Internet and History: "Moscow - Taking Care of History" virtual museum launched a section about the 1970s

The Moscow's Main Archives launched a new section about the 1970s. It is available at the "Moscow - Taking Care of History" virtual museum. It features documents, newspaper articles, photographs of architectural objects, household pieces and other items telling about the life of Moscow residents and the idea of the capital at that time.

The new section pays much attention to the city's image. In 1971, the architects developed the second general development plan of Moscow. According to it, they launched the complex development of new territories. There were constructed such large residential areas as Medvedkovo, Belyaevo, Kuzminki, Lyublino, Tushino, Vykhino, Sviblovo and others. They also began to build in Severnoye Chertanovo, Troparevo, Ochakovo-Matveevskoye, Tyoply Stan and other areas. New houses were constructed according to standard designs. However, there was also a place for experimental structures. For example, in 1972, a ring house appeared in the Ochakovo-Matveevskoye. According to architect Yevgeny Stamo and engineer Alexander Markelov, the building symbolized the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.

Also, the capital actively improved the transport system. New highways and metro stations were built there. The park of public urban transport was updated. The new section promotes photographs of Moscow in the 1970s, which depict streets, houses, new urban areas, parks and capital's transport.

Besides, the virtual museum provides a book Blossomy Gardens and Parks Adorn My Moscow, devoted to landscaping in the capital. For example, it includes information about the parks that appeared in the city in the 1970s. Also, the book contains pictures of parks by famous Soviet photojournalists Boris Ignatovich, Naum Granovsky, Emmanuil Yevzerikhin, Vasily Yegorov, Viktor Akhlomov and others.

Photographs of household items and accessories of Moscow residents of that time are of particular interest. For example, the new section comprised images of models of men's and women's watches popular in the 1970s, metal tea boxes, an aluminium mug, a watthour meter, a pedometer and much more. There are also unique items, such as glasses of the Minister of Health of the USSR Maria Kovrigina, paintings with Moscow views by architect Yevgeny Yanko, a writing set made of Karelian birch.