About
Moscow
The largest city in
Europe, Moscow is the capital city of Russia. Boasting of a population of near
about 12.3 million residents, it is also the most populous city in the country.
It has been granted with the status of Russian federal city.
The Russian capital is a
major economic, political, scientific and cultural center of Russia and the
Eastern Europe. Mercer has ranked it as the 9th most expensive city
in the world and is counted amongst the largest urban economies in the world. Globalization
and World Cities Research Network has also ranked it as an alpha global city.
It has also been described as one of the fastest growing tourist destination as
per the MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index.
The city is renowned for
its architecture and is one of the greenest cities in the world with more than
40% of its territory covered with lush greenery. It is also dubbed as the
cultural capital of the country and is home to a number of Russian athletes,
artists and scientists.
Points
of Interest
The art and history lovers
will have a ball of a time in the capital as the city offers large number of
historical sites and art museums to discover such as Red Square, The State
Tretyakov Gallery, Tsarytsino Open-Air History and Architectural Museum, Moscow
Kremlin, The Armory, Diamond Fund, Art Gallery of the European and American
Countries of the XIX-XX centuries, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Kuskovo
Estate, Muzeon Art Park, Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val, The State A.S.
Pushkin Museum, Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center.
The city offers plenty of
other tourist spots as well like St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow Metro, Bolshoi Theatre,
Aptekarskiy Ogorod Botanical Garden, Kremlin Walls and Towers, Gorkiy Central
Park of Culture and Recreation, Neskuchny sad, Krutitskoe Podvorye, Sparrow
Hills, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GUM Department Store, Alexander
Garden, Victory Park, The Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy etc.
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Time to Visit
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