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Moscow | |
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Москва | |
![]() Clockwise frae tap richt: Spasskaya Touer o the Moscow Kremlin; MIBC; Reid Squerr, Saunt Basil's Cathedral; Bolshoi Theatre; Moscow State Varsity; an Cathedral o Christ the Saviour. | |
Anthem: Ma Moscow | |
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Coordinates: 55°45′N 37°37′E / 55.750°N 37.617°ECoordinates: 55°45′N 37°37′E / 55.750°N 37.617°E | |
Kintra | Roushie |
Federal destrict | Central[1] |
Economic region | Central[2] |
Established | Afore 1147[3] |
Govrenment | |
• Bodi | Ceety Duma[4] |
• Mayor[5] | Sergey Sobyanin[5] |
Area | |
• Total | 1091 km2 (421 sq mi) |
Area rank | 83rd |
Population (2010 Census)[7] | |
• Total | 11,514,330 |
• Estimate (2018)[8] | 12,506,468 (+8.6%) |
• Rank | 1st |
• Density | 11,000/km2 (27,000/sq mi) |
• Urban | 100% |
• Rural | 0% |
Time zone | UTC+3 (Moscow Time ![]() |
ISO 3166 code | RU-MOW |
License plates | 77, 99, 97, 177, 199, 197 |
OKTMO ID | 45000000 |
Offeecial leids | Roushie[10] |
Website | http://www.mos.ru |
Moscow is the caipital, the maist populous city, an the maist populous federal subject o Roushie. The city is a major poleetical, economic, cultural, releegious, financial, educational, an transportation centre o Roushie an the warld, a global city. Moscow is the maist populous city on the continent o Europe an the seivent lairgest ceety proper in the warld, a megaceety. The population o Moscow (as o 1 Januar 2010) is 10,563,038.
Moscow is situatit on the Moskva River in the Central Federal Destrict o European Roushie. In the course o its history the city haes served as the caipital o a progression o states, frae the medieval Grand Duchy o Moscow an the subsequent Tsardom o Roushie tae the Soviet Union. Moscow is the site o the Moscow Kremlin, an auncient fortress that is the day the residence o the Roushie Preses an o the executive branch o the Govrenment o Roushie. The Kremlin is ane o several Warld Heritage Sites in the city. Baith chambers o the Roushie parliament (the State Duma an the Federation Cooncil) sit in Moscow anaa.
The ceety is served bi an extensive transit netwirk, that includes fower internaitional airports, nine railwey terminals, an the Moscow Metro, seicont anerlie tae Tokyo in terms o ridership an recognised as ane o the ceety's laundmerks due tae the rich an varied airchitecture o its 182 stations.
Ower time, Moscow haes acquired a nummer o epithets, maist referrin tae its size an preeminent status athin the naition: The Third Rome (Третий Рим), Whitestane (Белокаменная), The First Throne (Первопрестольная), The Fowerty Fowerties (Сорок Сороков).
The demonym for a Moscow resident is Moskvitch.
The supreme and exclusive legislative (representative) body of the state power in Moscow is the Moscow City Duma.
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