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Moscow (Russian: Москва́, romanise: Moskva, IPA: [mɐˈskva] (help·info) see also other names) is the capital and the largest city of Russia, and the largest city in Europe, with its metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world. Moscow is the country's political, economic, religious, financial, educational and transportation centre. It is located on the Moskva River in the Central Federal District, in the European part of Russia. Historically, it was the capital of the former Soviet Union and the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the pre-Imperial Russian state. It is the site of the Moscow Kremlin, which serves as the ceremonial residence of the President of Russia. Moscow is a major economic centre and is home to the largest number of billionaires in the world; in 2007 Moscow was named the world's most expensive city for the second year in a row. It is home to many scientific and educational institutions, as well as numerous sport facilities. It possesses a complex transport system that includes the world’s busiest metro system, which is famous for its architecture and artwork.

Trivia about moscow

  • This capital city of 13 million located at 55.5 degrees north latitude is the most populous city in Europe
  • On May 2, 1936 "Peter and the Wolf" had its world premiere in this capital city
  • After a construction boom fueled by oil & gas money, this capital city now has Europe's tallest building
  • The Kremlin sits atop Borovitsky Hill in this capital city
  • The Bolshoi Ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre
  • This city is home to St. Basil's Cathedral & Red Square
  • This capital city lies on the broad & shallow plain formed by the Moskva River & tributaries
  • Boris Pasternak
  • Weighing over 400,000 pounds, the Czar Kolokol in this capital is the world's largest bell
  • The Hotel Rossiya in this foreign capital has 3,200 bedrooms, the most of any hotel in the world
  • This city's famed "Art Theatre" opened in 1898 with a production of "Czar Fyodor Ivanovich"
  • Pravda,shut down in 1996
  • 6 golden domes were added to this capital's Annunciation Cathedral during the reign of Ivan the Terrible
  • By the 15th C., this city was capital of the Russian state & the seat of the Russian Orthodox Church
  • Aleksandr Pushkin
  • You'll find Red Square at its center
  • The Hotel Zarya,the Hotel Sputnik
  • In Part XI we see "The grand and inevitable event of the abandonment and burning of" this city
  • European capital that contains the Lenin Library, the Lenin Stadium & the Lenin Mausoleum
  • Azerbaijani dishes like shashlik in pomegranate sauce are served at Baku in this Russian capital
  • That's the president in the fur in this world capital(standing in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral)
  • In 1963 a "Hot Line" emergency link went into effect between Washington, DC & this world city
  • "Privet" is an informal greeting in this city that's home to the Kremlin
  • Dostoyevsky's museum in this capital is in his family's home at the hospital where his father was a doctor
  • In Book 3 of "War and Peace", this city is famously abandoned & burned
  • SVO, also known as Sheremetyevo
  • Get off at Sportivnaya in this city to see the venue for much of the 1980 Summer Olympics
  • The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts is a leading tourist attraction in this capital
  • As a medical student in this city, Chekhov wrote short stories to help support his family
  • Ilya Yefimovich Repin's "Ivan The Terrible With The Body Of His Son" is in this city's Tretyakov Gallery
  • Method actors know Konstantin Stanislavsky opened his influential theater in this capital city in 1898
  • The empress Elizabeth founded Russia's first university in this city in the 18th century
  • It's home to the Glinka Music Museum & the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
  • The Maly & Bolshoi theaters are on its Teatralnaya Square
  • The controversial 1980 Summer Olympics were held in this capital city
  • Prince Peter Kropotkin
  • Before the 1941-42 battle of this capital, the Wehrmacht was advancing; after, retreating
  • On Sept. 14, 1812 French troops occupied this capital city & found it almost deserted
  • The domes seen here top the Church of the Deposition of the Virgin's Robe in this world capital
  • At last, we've come upon this city and its famous Cathedral
  • In 1877 "Swan Lake" premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre in this city with choreography by Julius Reisinger
  • The world leader & former judo champion seen here calls this world capital home
  • In 1952 Mikhail Gorbachev hit this big city to enter its state university law school; he graduated in 1955
  • The Trans-Siberian RR, the world's longest track, covers 5,700 miles from Nakhodka to this capital
  • The world's longest railroad line connects Vladivostok to this city, 5600 miles away
  • Mayor Yuri Luzhkov led the recent effort to restore this city's cathedral, seen here
  • The man born Theodore Kolyshov was later known as Philip of this capital
  • Mexico City,Monrovia,Moscow
  • D.I. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology
  • Poet Alexander Pushkin's home at 53 Arbat Street in this capital is now a museum
  • This capital's Yaroslavski Station 2122,Irkutsk 0233 (of day 5)
  • Yar, 32/2 Leningradsky Prospect
  • This capital's Cathedral of the Archangel Michael is the burial site for many czars
  • Cavalry promenade through this Eastern European capital in the photo from 1941 seen here
  • In the 18th C. Radischev protested the abuse of peasants in "Journey from St. Petersburg to" this big city
  • 1984:Robin Williams defects:"_____ on the Hudson"
  • Built at the turn of the century, the Metropol on Teatralny Avenue is one of this city's most famous hotels
  • Saint Basil the Blessed was an advisor to the czar in this city; a church there is named for him
  • Built between 1585 & 1593, Belyi Gorod helped defend this world capital
  • Field Marshal Montgomery said, "Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on'" this Russian city
  • (Hi, I'm Ekaterina Gordeeva) Chekhov's "Three Sisters" dream of going to this city -- my birthplace
  • Prospering under Tatar rule & expanding as it intersected trade routes, this city became a capital in the 15th century
  • The Warsaw Pact is administered from headquarters in this city
  • Wassily Kandinsky
  • (I'm Margot Robbie.) In our show I appear on the cover of Life; in 1968 Pan Am flight attendant Susan Sicari really did make the cover along with the Aeroflot counterpart as Pan Am began the 1st regular air link with this Cold War capital
  • French troops under Napoleon entered this capital on September 14, 1812 & found it in flames
  • On Sept. 14, 1812 French troops occupied this city & found it almost deserted
  • A Foreign Language Oscar went to Menshov's 1979 film called this city "Does Not Believe in Tears"
  • "The Three Sisters" want to move there(6)
  • The U.S. Olympic team did not compete in the 1980 Summer Olympics hosted by this city
  • In 1920 American communist & author John Reed died of typhus in this foreign capital
  • This Eastern European city first mentioned around 1147 is the most populous in Europe, with over 10 million people
  • The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
  • The 1980 Oscar winner for Foreign Language Film was "____ does Not Believe in Tears"
  • Former British diplomat Donald MacLean died in this world capital in 1983

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