The Reconstruction of Moscow

For a 5,000,000 population it is necessary to have a* much larger territory than that now occupied by Moscow. At the present time, the territory of the city equals 28,500 hectares. Before the Revolution, Moscow covered 9,000 е hectares. In line with the decision of the Council of People's Commissars of the U.S.S.R. and the Central Committee of the C.P.S.U. the territory of Moscow is being: extended to include an area of 60,000 hectares. The new territories which are to be added to Moscow comprise about 32,000 hectares. More than half of this- territory is adjacent to the southwestern side of the cHyv and is located beyond the Lenin Hills, along the Moscow River, between Kuntsevo and Lenino (formerly Tsarit- sino) . The major portion of the territory to be annexed to Moscow is in the southwest because the southwestern territory is located on an elevation. The average difference between the level of this territory and the level of the territory of the rest of Moscow is about 100 to 120 metres. Furthermore, this territory lies windward, as the prevail- ing winds in Moscow blow from the southwest. Theref pre- the population which will live in this part of the city will have the advantage of pure air with a high ozone content.. During the next decade, one million square metres of" housing will be built in this district. Besides the extension to the southwest, Moscow is being extended to the east (Izmailovo, Perovo-Kuskovo)^, to the southeast (Textilshchiky, Lyublino, Novinky- Nogatino) to the west (Terekhovb, Mnevniky, Khoroshevo,- Shchukino) and to the northwest and north (Tooshimv Zakharkovo, Aviagorodok, Khovrino, Likhobory, Med- vedkovo). \ But the; territory of Moscow will not be confined to- just these 60,000 hectares of land. Beyond the boundaries.

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