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The main building of the Moscow State University complex on the Sparrow Hills (Vorobyovy Gory) is the seventh tallest building in the capital of Russia. The total height of the main building is 182 meters, and its height with a spire is 240 meters. It has 36 floors. For 37 years, until the construction in 1990 Messeturm in Frankfurt-on-main, it was the tallest building in Europe. The main housing was built from 1949 to 1953. In the main, Central, sector MSU are several faculties, administration, the Earth Science Museum, an assembly hall and the Palace of Culture. In the lateral sectors there are residential areas, apartments for teachers and professors and a hostel for students and postgraduates. The University complex is a mini-city with its own infrastructure, cinema, post office, dining room, shops, a hairdresser, clinic. In the basement there is a sports complex with a 25-metre swimming pool. The complex is only one of numerous academic buildings for graduates but for the others it is the symbol of MSU, which is considered the oldest Russian University. It was founded in 1755, thanks to the efforts of the first Russian academician Mikhail Lomonosov, the University was named in his honour.
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