Mini Moscow Model Gets A Little Bigger
A model of Russia’s capital city is set to reopen with 1,000 new miniature buildings being added to it.
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This is the "Layout Of Moscow," a scale model of the Russian metropolis in the city’s VDNKh exhibition center.
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The miniature city was first opened to the public in September 2017.
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But since the beginning of October, the 1:400 scale city has been closed for reconstruction.
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A worker adjusts a tiny representation of the massive Cathedral of Christ the Savior on October 29.
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The exhibition will reopen on November 1 with around 1,000 new buildings represented.
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The Red Gate Building -- one of seven Stalinist architecture skyscrapers in the capital city -- is one of more than 20,000 real-life Moscow buildings in the miniature city.
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Once reopened, the model will feature some of Moscow’s less central landmarks, including the Catherine Palace and the Donskoi Monastery.
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The model has a lighting system that imitates dusk, night, and day in the capital.
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The building that houses the model city. The state-funded exhibit is free to enter, but Russian media has not reported the cost of the current reconstruction.
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The wind-ruffled Moskva River was created with clear glue poured onto a plexiglass base.
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Once the Lilliputian city reopens, it will measure 429 square meters -- nearly the size of a basketball court.
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The organizers appear to have further plans to expand. A website dedicated to the mini city claims that by 2020 the metropolis will more than double in size to some 945 m2.