The revamped and reopened Arktika Hotel in Murmansk has an easy claim to fame: At 72 meters, the Soviet modernist building has for three decades held the record as the tallest building north of the Arctic Circle.
The Moscow Times: Soviet-era Arktika Hotel reflects Murmansk’s turbulent history
A file photo taken in July 1997, shows a municipal worker cleaning Soviet stars of the top of Ukraina Hotel in Moscow.
