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{{Infobox building
| name                = Almaty Tower
| native_name         = Алматы Теледидар Мұнарасы 
| native_name_lang    = kk
| image               = TV-Turm Almaty - 3.jpg
| image_alt           = 
| image_size          = 300px
| caption             = Almaty Tower in [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]]
| status              = Complete
| start_date          = 1975
| completion_date     = 1983
| opening             = 1983
| building_type       = [[Steel]] [[telecommunication]]s and [[observation tower]]
| architectural       = {{convert|372|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} ([[Rounding|rounded-off]])
| antenna_spire       = {{convert|371.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| location            = {{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]]
| coordinates         = {{coord|43|13|44|N|76|58|34|E|region:KZ|display=inline,title}}
| map_type            = Kazakhstan
| map_size            = 300
| elevator_count      = 2 
| floor_count         = 7
| architect           = N.G. Terziev, A.N. Savchenko (constructors N.K. Akimov, B.V. Ostroumov)
| references          = <ref name="structurae"/><ref name="triposo"/><ref name="tourist"/>
}}

The '''Almaty Television Tower''', or simply '''Almaty Tower''', is a {{convert|371.5|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}} [[steel]] [[radio masts and towers|television tower]] built between 1975 and 1983 in [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]].  The tower is located on high slopes of [[Kok Tobe]] mountain ({{lang-kk|'''Көктөбе'''}} means "blue hill") south-east of downtown Almaty. Unlike other similar TV towers, it is not a concrete, but a steel tubular structure. It is the tallest free-standing tubular steel structure in the world.<ref name="structurae">{{cite web|title=Alma-Ata Television Tower (Almaty, 1983) {{!}} Structurae|url=http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0000889|publisher=En.structurae.de|accessdate=2012-12-28}}</ref><ref name="triposo">{{cite web|title=Almaty Tower :: Triposo.com|url=http://www.triposo.com/poi/N__681341192|publisher=[[Triposo]]|accessdate=2013-11-04}}</ref><ref name="tourist">{{cite web|title=Almaty Tower, Almaty Kazakhstan Tourist Information :: TouristLink.com|url=http://www.touristlink.com/kazakhstan/almaty-tower/overview.html|publisher=Touristlink.com|accessdate=2012-12-28}}</ref>

The tower is 371.5&nbsp;m (1219&nbsp;ft) tall; its 114 m metal aerial reaches 1000 meters above sea level. It has two observation decks at the height of 146 m and 252 m, which are accessible by two high-speed elevators. It is however not open to the public. The tower was built by the architects Terziev, Savchenko, Akimov and Ostroumov. Since Almaty is particularly vulnerable to [[earthquakes]], the TV tower was designed to withstand earthquakes up to a strength of 10 on the [[Richter magnitude scale|Richter scale]].<ref name="structurae"/><ref name="triposo"/><ref name="tourist"/>

== See also ==
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*[[Radio masts and towers]]
*[[List of tallest towers in the world]]
*[[List of tallest freestanding structures in the world]]
*[[List of tallest buildings and structures in the world]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{Structurae|id=s0000889|title=Almaty Television Tower}}
*[http://www.triposo.com/poi/N__681341192|publisher=Triposo.com Almaty Tower :: Triposo.com]
*[http://www.touristlink.com/kazakhstan/almaty-tower/overview.html Almaty Tower, Almaty Kazakhstan Tourist Information :: TouristLink.com]
*[http://expat.nursat.kz/?3303 Photograph of the Tower from The Almaty Expat site]

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[[Category:Towers in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Towers completed in 1983]]
[[Category:Towers built in the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Almaty]]
[[Category:Communication towers]]


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