dubai), Guangzhou TV Tower (Guangzhou) and TV Tower CN Tower (Toronto).



Chief Designer - N. Nikitin. Engineers - Shkud MA and BA Zlobin. Chief Architect - LI Batalov. Architects - DI Burdin, MA Shkud and LI Shchipakina.



After a fire in 2000 put forward the idea that, along with the repair of the tower will be rebuilt and will again be the highest in the world



Draft towers Nikitin was coined for one night, the tower became a way inverted lily - flower petals and a strong thick stem. According to the original project the tower was 4 support, and later their number increased to 10



Before the fire in 2000, the restaurant "Seventh Heaven" was at an altitude of 328-334 meters and occupies 3 floors. Annular restaurant premises perform circular rotation around its axis at a rate of one to two revolutions per 40 minutes.



At the moment, the restaurant is closed on the tour were not allowed



Other specifications:
The height of the concrete part - 385 m
Base height above sea level - 160 m
The depth of the foundation does not exceed 4, 6 m
The mass of the tower with the foundation - 51 400 tonnes
Conical base construction is based on 10 pillars;



the average diameter of the supports and legs - 65 m
The annular section of the tower 149 crimped rope
The total volume of high-rise buildings and obstroek - 70,000 m³
Useful floor area of ​​the tower - 15 000 m²
The maximum deviation of the theoretical top of the tower at the maximum wind speeds calculated - 12 m



On weekdays, an adult ticket costs 550 rubles, at the weekend - 650 p



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