Demolition
The Red Gates were renovated in the spring of 1926. However, in December 1926, Mossovet approved demolition of the gates and other buildings, to make way for the Garden Ring expansion. The Red Gates were demolished June 3, 1927, despite protests from Ivan Fomin, Petr Baranovsky and other artists. A statue of an angel and other artifacts were preserved at the Museum of Moscow.
The square was still known as Krasnye Vorota (Red Gates), and in 1935 acquired a Metro station of the same name, designed by Ivan Fomin (underground station) and Nikolai Ladovsky (surface vestibule). In 1953, one of the famous Stalin's skyscrapers was erected on the square to a design by Alexey Dushkin.
The square and station were renamed Lermontovskaya after Mikhail Lermontov in 1962 and were renamed back to Krasniye Vorota in 1986. Proposals to rebuild the arch were rejected, citing traffic congestion and the disparity between the modest size of the arch compared to the present-day width of the Garden Ring. The Angel of Glory, painted black, commemorates the loss of the Red Gates on the official coat of arms of Krasnoselsky District of Moscow.
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