"The Tanakvikian Palace of Soviets has finally been completed after almost ninety years of construction after the Statue of Vladimir Lynin was finally revealed by multiple helicopters and a tarp. The newly finished construction, that many hoped would finally be canceled, has taken the spot as the worlds' newest example of Soviet totalitarianism. " - MSNBC News Anchor, USV. The Palace of Soviets Construction History; Planning for the building began in 1933 during the Moscon Planning Committee's ninth meeting. The designer and initial proposal was made by Boris Catspan, a leading Tanakvikian architect. In 1933, the foundation was laid in Moscon, with official construction starting a year later on alloted building-free grounds west of the Kremlin in 1934 under the direct order of Josif Catin. The project would go revatively smoothly despite resource allocation issues until the death of Josif Catin in 1956, and then Caturi Felinisky would take over a year later. Felinisky would suspend the Palace of Soviets project as the exterior was being finished, instead diverting the resources to his own pet project, the creation of the world's largest rocket launch pad, the Karoliskgrad Rocket Field in 1959. The Karoliskgrad Field would be canceled after the failure of Felinisky's second five year plan focusing on electric expansion in 1964, resulting in a grid collapse which caused ~31 million cats to perish to the horrible winter that year. Ontop of this, his own purge of around the ~10 million Caltic felines in the TSSF would result in him being ousted by the Tanakvikian Soviet Congress for the genocide, and a public vote of no confidence over the energy grid. Following Felinisky, was a time of political instability and infighting, which delayed the project, then a favorable, popular candidate emerged, Cathail Gorbatev. Gorbatev began his premiership by canceling all mega-projects, instead redirecting focus towards expanding the energy grid and the housing situation, creating the infamously shoddy Gorbatevka apartment blocks. When Gorbatev introduced currency in 1967, the mega-projects were brought back to being maintained, and the foundation for the Palace of Soviets was repaired, along with the installation of the final fifteen elevators in 1969. Gorbatev would then once again cancel all projects in 1970, and redirect efforts with his Nine Reforms, and the Five Year Plan focusing on Federal Democratization. In 1974, Gorbatev would be rightfully ousted by the TSSF's KTDN and many hardliners, and Nikolai Kolichenco would take power. Kolichenco began a period of counter-reforms, saving the TSSF from further ruin, centralizing power, purging the corrupt Gorbatevist leadership, removing private currency, and re-continuing the Palace of Soviet's construction in the 2000s, during his Five Year Housing Plan. This phase would put some of the final touches on the building, spare the statue, windows, plumbing on the top floor, ACs, and decorative pieces. The building's full exterior would be completed in 2022, and by the time Kolichenco died in 2025, the Palace of Soviets would just need glass, interior decoratives, and the statue of Lynin, which was ordered three days before Kolichenco's death. The final leader of this project, Viktor Kortchev, would take great interest in the construction, giving it priority in 2026. The Statue of Lynin was set for completion on July 12th, 2028, and the decorative elements, and glass would finally be placed in. After a final inspection, the Palace would be ruled as fully safe for feline habitation and activity, and AC units were finally fully added during the then hottest summer on record in 2027. The Secretary of the Ministry of Infastructure's Department of Construction, Meowheil Perkivsko, stated that the project's construction was finished in Janurary of 2028, but stated that full completion would be waiting til July of 2028 on the statue of Lynin. Today, July 14th, 2028, Viktor Kortchev himself, with of all the premiers of the OCCP in presence, announced the completion of the project, and, in a show of pride, multiple heavy lift helicopters slowly lifted the massive tarp placed over the statue of Vladimir Lynin, fully completing the project in a grand show of coordination and patience. At the end, three of Tanakvik's stealth strategic bombers flew overhead, trailing red, gold, and red respectively. They were escorted by two squadrons of Su-75s, who trailed a multitude of Soviet flag colors, outlined with red and gold. The construction crew incharge of welding the outer shell of the statue and riveting the interior would stay on site until the next morning, along with the helicopters which carried away heavy construction assets that would cause an extreme disturbance driving through central Moscon at this time. The Soviet Congresses are to have an assembly within the new ampitheater at a later date.
Future lore on megaprojects, also the actual building is coming, eventually. The Palace of Soviets Broadcast lasted from 0800 to 1600 hours on the FedSov broadcasting network. Programming would continue at 1605, on a segment regarding expected international aggression. Tanav completed the Karoliskgrad Rocket Field in 1989, to which it would be used extensively for the launches of the Red Sky satelitte system in the 2000s, and would become a parade ground when not in use for religious and party rallies. The energy grid would be fully repaired in 1966. Roughly 219,800 workers were present throughout the project's almost century-long construction, in 2028, only around 1,250 were needed to add the finishing touches.
