Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was a member of the UN.
Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building is one of seven Stalinist skyscrapers laid down in September 1947 and completed in 1952 , designed by Dmitry Chechulin -LRB- then Chief Architect of Moscow -RRB- and Andrei Rostkovsky .. Moscow. Moscow. Andrei Rostkovsky. Andrei Rostkovsky. seven. Seven Sisters ( Moscow ). Stalinist. Stalinist architecture. Dmitry Chechulin. Dmitry Chechulin. The main tower has 32 levels -LRB- including mechanical floors -RRB- and is 176 m tall .. The building also incorporates a 9-story apartment block facing Moskva River , designed by the same architects in 1938 and completed in 1940 .. Originally build in stern early Stalinist style , with wet stucco wall finishes , it was re-finished in terra cotta panels in line with the main tower and acquired ornate pseudo-Gothic crowns over its 12-story raised corners and center tower .. Stalinist. Stalinist architecture. terra cotta. terra cotta. Gothic. Gothic Architecture. By the end of World War II , the side wing was converted to multi-family kommunalka housing , in a contrast to the planned elite status of the main tower .. World War II. World War II. kommunalka. kommunalka. The main tower , of a conventional steel frame structural type , has a hexagonal cross-section with three side wings -LRB- 18-storeys , including two mechanical floors -RRB- .. hexagonal. hexagonal. While it is not exceptionally tall or massive , the `` upward surge '' of five stepped-up layers , from a flat 9-storey side wing to the spire , produce a visual image of a far superior structure .. The structure hides behind itself a so-called `` Shvivaya Gorka '' , a hill with historical architecture and a maze of steeply inclined streets .. Chechulin was initially criticized for complete disregard of this area , but his bureaucratic influence brushed off any criticisms .