The evolution of New Moscow: from panacea to polycentricity

Abstract

This article provides an overview of New Moscow’s trajectory from its unveiling as a leap into a new epoch to its more modest current role. Possible reasons for undertaking the project are examined, with special focus on the one consistent justification: to make the capital more polycentric. Against the backdrop of global polycentric urban region formation, the question of Moscow’s polycentricity is explored at three different scales: intraurban, urban-regional and national. Other projects underway in Old Moscow are discussed as competitors with New Moscow. The article questions the economic and political sustainability of the development of New Moscow and other mega-projects in the capital, given the demographic and economic stagnation in most of Russia.

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