Moscow, Capital city in Central Russia.
Description
The city stretches along the Moskva River through a vast territory in the western part of the country, housing more than thirteen million residents within its administrative limits, making it one of the most populated urban areas in Europe, with wide boulevards, green parks, soviet housing blocks and modern skyscrapers spread across several ring roads.
History
The settlement arose in the twelfth century as a wooden fort under Prince Yuri Dolgorukiy and grew over the centuries into the heart of the Russian tsardom, later becoming capital of the Soviet Union and eventually of the Russian Federation, undergoing numerous transformations and expansions that shaped its current appearance.
Culture
This metropolitan area acts as the engine of Russian daily life and language, where theaters like the Bolshoi exist alongside contemporary art scenes and where local customs such as shared tea hours and evening walks in parks are woven into the urban rhythm and where families often visit flea markets on weekends or travel to countryside cottages on their days off.
Practical
The metro network extends through around two hundred stations and carries millions of passengers daily across the urban area, with single tickets and rechargeable cards available at all stations, while many central areas can be explored on foot if you allow enough time for walking.
Did you know?
The city contains seven towering buildings known as the Seven Sisters, erected between the late forties and early fifties in Stalinist style, which still dominate the skyline and can be spotted from many points throughout the urban area.
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Moscow Metro
80 m
Kremlin
127 m
St. Basil's Cathedral
412 m
Lenin's Mausoleum
370 m
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
1 km
Seven Sisters
7.6 km
Red Square
433 m
Bolshoi Theatre
1.1 km
Tretyakov Gallery
1 km
Ostankino Tower
7.7 km
Novodevichy Convent
4.7 km
Kremlin Wall Necropolis
378 m
Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces
53.5 km
Novodevichy Cemetery
4.9 km
Vagankovo Cemetery
4.8 km
Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology
11.5 km
Monument to Minin and Pozharsky
409 m
Tsaritsyno Park + palace
15.4 km
Troyekurovskoye cemetery
14.2 km
Museum of city lighting, Moscow
1.7 km
Exhibition of achievements of national economy
8.9 km
Tsar Cannon
106 m
Tsar Bell
65 m
State Historical Museum
498 m
New Jerusalem Monastery
51.9 km
Worker and Kolkhoz Woman
8.8 km
Grand Kremlin Palace
119 m
Spasskaya Tower
328 mReal people, real opinions — but not verified.
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Zelenograd
Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug
Troitsky Administrative Okrug
Akademichesky District
Alexeyevsky District
Altufyevsky District
Arbat District
Aeroport District
Babushkinsky District
Basmanny District
Begovoy District
Beskudnikovsky District
Bibirevo District
Bogorodskoye District
Butyrsky District
Veshnyaki District
Vnukovo
Voykovsky District
Vostochnoye Degunino District
Vostochnoye Izmaylovo District
Vostochny District
Vykhino-Zhulebino District
Gagarinsky District
Golovinsky District
Golyanovo District
Dmitrovsky District
Dorogomilovo District
Zamoskvorechye District
Zapadnoye Degunino District
Ivanovskoye District
Izmaylovo District
Kapotnya District
Koptevo District
Kosino-Ukhtomsky District
Krasnoselsky District
Krylatskoye District
Kryukovo District
Kuzminki District
Kuntsevo District
Kurkino District
Levoberezhny District
Lefortovo District
Lianozovo District
Losinoostrovsky District
Lyublino District
Marfino District
Maryina Roshcha District
Maryino District
Matushkino District
Metrogorodok District
Meshchansky District
Mitino District
Mozhaysky District
Molzhaninovsky District
Nekrasovka District
Nizhegorodsky District
Novogireyevo District
Novokosino District
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Ostankinsky District
Otradnoye District
Ochakovo-Matveyevskoye District
Perovo District
Pechatniki District
Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo District
Preobrazhenskoye District
Presnensky District
Prospekt Vernadskogo District
Ramenki District
Rostokino District
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Sviblovo District
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Silino District
Sokol District
Sokolinaya Gora district
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Solntsevo District
Strogino District
Tagansky District
Tverskoy District
Tekstilshchiki District
Timiryazevsky District
Troparyovo-Nikulino District
Filyovsky park District
Fili-Davydkovo District
Khamovniki District
Khovrino District
Khoroshevo-Mnevniki District
Khoroshyovsky District
Shchukino District
Yuzhnoye Medvedkovo District
Yuzhnoye Tushino District
Yuzhnoportovy District
Yakimanka District
Yaroslavsky District
Biryulyovo Vostochnoye District
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Brateyevo District
Danilovsky District
Donskoy District
Zyuzino District
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Lomonosovsky District
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Nagatino-Sadovniki District
Nagatinsky Zaton District
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Obruchevsky District
Orekhovo-Borisovo Severnoye District
Orekhovo-Borisovo Yuzhnoye District
Mosrentgen Settlement
Vnukovskoye Settlement
Voronovskoye Settlement
Voskresenskoye Settlement
Desyonovskoye Settlement
Kievsky Settlement
Clenovsky
Kokoshkino Settlement
Krasnopakhorskoye Settlement
Marushkinskoye Settlement
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Moskovsky Settlement
Novofedorovskoe
Pervomayskoye
Rogovskoye Settlement
Ryazanovskoye Settlement
Sosenskoye
Troitsk
Filimonkovskoye Settlement
Shcherbinka
Severnoye Butovo District
Staroye Kryukovo District
Tyoply Stan District
Tsaritsyno District
Cheryomushki District
Chertanovo Severnoye District
Chertanovo Tsentralnoye District
Chertanovo Yuzhnoye District
Yuzhnoye Butovo District
Yasenevo District
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