15-05-2017 05:58 via theartnewspaper.com

Moscow’s Constructivist architecture under threat by government demolition plan

An interactive map of the former Soviet Unions Constructivist architectural heritage went online just days before the city of Moscow published a list of 4,500 apartment buildings proposed for demolition as part of a plan to relocate up to 1.6 million residents. Describe by many residents as a property grab akin to the forced collectivisation of property under Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, the demolition plan has proven so unpopular that thousands turned up for a demonstration against it in Mos
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