How Moscow is cleaned up after winter (PHOTOS)

How Moscow is cleaned up after winter (PHOTOS)
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Every year in spring, the capital undergoes a general cleanup. Not only streets and sidewalks are washed, but also buildings and monuments. Sometimes it looks quite funny!

Monuments on Cosmonauts’ Alley are also washed…

How Moscow is cleaned up after winter (PHOTOS)
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How Moscow is cleaned up after winter (PHOTOS)
Pelagiya Tikhonova/Moskva Agency

…and the fountain in front of the Bolshoi Theater…

How Moscow is cleaned up after winter (PHOTOS)
Sergei Kiselev/Moskva Agency

…and the pillars of the Crimean bridge…

How Moscow is cleaned up after winter (PHOTOS)
Kirill Zykov/Moskva Agency
How Moscow is cleaned up after winter (PHOTOS)
Kirill Zykov/Moskva Agency

…and the monument of Yuri Gagarin…

How Moscow is cleaned up after winter (PHOTOS)
Sergei Kiselev/Moskva Agency

…and the pier near the Cathedral of Christ the Savior…

How Moscow is cleaned up after winter (PHOTOS)
Sofya Sandurovskaya/Moskva Agency

…and the ‘Friendship of Nations’ fountain at the VDNKh exhibition park…

How Moscow is cleaned up after winter (PHOTOS)
Sofya Sandurovskaya/Moskva Agency
How Moscow is cleaned up after winter (PHOTOS)
Sofya Sandurovskaya/Moskva Agency

…and the fountain complex on Manezhnaya Square.

How Moscow is cleaned up after winter (PHOTOS)
Pelagiya Tikhonova/Moskva Agency

Regular commercial and residential buildings are also thoroughly washed!

How Moscow is cleaned up after winter (PHOTOS)
Alexander Avilov/Moskva Agency

Not only windows, but also whole residential facades…

How Moscow is cleaned up after winter (PHOTOS)
Sergei Vedyashkin/Moskva Agency
How Moscow is cleaned up after winter (PHOTOS)
Sergei Vedyashkin/Moskva Agency

…and underpasses.

How Moscow is cleaned up after winter (PHOTOS)
Andrei Lyubimov/Moskva Agency

The monument to St. George the Victorious took part in a foam party, too!

How Moscow is cleaned up after winter (PHOTOS)
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