The Kyiv TV Tower (Ukrainian: Телевізійна вежа, romanized: Televiziyna vezha) is a 385 m-high (1,263 ft) lattice metal tower[1] on Oranzhereina Street, Kyiv, Ukraine, and is the tallest structure in the country.[2] The tower was built in 1973 while Kyiv was the capital of Ukraine SSR.[3] The tower was the tallest free-standing metal structure in the world[1][2] until being surpassed by the Tokyo Skytree in 2012.