Chelyabinsk-City, Skyscraper on Kirovka pedestrian street, Chelyabinsk, Russia

Chelyabinsk-City is a 23-storey tower at Kirov Street 159, in the middle of the Kirovka pedestrian street. Its monolithic reinforced-concrete frame is clad in 8,000 m² of blue-tinted mirrored glass panels made by the Belgian firm Glaverbel. The flat roof reaches 86 metres, and a 25-metre spire brings the total height to 111 metres.

The site held the Oktyabr cinema, built in 1942 and demolished in 1986; a planned Sergei Gerasimov museum was never built and the plot stayed empty through the 1990s. Architect Nikolay Semeykin's 1999 "Three Bogatyrs" scheme foresaw three towers, but only one was approved. Excavation began on 1 April 2004, the spire went up in February 2007, and the building was commissioned on 24 December 2007, opening on 25 March 2008.

The tower's site on the Kirovka pedestrian street was long occupied by the Oktyabr cinema, built in 1942 and demolished in 1986. Its 111-metre height, including the 25-metre spire, has made it a talking point: placing a skyscraper among the street's historic buildings divides public opinion in Chelyabinsk.

Chelyabinsk-City stands at Kirov Street 159, mid-way along the Kirovka pedestrian street beside Revolution Square, so it is reached on foot rather than by car. The building holds class A offices, a bank, a restaurant and shops, and an observation deck sits at a height of about 90 metres.

The building's glass was supplied by the Belgian firm Glaverbel: mirrored blue-tinted panes covering 8,000 m² of facade. The 25-metre spire added in February 2007 brings the total height to 111 metres, making it the first building in Chelyabinsk to pass 100 metres. The site was a vacant lot through the 1990s after the Oktyabr cinema was demolished in 1986.