The Reconstruction of Moscow

This decision expresses the policy of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 4hat socialist cities should not resemble the huge octopus cities which are so typical of the capitalist world, with their agglomeration of enormous skyscrapers l excessive congestion of population in small areas, extremely uneven distribution of cultural, trading and other establishments on the territory of the city. iBesides these important fundamental principles the deci- sion of the June Plenum of the Central Committee of the C.P.S.U. contains directives of historic significance con- cerning the work of reconstructing the municipal services and enterprises, first and foremost, concerning the con- struction of the subway in Moscow and the Volga- Moscow Canal, which will link the Volga and Moscow Rivers, In the resolution of this Plenum, the following directives are given concerning the planning of Moscow: "Simultaneously with the measures now in force and the fulfilment of the program of capital con- struction for the year it is necessary to elaborate a detailed program for the development of Moscow's municipal services and enterprises from the point of . view of science, technology and economics, co- ordinating this plan as rapidly as possible with the phenomenal growth of industry and the population, and with the planning of Moscow as the socialist capital of the proletarian state." In the process of carrying out this decision, Moscow has achieved great successes on an important front of socialist construction. , In the last five years hundreds of new houses with a total floor space of 2,600,000 square metres have been erected in Mbsoow. New schools, theatres, cinemas, clubs, kindergartens, nurseries, dining-rooms, shops, central

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