new construction. The idea of building a hotel in Zaryadye was put forward. Between 1964 and 1967, The Rossiya Hotel was built on the foundation of a high-rise building. Specialists under the direction of Dmitry Chechulin worked on the hotel's design. At the time of its completion, Rossiya Hotel was the largest hotel in the world and entered the Guinness Book of World Records in the 1970s. See also All-Russia Exhibition Centre List of skyscrapers in Europe Palace of the Soviets Academy of Science (Riga) Triumph Palace Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science References External links Russian site on Seven Sisters Moscow Skyscrapers, also contains many drawings and elevation cutout Skyscrapers in Moscow 20th century in Moscow Unbuilt buildings and structures in Russia Socialist realism Architecture in the Soviet Union Cancelled projects in the Soviet Union