MOSCOW Introduction |
In Russia, everything starts in Moscow. With nearly
8.3m residents, Moscow (Moskva in Russian) is the
capital of the Russian Federation and of Russia's
Central Federal District.
Moscow covers 880 km2 and is divided into circles
around the Kremlin, which is the centre of Moscow.
These circles are now big boulevards located where
the old city walls used to be. The Kremlin and Red
Square were declared World Heritage sites in 1990.
The Moscow total extension being of 880 sq. km is
divided in circles around the Kremlin, which is
the center of Moscow. These circles are now big
boulevards located were the old walls used to be
settled in order to protect the city. The Kremlin
and the Red Square were declared Patrimoine de l'Humanité
in 1990.
The city has become the most important Russian city
in terms of culture, commerce, industry and politics.
Moscow produces a sixth of the total industrial
output of the CIS countries. Moscow is famous for
aircraft manufacturing, food and beverages, printing
facilities and railway factories. In the future,
Moscow will expand by incorporating its industrial
suburbs into the city.
There are more than seven hundred scientific institutions
in Moscow, as well as seventy-five upper-level educational
institutions, the most important being Moscow State
University. |
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Facts & Figures about Moscow |
| Population |
8,528,000 |
| Territory |
1,081 sq. km |
| Railway Terminals |
9 |
| Airports |
5 |
| River Terminals |
4 |
| Airlines |
134 |
| Embassies |
138 |
| Long distance telephone service to |
2,775 Russian towns and CIS |
| International telephone serve to |
200 countries |
| Hotels |
148 |
| Newspapers and other periodicals |
2,912 |
| Russian Orthodox churches |
532 |
| Russian Orthodox monasteries & convents |
9 |
| Catholic churches |
5 |
| Synagogues |
5 |
| Evangelical Lutheran church |
3 |
| Protestant Methodist church |
50 |
| Evangelical Christian Baptists' church |
30 |
| Mosques |
6 |
| Educational establishments (universities,
colleges, lyceums & gymnasiums) |
401 |
| Public transportation |
624 routes / 6456 km |
| including: |
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| Trams |
38 routes / 402 km |
| Trolleybuses |
86 routes / 924 km |
| Buses |
500 routes / 5130 km |
| Metro lines |
265.4 lines |
| Metro stations |
163 |
| Metro stations under construction |
19 |
| Theatres |
119 |
| Cinemas |
113 |
| Museums |
141 |
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