The Tashkent Tower, also known as the Tashkent Television Tower, is a 375-metre freestanding tower in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, designed by the engineers Y.P. Semashko and I.N. Terziev-Tsarukov and completed in 1984, beginning operation in January 1985. Built on a vertical cantilevered steel frame, it ranked among the tallest towers in the world at its completion and remains the second-tallest structure in Central Asia. Its observation deck functions simultaneously as a public viewing platform, a radio and television transmission hub, a general communications facility and a hydrometeorological research station monitoring the region's weather. The tower is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers and remains one of the most recognizable structures in the Uzbek capital.
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When did the Tashkent Tower begin operating?
The Tashkent Tower began operating on 15 January 1985, six years after construction started.
Construction of the Tashkent Tower finished in 1984, but the tower began operating six years after construction started, on 15 January 1985, when it opened as a working radio, television and weather monitoring facility alongside its public observation deck.
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The Tashkent Television Tower (Uzbek: Тошкент Телеминораси, Toshkent Teleminorasi) is a 375-metre-high (1,230 ft) tower, located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and is the twelfth tallest tower in the world.
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located in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and is the twelfth tallest tower in the world.
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The tower began operating six years later, on 15 January 1985.
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is a 375-metre-high (1,230 ft) tower
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It is a vertical cantilever structure, and is constructed out of steel.
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