THE POLITICAL HOUSE

The Lakhta Center (Russian: Ла́хта це́нтр, tr. Lakhta tsentr) is an 87-story skyscraper built in the northwestern neighborhood of Lakhta in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Standing 462 meters (1,516 ft) tall, it is the tallest building in Russia, the tallest building in Europe, and the fourteenth-tallest building in the world.[5][6][7] It is also the second-tallest structure in Russia and Europe, behind the Ostankino Tower in Moscow,[8] in addition to being the second-tallest twisted building and the northernmost skyscraper in the world.