Ufa is an important scientific and cultural center of the Russian Federation, located one hundred kilometers west of the ridges of the Southern Urals. This is a fairly large city with over one million inhabitants. In this article we will briefly tell you about the architecture of the capital of Bashkortostan, and also list the tallest buildings in Ufa.
Architecture of Ufa: ancient houses and modern buildings
Ufa is a city with a decent history, because it was founded in 1574. Therefore, on its streets you can find a number of ancient buildings and temples. The oldest in Ufa is the one-story house of Demidov, located on the street of the October Revolution. It was built in the middle of the 18th century and is famous for the fact that in November 1774 the famous commander Alexander Suvorov stayed there.
In addition, Ufa impresses with its modern architecture. So, according to the famous blogger and local historian Ilya Buyanovsky, in a hundred years Ufa will be called almost the best example of regional architecture of the late XX century. - beginning of the XXI century. Moreover, in modern buildings, such a new-fangled style as orientalism predominates here. Among the most interesting new buildings in Ufa, it is worth highlighting the Lyalya-Tulip Mosque, the Nur Theater, the buildings of the Pension Fund and the National Bank of Bashkiria.
To date, the territory of the city is built up by about 55%. The average height of the capital of Bashkiria is five floors. Want to learn about the tallest buildings in Ufa? We will tell you about them further.
High buildings of Ufa: TOP-10
By the total number of skyscrapers (and these are houses above 50 meters), the capital of Bashkiria occupies only 13th place in Russia. There are so far 70 such in the city. This is a little more than in Chelyabinsk, but much less than in Yekaterinburg.
The ten tallest buildings in Ufa are as follows:
- Uralsib (1999, 26 floors).
- LCD "Solnechny" (2014-2015, 26 floors).
- LCD "Quiet Grove" (2016, 26 floors).
- LCD "Stroyfederatsiya" (2018, 26 floors).
- Riverside Complex (2017, 26 floors).
- LCD "Everest" (2015, 25 floors).
- LCD "Albatross" (2015, 25 floors).
- LCD "Panorama" (2015, 25 floors).
- LCD "Iremel" (2016, 25 floors).
- RC "Four Seasons" (2016, 25 floors).
The highest religious building in the city is the Lala-Tulip Mosque, original in its architecture. The height of its slender minarets is 53 meters.
Uralsib
The administrative building of the Uralsib Corporation is the tallest house in Ufa. It is located in the historic city center on Revolutionary Street, where high-rise buildings are practically absent. Therefore, the building dominates the surrounding urban landscape.
The height of the building is 100.5 meters, and the number of floors is 26. It was erected at the end of the 90s. By the way, Uralsib was the first construction beyond the MKAD that stepped over a hundred-meter elevation. Another Uralsib record is an honorable fourth place in the list of the tallest buildings in the Ural region.
For its original form, the building received several interesting nicknames from Ufa residents: “Finger”, “Lighter”, “Mobile”. There are other options. Another interesting detail for the portrait of the building: on the eve of the New Year holidays, a large figure of Santa Claus is installed on its roof.
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin
If we talk about the pre-revolutionary development of Ufa, the tallest building can be considered the bell tower of the local church of the Nativity of the Virgin, which was built in 1909. This is a spacious temple in sky blue, accommodating several thousand parishioners. The height of the main dome of the church is 21 meters, and its bell tower is 47 meters. Throughout its history, the temple has undergone several major restorations. The walls of the building are decorated with colored marble, the floor is covered with mosaics from South African granite and Italian serpentinite. The vaults of the temple are decorated with magnificent paintings from the inside.
