Moscow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Moscow is the seat of power of the Government of Russia,

being the site of the Moscow Kremlin, a medieval
city-fortress that is today the residence of the Russian
president. The Moscow Kremlin and Red Square are also
one of several World Heritage Sites in the city. Both
chambers of the Russian parliament (the State Duma and the
Federation Council) also sit in the city.
The city is served by a transit network, which includes four
international airports, nine railway terminals, numerous
trams, a monorail system and one of the deepest
underground metro systems in the world, the Moscow Metro,
the fourth-largest in the world and largest outside of Asia in
terms of passenger numbers, and the busiest in Europe. It is
recognized as one of the city's landmarks due to the rich
architecture of its 197 stations.
Moscow has acquired a number of epithets, most referring to
its size and preeminent status within the nation: The Third
Rome ( ), The Whitestone One (),
The First Throne (), The Forty Forties
( ), and The Hero City (-). In old
Russian the word "" (forty) also meant a church
administrative district, which consisted of about forty
churches. The demonym for a Moscow resident is
"" (moskvich), rendered in English as Muscovite.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow

Federal district

Central[1]

Economic
region
Established

Central[2]

Federal city
Day

Government (as of July 2014)

Mayor[5]
Legislature

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1 History
1.1 Prehistory
1.2 Early history (1147-1283)
1.3 Grand Duchy (1283-1547)
1.4 Tsardom (1547-1721)
1.5 Empire (1721-1917)
1.6 Soviet era (1917-1991)
1.7 Metro
1.8 Recent history (1991 to present)
2 Geography and climate
2.1 Location
2.2 Time
2.3 Climate
2.3.1 Climate changes
3 Demographics
3.1 Population
3.2 Religion
4 Cityscape
4.1 Architecture
4.2 Parks and landmarks
4.3 Moscow rings
5 Life and culture
5.1 Overview

Sergey Sobyanin[5]
City Duma[6]
Statistics

Area [7]
Total
Area rank

2,511 km2 (970 sq mi)

83rd

Population (2010 Census)

Total
11,503,501
Rank
1st
Density[8]

4,581.24/km2 (11,865.4/sq mi)

Population (2015 est.)

Total
12,197,596 (within city limits)
16,800,000 (Urban Area)[9][10]
Time zone(s)
ISO 3166-2
License plates

Contents

Before 1147[3]
The first Saturday and Sunday of
September[4]

Official
languages

MSK (UTC+03:00)[11]
RU-MOW
77, 99, 97, 177, 199, 197, 777,
799, 797
Russian[12]

Official website (http://www.mos.ru)

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