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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]
Website. https://rgdb.ru/. The Russian State Children's Library, also called the RGDB, is the world's largest Children's library, [1][2] located in the Russian capital of Moscow. The library receives 45,000 visitors a year and 1.2 million online visitors annually. [3] As of 2019, the Russian State Children's Library has over 560,000 books in ...
The State Tretyakov Gallery (Russian: Государственная Третьяковская Галерея, romanized:Gosudarstvennaya Tretyakovskaya Galereya; abbreviated ГТГ, GTG) is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, which is considered the foremost depository of Russian fine art in the world. The gallery's history starts in 1856 when ...
Pond in Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure, 1982. Gorky Park, located at Krymsky Val and situated just across the Moskva River from Park Kultury Metro station, opened in 1928. The park followed the plan of Konstantin Melnikov, a widely known Soviet avant-garde and constructivist architect, and amalgamated the extensive gardens of the old ...
Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences. Gorky Park. Izmaylovskiy Park. Kolomenskoye. Losiny Ostrov National Park. Neskuchniy Garden. Sokolniki Park. Tsaritsyno Park. Fountain in Moscow's Square of Europe, lit at night.
In 2006, by the order of the Moscow Department of Culture the Nekrasov Central City Public Library was renamed for the Nekrasov Central Universal Scientific Library. Fund [ edit ] The fund of literature on art and fine products includes books on all kinds of arts, antique editions, the fund of reproductions, collections of industrial graphics ...
Early history (1147–1283) The first reference to Moscow dates from 1147 as a meeting place of Sviatoslav Olgovich and Yuri Dolgorukiy. At the time it was a minor town on the western border of Vladimir-Suzdal Principality. In 1156, Kniaz Yury Dolgoruky fortified the town with a timber fence and a moat.
Russia is a highly urbanised country including 16 population centres with over a million inhabitants. Its capital and largest city is Moscow. Saint Petersburg is Russia's second-largest city and its cultural capital. The East Slavs emerged as a recognised group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries CE.