Large city, large population, large money.
- Moscow is the capital city of Russia, although it was replaced by Saint Petersburg as the capital for more than 200 years from 1712-1917.
- Moscow is a major city of Europe since it has high political, economical, cultural and scientific standards.
- Moscow is the 6th largest city in the world, with a population of 11,503,501 in 2010.
- Moscow has extensive underground rail transportation networks, known in English as the “Moscow Metro”, which includes 188 stations, the deepest being 84 metres (276 ft) underground.
- Moscow was named after the Moskva River, and the name ‘Moscow’ means ‘city by Moskva River’ in old Russian.
Moscow
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- Moscow’s earliest known recorded reference as a place was in 1147, and it was a minor town at the time.
- In Moscow, the temperatures in the weather range from -25°C to 30°C (-13°F to 86°F).
- Christianity is the main religion of Moscow, most people following the Russian Orthodox Church.
- Moscow is known for the amazing architecture of the “Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat” or “Pokrovsky Cathedral”, commonly known as “Saint Basil’s Cathedral“.
- Moscow has 96 parks and 18 public gardens, and has more than three times the number of green ‘park’ space per person than each of Paris, London and New York.
Bibliography:
Moscow 6 March 2013, Wikipedia, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow>
