Just Before USSR Dissolution, These Photos Capture Street Scenes of Moscow in 1990
January 05, 2022 1990s , life & culture , Moscow , Russia & Soviet Union , street When the USSR was dissolved in 1991, Moscow remained the capital of the Russian SFSR (on December 25, 1991, the Russian SFSR was renamed the Russian Federation). Since then, a market economy has emerged in Moscow, producing an explosion of Western-style retailing, services, architecture, and lifestyles. Moscow in 1990 The city has continued to grow during the 1990s to 2000s, its population rising from below nine to above ten million. Since then, however, there has been a dramatic growth of low-density suburban sprawl, created by heavy demand for single-family dwellings as opposed to crowded apartments. In 1995–1997 the MKAD ring road was widened from the initial four to ten lanes. In December 2002, Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo became the first Moscow Metro station that opened beyond the limits of MKAD. The Third Ring Road,...
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