Moscow Purges VDNKh of All ?€?Clutter?€™
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The Cosmos Pavilion in 1991 showcases the legacy of the U.S.S.R's conquest of space.
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The Cosmos Pavilion in 2014.
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The early (left) and later (right) iterations of the Soviet coat of arms brandish the facades of VDNKh to this day.
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A Yak-42 sits next to a farmers market in 2001.
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A Tu-154 airliner's fuselage painted to depict the Soviet Red Army's long march west toward Berlin during World War II.
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Rennovation crews in front of an R-7 rocket, the repurposed ICBM that launched Sputnik and Gagarin.
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A worker repaints an aging lamp post at VDNKh, with the top of the U.S.S.R. Pavilion in the background.
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Work being done to restore the exterior walls of VDNKh with the park's iconic Ferris wheel in the background.
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Iconic ountains on the far side of the U.S.S.R. pavilion are the centerpiece of the sprawling exhibition center.
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