title: Yakutsk TV Tower
text: # Yakutsk TV Tower
  
  Yakutsk Television Tower (Russian: Якутская телебашня), also known as RTPC Jakutsk (PТПК Якутск) and/or RTPTS Yakutsk (РТПЦ Якутск), is a steel 242-metre-tall (794 ft) lattice television tower in the city of Yakutsk, Russia.
  
  The Yakutsk TV Tower transmits FM and TV throughout Yakutsk. The Yakutsk Television Tower is the eighth-oldest of the tallest towers in Russia.
  
  The Yakutsk TV Tower is the fourth-tallest standardized free-standing lattice tower in the Russian Federation, 242 m (794 ft) tall. The tower possesses a roof, set at 225.86 m (741 ft) above sea level, and a radio-transmitting antenna mounted atop the television tower, reaching 241.71 m (793 ft) above sea level. At the time of its construction in 1982, the Yakutsk TV Tower was the tallest structure ever built on permafrost.
  
  ## History
  
  Construction began in 1982 and took several months of construction.
  
  