3803 KM is the designation of a free-standing lattice tower used for broadcasting purposes, which was built in over 80 towns of former Soviet Union from 1955 to 1972 and used for FM- and TV-broadcasting. Towers of this type, which was developed by the Soviet Institute for Steel Construction, are 4-side freestanding truss towers which make use of tubular steel columns for their main supports beams and can be differentiated from more recent towers of a similar profile by this unique feature. Most newer Russian designs along with their North American and European counterparts typical make use of L or T-beams instead. Another distinct feature of these towers is that they gradually taper wider towards the base at the same preset intervals. They are also nearly universally identical in height, with a few exceptions these towers are 180 meters tall to the top of the steel framework. Most of which are topped with broadcast antennas that adds some additional height and they have platforms at the 140 and 148 metres level for more antennas. Some 3803 KM only have a signal upper platform, but are otherwise identical in design.
Most of these towers are still in use today more than half a century after construction and are often the characteristic landmarks and tallest structure in the towns they reside in.
List of 3803 KM radio towers indicates a structure that is no longer standing.
Tower Year Country Town Height m Height ft design type demolition Edineţ TV Tower ? Moldova Edineţ 204 m 669 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Rezeknes TV Tower ? Latvia Rezeknes 204 m 669 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Klaipeda Radio and Television Station 1960 Lithuania Klaipeda 202 m 663 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Odessa TV Tower 1958 Ukraine Odessa 199 m 653 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design single platform Novosibirsk TV Tower 1957 Russia Novosibirsk 198 m 650 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Voronezh TV tower 1958 Russia Voronezh 198 m 650 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Krasnodar TV Tower 1959 Russia Krasnodar 197 m 646 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Old Yerevan TV Tower 1956 Armenia Yerevan 196 m 643 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design demolition date unknown Chelyabinsk TV tower 1958 Russia Chelyabinsk 196 m 643 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Penza Television Centre Transmitter 1958 Russia Penza 196 m 643 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Rostov TV Tower 1958 Russia Rostov 196 m 643 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design single platform Omsk TV tower 1959 Kazakhstan Omsk 196 m 643 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Pärnu TV Tower 1963 Estonia Pärnu 196 m 643 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Bryansk TV Tower 1958 Russia Bryansk 194 m 637 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Dnipropetrovsk TV Tower 1958 Ukraine Dnipropetrovsk 194 m 637 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design single platform Luhansk TV Tower 1958 Ukraine Luhansk 194 m 637 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design single platform Kamenske TV Tower 1965 Ukraine Kamenske 194 m 637 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Karaganda TV Tower 19 Kazakhstan Qaragandy 194 m 635 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Mykolaiv TV Tower 1958 Ukraine Mykolaiv 193 m 633 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design single platform Bishkek TV TowerBishkek TV Tower 1958 Kyrgyzstan Bishkek 193 m 633 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Ulaanbaatar Radio Station Tower 1967 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar 193 m 633 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Yekaterinburg TV Tower (Old) 1955 Russia Yekaterinburg 192 m 630 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Tallinn TV Mast 1955 Estonia Tallinn 192 m 630 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design dismantled in 1984 Baku Communication Tower 1956 Azerbaijan Baku 192 m 630 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design demolished in 2008 Irkutsk TV Tower 1957 Russia Irkutsk 192 m 630 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Murmansk TV Tower 1957 Russia Murmansk 192 m 630 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Lviv TV Tower 1957 Ukraine Lviv 192 m 630 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design single platform Simferopol TV Tower 1958 Ukraine Simferopol 192 m 630 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design single platform Ulyanovsk TV tower 1959 Russia Ulyanovsk 192 m 630 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Zaporizhzhya TV Tower 1959 Ukraine Zaporizhzhya 192 m 630 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design single platform Lipetsk TV tower 1960 Russia Lipetsk 192 m 630 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Annunciation TV tower 1964 Russia Blagoveshchensk 192 m 630 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Abakan TV Tower 1965 Russia Abakan 192 m 630 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Almaty Old TV tower ? Kazakhstan Almaty 192 m 630 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Pavlodar TV tower ? Kazakhstan Pavlodar 192 m 630 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Tomsk TV tower ? Russia Tomsk 192 m 630 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Orissaare TV Tower 1965 Estonia Orissaare 191 m 627 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Bratsk TV tower 1963 Russia Bratsk 190 m 623 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Soinaste Telemast 1957 Estonia Tartu 186 m 610 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Chisinau TV Tower 1958 Moldova Chisinau 186 m 610 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Petrozavodsk TV Tower 1959 Russia Petrozavodsk 186 m 610 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Semipalatinsk TV Tower ? Kazakhstan Semey 185 m 608 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Ekibastuz TV Tower 1967 Kazakhstan Ekibastuz 185 m 607 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design TV tower RTPTS Berezniki 1961 Russia Berezniki 183 m 600 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Ryazan TV tower 1956 Russia Ryazan 182.5 m 599 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Nizhny Novgorod TV tower 1957 Russia Nizhny Novgorod 182 m 597 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Old Ufa TV Tower 1958 Russia Ufa 182 m 597 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Kazan TV tower 1959 Russia Kazan 182 m 597 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Tower on Mamayev Kurgan 1956 Russia Volgograd 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Vladimirskaya TV tower 1956 Russia Vladimirskaya 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Old Krasnoyarsk TV tower 1957 Russia Krasnoyarsk 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Samara TV Tower 1957 Russia Samara 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Kemerovo TV tower 1958 Russia Kemerovo 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Sochi TV tower 1958 Russia Sochi 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design KRTPTS Eagle's Nest 1959 Russia Vladivostok 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Arzamas TV tower 1960 Russia Arzamas 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Tambov TV tower 1960 Russia Tambov 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Yoshkar-Ola TV tower 1960 Russia Yoshkar-Ola 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Astrakhan TV tower 1961 Russia Astrakhan 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Cheboksary TV tower 1961 Russia Cheboksary 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Kurgan TV tower 1961 Russia Kurgan 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Leninsk-Kuznetsky TV tower 1962 Russia Leninsk-Kuznetsky 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Magnitogorsk TV tower 1962 Russia Magnitogorsk 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Novokuznetsk TV tower 1962 Russia Novokuznetsk 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Tula TV Tower 1963 Russia Tula 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Khabarovsk TV tower 1964 Russia Khabarovsk 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Syktyvkar TV Tower 1964 Russia Syktyvkar 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Donetsk TV Tower 2 1964 Ukraine Donetsk 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Yarok TV and Radio Tower 1964 Ukraine Yarok 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Nalchik TV Tower 1967 Russia Nalchik 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Kotovsk Communication Tower 1972 Ukraine Vesternychany 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Mezhdurechenskaya TV tower 1972 Russia Mezhdurechensk 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Kuldiga TV Tower ? Latvia Kuldiga 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Aktobe TV Tower ? Kazakhstan Aktobe 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Ust-Kamenogorsk TV Tower ? Kazakhstan Oskemen 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Petropavlovsk TV Tower ? Kazakhstan Oskemen 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Makhachkala TV tower ? Russia Makhachkala 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Tobolsk TV Tower ? Russia Tobolsk 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Tyumen TV Tower ? Russia Tyumen 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Tashkent Old TV Tower ? Uzbekistan Tashkent 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Gyumri TV Tower ? Armenia Gyumri 180 m 591 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design Smolensk TV Tower 1957 Russia Smolensk 180 m 590 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design, no mid-level platforms Ural TV tower ? Kazakhstan Uralsk 160 m 524 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design, shortened Old Ust-Kamenogorsk TV tower ? Kazakhstan Oskemen 151 m 494 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design, shortened Vorkuta TV tower 1958 Russia Vorkuta 150 m 492 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design, shortened Novgorod TV tower 1958 Russia Novgorod 150 m 492 ft 4-sided, 3803 KM design, shortened
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