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Things to Know about Moscow
By Richard Monk

As the largest country in the world, Russia is a complicated country. The same is true for the largest city, Moscow.

 

Moscow, pronounced Mos-koh by it's inhabitants, is the most densely populated city on the European continent. The capital city is characterized by a population of roughly ten million day to day residents. Moscow perched right on the edge on the banks of Russia's five hundred kilometer flowing Moskva River. Moscow's epic number of billionaires, and an expressively built Metro system, the world's busiest, come together to create some of the interesting things about Moscow. Moscow even hosted the Summer Olympics in 1980. The current face of Moscow's major league sports has been scarred by bouts of sports team fan violence

Check out some of interesting things about Moscow society. The city's primary industries for the most viable employment options include machinery industries, chemical, food, textile, metallurgy, and furniture. Such industries provide the income to sustain housing under Moscow's rising real estate rates. Purchasing a home in Moscow, or the outskirts surrounding the city, can cost between four and forty thousand dollars per square inch.

Patriarch's Pond is the most posh and expensive neighborhood in Moscow. Located on the circular avenue of The Golden Ring, situated in the middle Moscow. A quiet neighborhood under the microscope of high security, a number of government embassies are located in Patriarch's Pond. The Zamoskvorechye community, a stone's throw away from the Moskva River, is a popular neighborhood amongst the French. Zamoskvorechye houses the French Embassy. Take a look at some of the interesting things about Moscow and the layout of the city:

1. Moscow's Russian royal citadels are called kremlins.

2. The Moscow Kremlin is a historic city complex most famous for it's collection of kremlins. The fortress overlooks the Moskva River to the South.

3. The Cathedral Square is the most instrumental part of the Moscow Kremlin. Cathedral Square is surrounded by six buildings, which includes three cathedrals. The three cathedrals comprising Cathedral Square are the Cathedral of Dormition, the Cathedral of the Annunciation, and the Cathedral of the Archangel Michael.

4. The Cathedral of Dormition, constructed in 1479, which serves as Moscow's main church. The structure sports a facade constructed of limestone and capped with golden.

5. The Cathedral of the Annunciation opened it's doors in 1489. The cathedral originally featured three domes, but was reconstructed one hundred years later and revamped to it's modern day nine domes.

6. The Cathedral of the Archangel Michael was the final of the Cathedral Square structures to be erected. The cathedral opened in 1508.

7. The other structures of the Cathedral Square include two domestic churches, the Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Moscow and the Cathedral of the Twelve Apostles, the Ivan the Great Bell Tower, and the Palace of the Facets by Ivan III.

The Red Square is the most popular of Moscow's town halls. The Red Square is submerged in a history that fosters a number of interesting things about Moscow and it's structure. The neighborhood is marked by the presence of Saint Basil's Cathedral and the Spasskaya Tower. The Red Square contains some of the most major streets in the city, and major highways for easily accessible travel outside of the city. Some of the most influential addresses tag along for the ride.

In spite of a turbulent history as the capital of the former Soviet Union, some of the most interesting things about Moscow lies in it's vivacious center on everything Russia. Moscow sits at the center Russia's sporting, cultural, and educational infrastructure.

Richard Monk is with FactsMonk.com - providing a funny collection of random, useless, odd and strange facts each and every day.

 

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