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It was the capital of the Grand Duchy of Moscow (or Muscovy) and then the Tsardom of Russia until the capital was moved to Saint Petersburg by Peter the Great. Moscow was the capital of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1918, which then became the Soviet Union (1922 to 1991), and since 1991 has served as capital of the ...
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 19.1 million residents in the urban area, [7] and over 21.5 million residents in its metropolitan area. [14]
1520 – Moscow said to contain "45,000 houses and 100,000 inhabitants". [1] 1524/5 – Novodevichy Convent constructed. [1] 1533 – Ivan the Terrible becomes Grand Prince of Moscow. [2] 1547 City becomes capital of the grand duchy of Russia. [6] Fire. [3] 1555 – Muscovy Trading Company of England active. 1560 – Saint Basil's Cathedral ...
Watch live from Moscow as police surround the scene of a bomb explosion that killed a senior Russian general on Tuesday, 17 December. Igor Kirillov was killed outside an apartment building on ...
In August 2007, Russia Today became the first television channel to report live from the North Pole (with the report lasting five minutes and 41 seconds). An RT crew participated in the Arktika 2007 Russian polar expedition, led by Artur Chilingarov on the Akademik Fyodorov icebreaker .
Watch live as Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov holds a news conference on Tuesday, 14 January, as Moscow officials and media report that multiple regions in the country came under a major ...
Drones have struck both capital cities in the Russia Ukraine war after the conflict reached Moscow. Vladimir Putin reacted after Moscow was hit with a drone attack for the first time since the war ...
Russia returned Azov to the Ottoman Empire and demolished the town of Taganrog. 1713: 8 May: The Russian capital was moved from Moscow to Saint Petersburg. 17 July: The Riga Governorate was established on the conquered territory of Livonia. The territory of the Smolensk Governorate was divided between the Moscow and Riga Governorates. 1714: 15 ...