Demolition of the Yekaterininsky Barracks in Vladimir has begun. Developers had previously promised to preserve them.

Construction has begun on a military town in Vladimir—the area has been designated as a "complex development" (CD). The developers, the Novy Gorod and Unikom companies, promised to preserve the historic buildings, but now Have begun demolish them. 

The Catherine Barracks were built in the 1880s. They housed the 9th Siberian Grenadier Regiment, founded by Peter the Great. Preservation of the buildings did not have This was stipulated in the KRT agreement, so residents feared from the very beginning that the barracks would be demolished. Last year, representatives of the developers announced that they would restore two of the six barracks themselves and include them in the city's tourist route. 

"We understand that the site chosen for this project is special, and we bear a great social responsibility. We came here not only to build a fundamentally new project, but also to do so with respect for the city and preserving its historical heritage," stated Maxim Ovodkov, CEO of Novy Gorod.

In other regions, historic buildings are also often torn down to make way for the KRT. As NeMoskva reported, Nikolaevka A century-old estate in the Krasnoyarsk region was demolished in the interests of developers. Voronezh They plan to build high-rise buildings in the historic quarter. Part of the historic quarter was demolished for construction and in Nizhny Novgorod. 

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