The tower of Ukrainian Hotel, a representative building in Moscow, was blown down by blizzard.

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　　Moscow has been hit by a blizzard recently, and buildings have been damaged.

　　　　Profile picture: Ukrainian Hotel in Moscow.

　　　　The tower of the Ukrainian Hotel, a representative building in Moscow, Russia, was blown down by a snowstorm on the 18th, which attracted the attention of all parties.

　　　　According to the Communist Youth League Pravda, the Ukrainian Hotel was once the guest house of the former Soviet Foreign Ministry, which was a high-rise building completed during Stalin’s period in the 1950s. The building of the Ukrainian Hotel is very special, with slender golden pillars and five-pointed stars. The media here pointed out that "it makes people feel the spirit of the times of a socialist industrial power"; White marble is pasted on the outer wall of the building, and chandeliers are hung in the lobby, which is magnificent. The annex buildings at two sides or four corners are short, the main building in the center is towering, and the top is a thin spire.

　　　　It is said that Stalin attached great importance to this building, and all the construction plans were signed by him personally. The Ukrainian hotel was originally owned by the municipal government. In order to run the hotel better, the authorities recently auctioned it for 270 million US dollars. It is reported that the buyer is a mysterious Russian company, and the hotel is currently being redecorated. Ukrainian hotels currently have about 1,000 rooms, which will be reduced to 800 after renovation, with presidential suites on the top floor.

　　　　The Moscow government stipulated that the external structure of the hotel should not be changed during the renovation, but this time the tower was blown down by the strong wind, and whether there was a problem with the building structure attracted the attention of the outside world.

Editor: Li Xiuwei