ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on "Taganka 3" (T3), a Moscow protest group that started by fighting infill development. It examines T3's activities, strategies, participants, leaders, cooperation patterns, and gradual progress in reaching their goals as possibilities for the group to further the development of civil society. The chapter also discusses whether T3 was a social movement given the importance of the broader issue of the role of social movements in Russia's civil society. It attempts to overcome the limitations of Crotty's methodology and that of other skeptical authors. The chapter argues that the former subset of groups seeks societal democratization alongside their specific aims, while "Not In My Backyard" (NIMBY) only harbor particular interests. It focuses on grassroots movements and their capacity to develop civil society. It provides a hands-on subject matter concerning a specific type of Moscow urban movement that is rarely studied and generally absent from the literature.
