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Winners of competitions for the reconstruction and creation of Triumph Square Park at Khodynka

Area will take the Russian architects of Buromoscow, park – Italian Office LAND Milano SRL.

Yesterday were named winners of two major architectural competitions for reconstruction and creation of Triumph Square Park at Khodynka.

Triumphal Square will be engaged in the reconstruction of Russian architects of Buromoscow, which account for renovation Oaks Park in the north of Moscow and several notable projects in the regions. Under the proposed project space for pedestrians on Triumph Square will be separated chestnut and linden alleys. Also here will square of lilac, enclosed in a classic rectangular colonnade. On a plot near the hotel “Beijing” will appear underground parking for 200 parking places itself Zamosc area granite.

“For this project, is not so important content, Arc area rather should be a quiet place in the roaring metropolis, – said at a press conference the head of the Department of Culture of Moscow, Sergei Kapkov. – Here are the Concert Hall. Tchaikovsky, Satire Theatre, Theatre Moscow City Council – it is already three thousand visitors a day. Add to this the metro station and a huge residential area around. “

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Recall that the tender for the reconstruction was carried out in an emergency time, the design and construction authorities have allocated only six months. According to the chief architect of Moscow, Sergei Kuznetsov, stroll through the area will be updated at the end of this year.

  Competition for the construction of the park on Khodyn area, in turn, won the Italian Bureau LAND Milano SRL. The dominant feature of the new park should be the new building of the NCCA, which is built in 2018. For the year on the site of an abandoned airfield planned opening of a new subway station. The authors of the project, the Ice Palace of Arts will park: here built open-air amphitheater, musical concerts and the tower for a few more sites for public appearances. For more information about the park at Khodynka read in Friday’s issue of the newspaper.

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Aircraft Graveyard

  Previously, the Frunze airfield was the first airport on the Khodynka. In 2003 the airfield was closed, however on the former runway you can still find old planes and helicopters.

Someone thinks it's a museum, but the airport is practically not protected, all equipment is painted and broken, rusting in the open air.

Awesome photoshoots can be arranged on the abandoned airfield.

And just watching the sunset on the wing of an airplane is an unforgettable experience.

Original Article

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A souvenir cup commemorating the coronation of Nicholas II, 1896. This was one of the gifts to be presented to the people at the Khodynka meadow, where thousands of people were trampled to death following the coronation. It was an inauspicious start to the new reign. 

Olga Alexandrovna remembered that the royal party arrived for their appearance at the meadow earlier than expected and saw the bodies being carted away. Nicholas and Alexandra were devastated by what had happened and wanted to cancel further celebrations. The Tsar's uncles convinced him to go on with the festivities, which was a blow to Nicholas' public image. What many people did not know was that the Tsar and Tsarina personally went to visit the survivors in the hospitals.  The Tsar used money out of his personal account to pay for the medical care of those who had survived and the funeral expenses and welfare of the families of those who had died.

Source: The Last Grand Duchess: Her Imperial Highness Olga Alexandrovna by Ian Vorres and The Last Tsar by Edvard Radzinsky.