Moscow is the capital of the Russian Federation

Moscow is the capital of
the Russian Federation

It is its political, economic, religious,
financial and educational centre.

Its total area is about
900 square kilometers.

The population is about
12 million people

The nicknames:
Whitestone One (White-walled)
The Third Rome
the First Throne
the Forty Soroks
The Gold-Domed;
The City on Seven Hills

Firstly Moscow was mentioned in 1147
In Yury Dolgorucky’s letter to Svyatoslav.

The monument of Yury Dolgorukiy

Ivan Kalita
1325-1340
The first stone buildings appeared in Moscow during the reign of Ivan Kalita.

Moscow became the capital of
Russian territories in 1389.

Red Square
It is the very heart of Moscow.

The Kremlin

Spasskaya Tower
of the Kremlin.

Big Kremlin Palace

St. Basil’s cathedral

The Mausoleum

History Museum

Alexander
Garden

The tomb of the unknown soldier

The Victory
Parade
24th June 1945

Marshal Georgiy Zhukov

Tretyakov Gallery

Pushkin Museum

The Kremlin Armoury

The Memorial Museum
of Cosmonautics

The monument to
Yury Gagarin

Gorky park

Zaradye Park

Victory Park

VDNKh

The Friendship of Nations fountain

Moscow State University

Moscow City