THE NEW MOSCOW

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3210, 22 September 1934, Page 2

THE NEW MOSCOW

120 TYPES OF PEOPLE. In the .sixteen years since the war ended the population of Moscow has grown from 800,000 to 3,000,000. Times 'have changed indeed since the beginning of the nineteenth century, when the" city had 200,000 people, of whom 1400 were nobles' and no fewer than 70,000 their servants. Despite feverish activity in building, the rapid rise of population has produced great overcrowding-. In some districts a family to a room is common. Great blocks of flats are being- erected on co-operative principles- to combat the shortage in accommodation. Moscow is fortunately well able to provide amenities, for it is close to excellent countryside. Parks and play-grounds are being developed. Many nationalities meet in Moscow, for Russia has some 120 1 different peoples, all to he met in its streets. With its diversities of race, East and West rubbing shoulders, and with its great extremes of cold and warmth, the Soviet capital is a fascinatingstudy.