The Reconstruction of Moscow

The years since the October Revolution have not only -witnessed the construction of thousands of new apart- ment houses \tfith a total floor space of 5,100,000 square metres, which ha:s increased the entire living space of Moscow one and a half times, but, at the same time, •scores of old factory tenements and barracks have been Tenovated. Tens of thousands of workers have been re- moved from "dormitories" and accommodated in indi- vidual rooms and apartments. But to satisfy the growing material and cultural requirements of the workers and "toilers of Mos-