Москва

Moscow
	capital city and the largest city of Russia; separate federal subject of Russia
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Instance of	city (1147),; capital of Russia (1918),; federal city of Russia (1991),; big city,; megacity (2001),; largest city (Russia, 1991)
Named after	Moskva River;
Location	East European Plain, Central Federal District, Russia, Russia
Legislative body	Moscow City Duma (24 October 1993, Executive Order of the President of Russia);
Executive body	Mayor of Moscow (12 June 1991, Executive Order of the President of Russia); Government of Moscow (1991);
Highest judicial authority	Constitutional (charter) court of a subject of the Russian Federation;
Official language	Russian;
Anthem	Moya Moskva (5 July 1995 – );
Head of government	Sergey Sobyanin (21 October 2010);
Party chief representative	Q4380412 (15 December 1989, 6 November 1991, First Secretary of the Moscow Communist Party); Lev Zaykov (11 November 1987, 21 November 1989, First Secretary of the Moscow Communist Party); Boris Yeltsin (23 December 1985, 11 November 1987, First Secretary of the Moscow Communist Party);
Founded by	Yuri Dolgorukiy;
Inception	before 4 April 1147
Significant event	sack (1238, Mongol invasion of Rus'); plague pandemics. (1353); conflagration (1365, Всесвятский пожар); Siege of Moscow (1382); death by burning (1571, Devlet I Giray); Q4371259 (21 September 1610, 7 November 1612); Plague Riot (15 September 1771, 17 September 1771); Q4332537 (14 September 1812, 20 October 1812); Fire of Moscow (1547); Q28667906 (1488); Fire of Moscow (2 September 1812, 6 September 1812); Moscow Metro (15 May 1935); Q4135364 (10 July 1935); Battle of Moscow (30 September 1941, 20 April 1942); Q28666066 (September 1947);
Population	12,500,123 (2018);
Area	2,562 ±1 square kilometre;
Elevation above sea level	156 metre;
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Object location	55° 45′ 21″ N, 37° 37′ 04″ E	View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth	55.755833; 37.617778

Moscow is the capital and most populous city of the Russian Federation.

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.

Moscow Kremlin[edit]

Overview
Le Kremlin
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
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Eternal Flame
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the rain

Red Square[edit]

St. Basil's Cathedral and Spasskaya Tower of Kremlin, Red Square
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]

GUM[edit]

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[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
Pashkov Palace
Morozov Palace
Kuskovo Palace
Ostankino Palace
The Grand Palace Tsaritsino, Moscow