Palace - Of Soviets

The main hall was designed to seat over 20,000 people.

The (Russian: Dvorets Sovetov ) was a colossal, unrealized architectural project meant to serve as the administrative center and congress hall for the Soviet government in Moscow. Designed by architect Boris Iofan , it was intended to be the world's tallest building, reaching a height of 416 meters (1,365 feet) and topped by a massive 100-meter statue of Vladimir Lenin. Vision and Scale palace of soviets

The statue of Lenin alone was taller than the Statue of Liberty. The Site and Controversy The main hall was designed to seat over 20,000 people

Its internal volume would have surpassed the combined volumes of the six tallest American skyscrapers at the time. Vision and Scale The statue of Lenin alone

Conceived in 1922 and formalized in the early 1930s, the palace was designed to symbolize the "victory of socialism". Its scale was unprecedented:

Visualizing the unfinished "Palace of The Soviets" : r/evilbuildings