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
Image courtesy of Cescasawin/ Free Digital Photos
- 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.