by Peter Sigrist
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This is the site in the center of Moscow where Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin recently decided to build a park. Each dot represents a crowd-sourced photo taken there and uploaded to oldmos.ru, where you can move a sliding bar to focus on time periods of your choice.
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This is the former Rossiya Hotel, which was built on the site in 1967 and demolished in 2006. The photo is from another brilliant crowd-sourced site (Wikipedia).
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This is the Zaryadye neighborhood, which was demolished to make room for the Rossiya Hotel. The photo of a flood along the Moscow River is from a historical photo tour of the neighborhood, blogged by Alexander Ivanov.
This is part of a collection of featured places from around the world. If you’d like to share photos of a place you find interesting, please add them to the Flickr group or send them to info@thepolisblog.org and we’ll publish your feature. Video and sound recordings are also welcome.
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![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7SfU6jdsdzo/T01LoqciYEI/AAAAAAAAFbs/dBm4ck0JKLA/s1600/park.png)
This is the site in the center of Moscow where Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin recently decided to build a park. Each dot represents a crowd-sourced photo taken there and uploaded to oldmos.ru, where you can move a sliding bar to focus on time periods of your choice.
![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q3aPlCd_vGs/T01LplWyPUI/AAAAAAAAFb0/yneXcuk6ZPE/s1600/rossiya-hotel.jpeg)
This is the former Rossiya Hotel, which was built on the site in 1967 and demolished in 2006. The photo is from another brilliant crowd-sourced site (Wikipedia).
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tpj-v3dob80/T01LqBcIUnI/AAAAAAAAFb4/PNdDitfzZ-M/s1600/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%B5.jpeg)
This is the Zaryadye neighborhood, which was demolished to make room for the Rossiya Hotel. The photo of a flood along the Moscow River is from a historical photo tour of the neighborhood, blogged by Alexander Ivanov.
This is part of a collection of featured places from around the world. If you’d like to share photos of a place you find interesting, please add them to the Flickr group or send them to info@thepolisblog.org and we’ll publish your feature. Video and sound recordings are also welcome.
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