7,900 other Soviet flat blocks in Moscow, are to be torn down, in what will be one of the largest urban resettlement programmes in history. 25 million sq metres of residential real estate – more than 10% of the city’s housing stock – will be torn down. An estimated 1.6 million people will be resettled; not clear what kind of buildings will replace the Soviet housing. Moscow’s chief architect declined to comment, and the mayor’s office asked for written questions but failed to answer them.