The Reconstruction of Moscow

Theatre ot fhe Red Army (projecf)

The larger the city, the greater is its role in the econ- omic, political and cultural life of the country and the more vital is the given stage in the city's development as a stage establishing the main Hues of its development for decades to come, the more responsible is the task of plan- ning the city. That is why the planning of Moscow is such an exceptionally important matter at the present stage. "The great work now being carried out on the re- construction oHhe municipal services and enterprises of Moscow," says the decision of the Council of Peo- ple's Commissars and the Central Committee of the C.P.S.U., "and the still greater scope of the work to be

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