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Moscow [a] is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits, [6] over 18.8 million residents in the urban area, [7] and over 21.5 million residents in its metropolitan area. [14]
Moscovo( português europeu) ou Moscou( português brasileiro) (em russo: Москва; romaniz.: Moskva, lido Maskvá — AFI : [mɐˈskva] (escutar ⓘ)) é a capital e maior cidade da Rússia. Fica às margens do rio Moscou na região central do país, com uma população estimada em 12,4 milhões de habitantes dentro dos limites da cidade ...
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Moscow, city, capital of Russia, located in the far western part of the country. Since it was first mentioned in the chronicles of 1147, Moscow has played a vital role in Russian history. It became the capital of Muscovy (the Grand Principality of Moscow) in the late 13th century; hence, the people of Moscow are known as Muscovites. Today Moscow is not only the political centre of Russia but also the country’s most populous city and its industrial, cultural, scientific, and educational capital. For more than 600 years Moscow also has been the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The capital of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) until the union dissolved in 1991, Moscow attracted world attention as a centre of communist power; indeed, the name of the seat of the former Soviet government and the successor Russian government, the Kremlin (Russian: Kreml), was a synonym for Soviet authority. The dissolution of the U.S.S.R. brought tremendous economic and political change, along with a significant concentration of Russia’s wealth, into Moscow. Area 414 square miles (1,035 square km). Pop. (2010) city, 11,738,547; (2020 est.) city, 12,678,079.
If St. Petersburg is Russia’s “window on Europe,” Moscow is Russia’s heart. It is an upbeat, vibrant, and sometimes wearisome city. Much of Moscow was reconstructed after it was occupied by the French under Napoleon I in 1812 and almost entirely destroyed by fire. Moscow has not stopped being refurbished and modernized and continues to experience rapid social change. Russia’s Soviet past collides with its capitalist present everywhere in the country, but nowhere is this contrast more visible than in Moscow. Vladimir Ilich Lenin’s Mausoleum remains intact, as do many dreary five-story apartment buildings from the era of Nikita Khrushchev’s rule (the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s), yet glitzy automobiles and Western-style supermarkets, casinos, and nightclubs are equally visible. Many Orthodox churches, as well as some synagogues and mosques, have been restored, Moscow’s novel theatres have reclaimed leadership in the dramatic arts, and traditional markets have been revived and expanded. These markets, which under the Soviets were known as kolkhoz (collective-farm) markets and sold mainly crafts and produce, are now more sophisticated retail establishments.
It has become habitual to compare Moscow with St. Petersburg, its rival and the former (1712–1918) capital of Russia. While St. Petersburg has absorbed western European influences, Moscow is viewed as a traditional Russian city. Unlike its rival, Moscow has a well-defined city centre marked by the Kremlin. Other characteristics of Moscow are its physical layout in radial spokes and rings that have been extended over time, its hodgepodge of architectural styles, and its historical buildings that were mainly built by Russian architects. Moscow’s buildings were predominantly wooden until the 1920s, when brick and stone came into use.
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- Rafael Ritter. Lajeado, RS 294 contribuições. Monumentos. A praça vermelha é um lugar de visita imperdível para quem vai a Moscou. Ampla, com vários dos principais pontos turísticos da cidade ao seu redor - Catedral, Prédio do Governo, entre outros.
- Geórgenes Marcal. Brasil 1.551 contribuições. Icônica, mas decepciona por dentro. Não dá pra descrever a sensação de estar em um local tão icônico. Infelizmente, o monumento na frente da catedral estava em reformas.
- Rafael Ritter. Lajeado, RS 294 contribuições. Obras de arte. Visitamos várias estações do metrô. Possuem trabalhos de arte muito bonitos. estátuas, pinturas, que lembram épocas passadas do país.
- MARIA MARGARETE D. Brasília, DF 116 contribuições. Arte russa de qualidade. Galeria dedicada a arte nacional russa, em sua maior parte, com um acervo enorme que impressiona pela qualidade e pela beleza das obras.
- Praça Vermelha. Se tem um lugar que você não quer deixar de conhecer ao visitar Moscou, esse lugar é a Praça Vermelha. Principal praça do país, a Praça Vermelha era uma mercado, onde camponeses vendiam suas mercadorias para os moradores da cidade.
- Catedral de São Basílio. Criada entre 1555 e 1561, a Catedral de São Basílio é um dos principais cartões-postais da Rússia. A igreja ortodoxa foi construída a mando de Ivan, o Terrível, para celebrar a vitória na batalha de Kazan.
- Mausoléu de Lenin. Na Praça Vermelha de Moscou fica uma das múmias mais famosas do mundo, a de Vladimir Ilyich Ulianov, mais conhecido como Lenin, personalidade com importante papel na revolução russa e chefe de governo da União Soviética até sua morte, em 1924.
- GUM, shopping na Praça Vermelha. Criada em 1893 como uma galeria comercial coberta (uma das maiores do mundo na época de sua criação), o GUM passou por diferentes momentos ao longo de sua história e foi desde um centro que vendia produtos soviéticos a shopping luxuoso com as mais caras grifes do mundo.
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Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits, over 18.8 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in its metropolitan area.
