Москва

**Moscow**
	capital and most populous city of Russia По часовой стрелке, с верхнего правого угла: Спасская башня Кремля, Москва-Сити, Красная площадь, Большой театр, Главное здание МГУ, Храм Христа Спасителя
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Instance of	capital of Russia (1918–); federal city of Russia (1991–); big city (1600s–); megacity (2001–); largest city (Russia, 1991–); capital city; city or town (1147–); million city (1890s–);
Part of	Central Federal District;
Named after	Moskva River;
Patron saint	Saint George;
Location	East European Plain; Russia; Russia;
Located in or next to body of water	Moskva River; Yauza; Vodootvodny Canal; Skhodnya Derivation Canal; Moscow Canal;
Legislative body	Moscow City Duma (Executive Order of the President of Russia, 1993–);
Executive body	Mayor of Moscow (Executive Order of the President of Russia, 1991–); Government of Moscow (1991–);
Highest judicial authority	Constitutional (charter) court of a subject of the Russian Federation;
Official language	Russian;
Anthem	Moya Moskva (1995–);
Head of government	Sergey Sobyanin (Mayor of Moscow, 2010–);
Party chief representative	Yury Anatolyevich Prokofiev (First Secretary of the Moscow Communist Party, 1989–1991); Lev Zaykov (First Secretary of the Moscow Communist Party, 1987–1989); Boris Yeltsin (First Secretary of the Moscow Communist Party, 1985–1987);
Has use	official residence;
Founded by	Yuri Dolgorukiy;
Inception	unknown value (before 1147);
Significant event	sack (Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus', 1238); Siege of Moscow in 1238 (1238); plague epidemic (1353); conflagration (Всесвятский пожар, 1365); siege (Lithuanian–Muscovite War, 1368); siege (Lithuanian–Muscovite War, 1370); Siege of Moscow (1382); Q19772481 (1408); Q55658749 (1439); Q28667906 (1488); Q4242944 (1521); Fire of Moscow (1547); death by burning (Fire of Moscow, Devlet I Giray, 1571); Fire of Moscow (1591); Siege of Moscow (1606) (1606); Tushino Camp (1608); Polish-Lithuanian occupation of Moscow (1610–1612); Siege of Moscow (1618); Fire of Moscow (1812 (in Julian calendar) – 1812 (in Julian calendar)); French occupation of Moscow (1812–1812); Plague Riot (1771–1771); General Plan for reconstruction of Moscow (1935); Moscow Metro (1935–); Evacuation in the Soviet Union (1940s); Battle of Moscow (1941–1942); Q4303937 (1941, 1941–1941); 1980 Summer Olympics (1980); 850th Anniversary of Moscow (1997, –1997);
Population	12,455,682 (2021);
Area	2,562 ±1 km²;
Elevation above sea level	156 m;
IATA airport code	MOW;
Different from	Moskwa ;
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	55° 45′ 21″ N, 37° 37′ 04″ E
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Moscow is the capital and most populous city of the Russian Federation.

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coat of arms & map[edit]

flag of Moscow
coat of arms of Moscow
geographic location
history map 1839
history map 1888

Основной раздел / General / Généraux / Ogólne[edit]

Kremlevskaya Naberezhnaya and Moscow skyline.
Satellite
Average temperature (red) and precipitation (blue) in Moscow
Température moyenne (en rouge) et précipitation (en bleu)
panoramic view of Moscow from the river
Vue panoramique de la ville
Panoramic view of Moscow from Red October
Ф.Я.Алексеев - Москва. Вид от Лубянки на Владимирские ворота, XIX век
F. Y. Alexeyev - Moscou. Vue de la Loubianka à Vladimirskie portes, XIX siècle.
Moscow skyline as viewed from Sparrow Hills. Two of the seven sisters can be seen.
view
bus station

Moscow Kremlin[edit]

snow
Overview
Le Kremlin
Kremlin wall
Grand Kremlin Palace with the Kremlin wall
Kremlin - The belfry Ivan the Great.
Kremlin over embankment road
Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower
Dormition Cathedral
Annunication Cathedral
Ivan the Great Bell Tower
Ivan the Great Bell Tower
Grand Kremlin Palace
One of halls in the Grand Kremlin Palace
Kutafia Tower of the Kremlin
Palace of Facets (1481)
Ehemaliger Patriarchenpalast
Church of the Twelve Apostles
церковь Двенадцати Апостолов
Église des Douze Apôtres
Cerkiew Dwunastu Apostołów
Inside the Kremlin
Intérieur du Kremlin
Tsar Pushka
Царь-пушка
Tsar Pouchka « le roi des canons »
Alexander Garden
Александровский сад
Jardins d'Alexandre
1900
Terem Palace
Теремной дворец
Palais des Térems

Moscow Kremlin Wall[edit]

Changing the guard at the Tomb of The Unknown Soldier in Alexandrovsky Garden
Kremlin wall
Spasskaya Tower on the Kremlin wall.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Eternal Flame
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the rain

Red Square[edit]

Red Square in Moscow.
St. Basil's Cathedral and Spasskaya Tower of Kremlin, Red Square
Red Square, Nicholas Tower
Red Square in Moscow.
Red Square
Красная площадь
Place Rouge
Покровский собор
St Basil's Cathedral at sunrise
Cathédrale Saint-Basile
State Historical Museum at sunset
Красная площадь
Red Square
Place Rouge
Kremlin seen from Red Square at night, in the middle : Lenin's Mausoleum
Iberian Gates to Red Square
State Historical Museum
Old view of St Basil's Slope
Place Rouge musée histoire et Kremlin

St. Basil's Cathedral[edit]

St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow (Red Square).
Iberian Chapel and Gate
Воскресенские ворота
Portes Ivères

See also: Собор Василия Блаженного.

GUM[edit]

GUM department store (Red Square, Moscow)
GUM exterior
Goum extérieur
GUM interior
Goum intérieur
GUM exterior at night
Goum extérieur, vue nocturne

Cathedral of Christ the Saviour[edit]

Christ the Saviour (1905)
Cathédrale du Christ-Sauveur en 1905
Christ the Saviour (2003)
Cathédrale du Christ-Sauveur en 2003
A fragment of the original cathedral, preserved in the Donskoy Monastery
A fragment of the original cathedral, preserved in the Donskoy Monastery
A fragment of the original cathedral, preserved in the Donskoy Monastery
With golden letters

Bolshoi Theatre[edit]

Bolshoi Theatre
Большой театр
Théâtre Bolchoï
Teatr Wielki
Bolshoi Teatr (left) and Malyi Teatr (very right)
At night
Vue nocturne
Interior
Intérieur

monastery[edit]

Novodevichy Convent
Novodevichy Convent
New Saviour Monastery
Ascension Convent
Andronikov Monastery
Danilov Monastery
Donskoy Monastery
Simonov Monastery
Cathedral of the Simonov Monastery

church building[edit]

Nativity Church in Putinki
St Nicholas Church on the Pokrovka Street
Kazan Cathedral on Red Square
Vicarial church of the Moscow patriarchs
Trinity Church in Ostankino
Trinity Church in Ostankino
Church in Medvedkovo

palace[edit]

Andreevskiy hall in the Grand Kremlin Palace (served as a throne hall under Tsars)
St Peter's Castle
Grand Kremlin Palace with the Kremlin wall
Pashkov Palace
Morozov Palace
Kuskovo Palace
Ostankino Palace
The Grand Palace Tsaritsino, Moscow

city gate[edit]

Red Gates of the White Town
St Elijah's Gates to the Kitai-gorod
Iberian Gates of the Kitai-gorod
Entrance to Kolomenskoe Royal Estate

tower[edit]

Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower
Red Square, Nicholas Tower
Kremlin - The belfry Ivan the Great.
Ivan the Great bell tower in Moscow.
Ivan the Great Bell Tower
Ivan the Great Bell Tower
Painting of Sukharev Tower
Menshikov Tower

Ostankino Tower[edit]

Fire in Ostankino TV-Tower, 2000-08-27

Shukhov Tower[edit]

statue[edit]

Old monument to Alexander Pushkin
Monument to Peter I.
Monument to Minin and Pozharsky on Red Square
Monument to Minin and Pozharsky
Karl Marx surrounded by everything he didn't like
Pleven monument

Exhibition of achievements of national economy[edit]

Main entrance to the All-Soviet Exhibition Centre
Central pavilion of the All-Soviet Exhibition Centre
Avenue
Space Pavilion

Moscow State University[edit]

Old campus in downtown Moscow

Poklonnaya Hill[edit]

Church of St George
Triumphal arch (1827).

Tverskaya Street[edit]

Tverskaya Street in the 19th century
Tverskaya Square
Nr. 12
Residence of the Mayor of Moscow

Moscow Metro[edit]

escalator
Metro station in Moscow.
Metro map
Metro station in Moscow.

Moskva River[edit]

View of Moskva River in the 19th century
View of Moscow river today
Moskva River near Pushkinsky Bridge
Moskva River near Kremlin
Kremlin in winter
Below Kremlin, with ship
Cathedral and Gorky Park

Kolomenskoye[edit]

Ascension Church (1535). Winter
Ascension Church (1535). Summer
Stone gates (17th-century)
Wooden gateway tower (17th century)

Kuskovo[edit]

General view of Kuskovo
Summer pavilion in Kuskovo
Park in Kuskovo
Palace in Kuskovo

bridge[edit]

Big Stone Bridge in the early 1800s
2008
Pushkinsky Bridge (1905–07)
Rostokino Aqueduct
Stroginskiy Bridge

modern architecture[edit]

Moscow International Business Center

related properties[edit]

view
Traffic on the Garden Ring of Moscow
Traffic in downtown Moscow
Melnikov House
Moscow Manege
Strastnaya Square in the 1920s
Panorama at night, in the middle the Luzhniki Stadium
Komsomolskaya Square
Three special architectural styles
Plattenbauten in Northern District
Hotel Rossija (1967-2005)
Golitsyno