E.P. The management of the world's tallest tower is confident in its "fire resistance" Bruce McKenzie, its executive director of marketing, told Itogi about how the tallest tower in the world, the National Tower of Canada, is preparing to fight the fire. The height of the National Tower of Canada (pictured), located in Toronto, is 553.3 meters, which is more than 13 meters higher than Ostankino. It was built in 1976.

Elena Grushev The body of the tower did not damage the fire: its walls were not only withstanding, but also reliably protected the electronic equipment sensitive to temperature changes (Photo: Vladimir Velengurin ) The idea proposed in the sixties with the talented architect Nikolai Vasilyevich Nikitin was revolutionary: to build a high -rise building on the foundation of small laying. Usually for the skyscrapers of the pit under the foundation, they dig in tens of meters.

Egor Bykovsky The etheric centralized television is gradually obsolete. If you do not think about the introduction of new technologies, do not avoid other television facilities Thanks to the modern satellite transmission of the TV signal, millions of Muscovites in the first days after the fire were not left without a TV.

Sergey Parkhomenko The flame in Ostankin was highlighted by the landscape of devastation in the Russian television community (Photo: Pavel Gorshkov ) It is difficult to imagine a more impressive and meaningful symbol than the one as the apocalyptic sight of the burning Ostankino television tower, a giant smoky banner, unfolded over Moscow.

Lev Rubinstein Alexander Blok. Notebooks. — M. Vagrius, 2000 Lev Tolstoy. Notebooks. — M. Vagrius, 2000 Anton Chekhov. Notebooks. — M. Vagrius, 2000 Everyone knows that a writer keeps notebooks where he writes something like that. Mind, let's say, "cold observations". Or even “hearts of sorrowful notes.” Or the rhyme "voyage - bag". Writers' letters (even of the most intimate nature), as a rule, at least secretly, count on the subsequent attention of third parties.

A. M. (Photo: ERA ) Ilya Klebanov, who showed remarkable organizational talent and fantastic efficiency during the rescue of submariners from the Kursk (he flew all the way to Sochi for the president’s instructions), is now leading the preparation of the operation to extract the remains of the sailors. On August 29, at a meeting in St. Petersburg, according to him, a final plan for the “evacuation of the dead” was developed.

Dmitry Khitarov The State Duma began to study the draft budget for 2001 The White House claims that the new "socially oriented" budget takes into account the interests of both rich and poor. (Photo: Vasily Dyachkov ) It seems that even our government dawned that you need to live in the means. For the first time since Soviet times, the draft budget-2001, submitted by the Cabinet of Ministers for approval of the Duma, is deficient.

Venus Karpinskaya Doctor of Economic Sciences Dmitry Chegodaev talks about the integration of the Russian and Belarusian economies - Is it possible to unite the monetary systems of Russia and Belarus? - Yes, you can. Technically, everything can be done if there is political will and a clear program.

Alexander Ryklin More recently, the most advanced Russian technology turned out to be powerless against the elements of fire and water. First Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations Yuri Vorobyov, however, believes that the main danger is man-made disasters (Photo: Ruslan Yamalov ) - Yuri Leonidovich, the tower won’t fall? - I would formulate it this way: I think it won’t fall. The fact is that the original project did not provide for any cables at all.