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Tall Stories 95: Khodynka Field

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26 February 2018

05 minutes


Photo: Sergey Rodovnichenko

Khodynka Field in northwest Moscow is the site of a tragic stampede that overshadowed the dying decades of the Russian empire. After the Revolution it became the hub for the Soviet aviation industry and today it is one of the few examples, however modest, of a successful public initiative in the city.

26 February 2018

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