Preservationists are imploring Russian president Vladimir Putin to take decisive measures to restore Shabolovka Tower, a deteriorating Constructivist masterwork in Moscow. The efforts, which include an online petition and awareness campaign, are led by the World Monuments Fund (WMF) in partnership with local conservation groups including the Shukhov Tower Foundation and DOCOMOMO Russia.
Vladimir Lenin commissioned the structure— more broadly known as the Shukhov Tower after its designer, Vladimir Shukhov—in 1919 to serve as a radio tower. The 50-story spire, with its stacked hyperboloid volumes and steel lattice structure, is a feat of modern engineering and a monument to post-revolutionary Russia.
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