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{{Short description|Capital and largest city of Russia}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Moscow
| subdivision_type   = Country
| settlement_type    = Capital city and federal city
| image_skyline      = {{multiple image 
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 | image1        = Saint Basil's Cathedral and the Red Square.jpg
 | caption1      = Red Square with the Spasskaya Tower (left), Saint Basil's Cathedral (right) and Ostankino Tower (background)
 | image2        = Cathedral of Christ the Saviour-1.jpg
 | caption2      = Cathedral of Christ the Savior
 | image3        = Moscow_(52078730783).jpg
 | caption3      = Moscow-City and Third Ring Road 
 | image4        = Moscow Kremlin (8281675670).jpg
 | caption4      = Kremlin
 | image5        = Moscow-Bolshoi-Theare-1.jpg
 | caption5      = Bolshoi Theatre
 | image6        = Moscow_International_Business_Center7.jpg
 | caption6      = View along the Moskva River
 | color         = white
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| image_flag         = Flag of Moscow, Russia.svg
| image_map          = Russia Moscow locator map.svg
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Russia}}
| coordinates        = {{Coord|55|45|21|N|37|37|2|E|type:adm1st_region:RU-MOS|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint      = 
| subdivision_type2  = Federal district
| subdivision_name2  = Central
| subdivision_type3  = Economic region
| subdivision_name3  = Central
| established_title  = First mentioned
| established_date   = 1147<ref name="dolgorukiy">{{cite web|url=http://faculty.oxy.edu/richmond/csp8/history_of_moscow.htm |title=The History of Moscow |publisher=Occidental College |last=Comins-Richmond |first=Walter |access-date=July 3, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060517163858/http://faculty.oxy.edu/richmond/csp8/history_of_moscow.htm |archive-date=May 17, 2006 }}</ref>
| governing_body     = City Duma<ref>{{cite web|title=The Moscow Statute |url=http://old.mos.ru/wps/portal/EnglishVersion?rubricId=14215&documentId=118572 |work=Moscow City Duma |publisher=Moscow City Government |access-date=September 29, 2010 |date=June 28, 1995 |quote=The supreme and exclusive legislative (representative) body of the state power in Moscow is the Moscow City Duma. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823154646/http://old.mos.ru/wps/portal/EnglishVersion?rubricId=14215&documentId=118572 |archive-date=August 23, 2011 }}</ref>
| leader_title       = Mayor<ref name="mayor">{{cite web|url=http://old.mos.ru/wps/portal/EnglishVersion?rubricId=14107 |title=The Moscow City Mayor |publisher=Government of Moscow |access-date=March 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823154527/http://old.mos.ru/wps/portal/EnglishVersion?rubricId=14107 |archive-date=August 23, 2011 }}</ref>
| leader_name        = Sergey Sobyanin<ref name="mayor"/>
| total_type         = Total
| area_total_sq_mi   = 989.0
| area_total_km2     = 2561.5<ref name="InfostatArea">{{cite web |title=Общая площадь Москвы в длинну и ширину |url=https://rosinfostat.ru/ploshhad-moskvy/ |publisher=RosInfoStat |access-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-date=December 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203140325/https://rosinfostat.ru/ploshhad-moskvy/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| area_urban_km2     = 6154
| area_blank1_title       = Moscow capital region 
| area_blank1_km2         = 48360
| area_blank1_sq_mi       = | elevation_m        = 156
| population_rank    = 1st
| population_density_km2 = 5080
| population_density_urban_km2 = 2762
| population_density_metro_km2 = 450
| population_as_of   = 2021 Census
| population_total   = {{IncreaseNeutral}} 13010112
| population_footnotes = <ref name=2021Census>{{cite web|title=Оценка численности постоянного населения по субъектам Российской Федерации|url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/tab-5_VPN-2020.xlsx|publisher=Federal State Statistics Service|accessdate=1 September 2022|archive-date=September 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901194902/https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/tab-5_VPN-2020.xlsx|url-status=live}}</ref>
| population_urban_footnotes = <ref name="Urban" />
| population_urban   = {{IncreaseNeutral}} 18,800,000
| population_metro_footnotes = <ref>Moscow metropolitan area</ref>
| population_metro   = {{IncreaseNeutral}} 21,534,777<ref>Including Moscow Oblast (8,524,665)</ref>
| population_demonym = Muscovite
| demographics_type2       = GDP
| demographics2_footnotes  = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/VRP_s_1998.xlsx|title=Валовой региональный продукт по субъектам Российской Федерации в 2016-2021гг.|website=www.rosstat.gov.ru}}</ref>
|demographics2_title1     = Federal city
|demographics2_info1      = ₽24.471 trillion<br />US$332 billion (2021)
|demographics2_title2     = Per capita
|demographics2_info2      = ₽1,935,205<br />US$26,257 (2021)
| timezone1          = [[Moscow Time|MSK]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&prevDoc=102483854&backlink=1&&nd=102148085 |script-title=ru:"Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации |language=ru |access-date=19 January 2019 |archive-date=June 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622151333/http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&prevDoc=102483854&backlink=1&&nd=102148085 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| blank_name         = OKTMO ID
| blank_info         = 45000000
| website            = [https://www.mos.ru/en mos.ru]
| footnotes          = 
| native_name        = Москва
| image_shield       = Coat of Arms of Moscow.svg
| iso_code           = RU-MOW
| registration_plate = 77, 177, 777; 97, 197, 797; 99, 199, 799, 977<ref>{{Cite web |title=Автомобильные коды регионов России-2022: таблица с последними изменениями |url=https://ria.ru/20221116/avtokody-1831987874.html |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=РИА Новости |date=November 16, 2022 |language=ru |archive-date=November 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128050947/https://ria.ru/20221116/avtokody-1831987874.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| utc_offset         = +3
| anthem             = "My Moscow"<br>{{center|[[File:My Moscow.ogg]]}}
| flag_size          = 120px
| shield_size        = 75px
| flag_link          = Flag of Moscow
| shield_link        = Coat of arms of Moscow
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}}

'''Moscow''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɒ|s|k|oʊ}} {{respell|MOS|koh}}, <small>US chiefly</small> {{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɒ|s|k|aʊ}} {{respell|MOS|kow}};<ref>{{cite book|last=Wells|first=John C.|year=2008|title=Longman Pronunciation Dictionary|edition=3rd|publisher=Longman|isbn=978-1-4058-8118-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Roach|first=Peter|year=2011|title=Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary|edition=18th|place=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-15253-2}}</ref> {{lang-rus|links=no|Москва|r=Moskva|p=mɐskˈva|a=Москва.ogg}}) is the capital and largest city of the {{wipe|Russia}}. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0&nbsp;million residents within the city limits,<ref name=2021Census/> over 18.8&nbsp;million residents in the urban area,<ref name="Urban">{{cite web | url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/world/agglomerations | title=Major Agglomerations of the World - Population Statistics and Maps | access-date=May 2, 2023 | archive-date=July 7, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707123157/https://www.citypopulation.de/en/world/agglomerations/ | url-status=live }}</ref> and over 21.5&nbsp;million residents in the metropolitan area.<ref name="Megapolis">{{cite web|url=https://strelkamag.com/en/article/moscow-agglomeration|title=A 3-Hour Commute: A Close Look At Moscow The Megapolis|work=Strelka Mag|first=Alexander |last=Akishin|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=May 23, 2020|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417121056/https://strelkamag.com/en/article/moscow-agglomeration|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city covers an area of {{Convert|2511|km2|mi2|abbr=|sp=us}}, while the urban area covers {{Convert|5891|km2|mi2|abbr=|sp=us}},<ref name="Urban"/> and the metropolitan area covers over {{Convert|26000|km2|mi2|abbr=|sp=us}}.<ref name="Megapolis"/> Moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe,<ref name="Urban"/><ref name="Megapolis"/> and the largest city by land area on the European continent.<ref name="Planète Énergies">{{Cite web|url=https://www.planete-energies.com/en/medias/close/moscow-city-undergoing-transformation|title=Moscow, a City Undergoing Transformation|work=Planète Énergies|date=September 11, 2017|access-date=May 27, 2020|archive-date=October 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027055122/https://www.planete-energies.com/en/medias/close/moscow-city-undergoing-transformation|url-status=live}}</ref>

First documented in 1147, Moscow grew to become a prosperous and powerful city that served as the capital of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. When the [[Place:Tsardom of Russia|Tsardom of Russia]] was proclaimed, Moscow remained the political and economic center for most of its history. Under the reign of Peter the Great, the Russian capital was moved to the newly founded city of Saint Petersburg in 1712, diminishing Moscow's influence. Following the Russian Revolution and the establishment of the [[Place:Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], the capital was moved back to Moscow in 1918, where it later became the political center of the [[Place:Soviet Union|Soviet Union]].<ref>1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union - Section VIII, Article 172: "The Capital of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is the city of Moscow."</ref> In the aftermath of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Moscow remained the capital city of the newly established Russian Federation.

The northernmost and coldest megacity in the world, Moscow is governed as a federal city,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mos.ru/en/city/about/ |title=A glimpse into history |website=mos.ru |access-date=September 21, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007105652/https://www.mos.ru/en/city/about/ }}</ref> where it serves as the political, economic, cultural, and scientific center of Russia and [[Place:Eastern Europe|Eastern Europe]]. As an [[Global city|alpha world city]],<ref>According to the [[Organization:Globalization and World Cities Research Network|Globalization and World Cities Research Network]]</ref> Moscow has one of the world's largest urban economies.<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Brade|first1=Isolde |last2=Rudolph |first2=Robert |title=Moscow, the Global City? The Position of the Russian Capital within the European System of Metropolitan Areas |journal=Area |jstor=20004359 |volume=36 |number=1 |pages=69–80 |publisher=[[Company:Wiley (publisher)|Wiley]] |date=2004|doi=10.1111/j.0004-0894.2004.00306.x |bibcode=2004Area...36...69B }}</ref> The city is one of the fastest-growing tourist destinations in the world,<ref>According to the MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index.</ref> and is one of Europe's most visited cities. Moscow is home to the sixth-highest number of billionaires of any city in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zamora |first=Gigi |title=The Cities With The Most Billionaires 2023 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/gigizamora/2023/04/08/the-cities-with-the-most-billionaires-2023/ |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=Forbes |language=en |archive-date=June 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604161409/https://www.forbes.com/sites/gigizamora/2023/04/08/the-cities-with-the-most-billionaires-2023/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Moscow International Business Center is one of the largest [[Finance:Financial centre|financial center]]s in Europe and the world, and features the majority of Europe's tallest skyscrapers. Moscow was the host city of the 1980 Summer Olympics, and one of the host cities of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|title=FIFA World Cup kicks off in Russia|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/football/fifa-world-cup-2018/fifa-worldcup-2018-news/2018/jun/14/fifa-world-cup-kicks-off-in-russia-1828219.html|access-date=March 20, 2021|website=The New Indian Express|archive-date=August 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802231006/https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/football/fifa-world-cup-2018/fifa-worldcup-2018-news/2018/jun/14/fifa-world-cup-kicks-off-in-russia-1828219.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As the historic core of Russia, Moscow serves as the home of numerous Russian artists, scientists, and sports figures due to the presence of its various museums, academic and political institutions, and theaters. The city is home to several UNESCO World Heritage Sites and is well known for its display of Russian architecture, particularly its historic Red Square, and buildings such as the Saint Basil's Cathedral and the Moscow Kremlin, of which the latter serves as the seat of power of the Government of Russia. Moscow is home to many Russian companies in numerous industries and is served by a comprehensive transit network, which includes four international airports<!--intentional link to the DAB page-->, ten railway terminals, a tram system, a monorail system, and most notably the Moscow Metro, the busiest metro system in Europe, and one of the largest rapid transit systems in the world. The city has over 40 percent of its territory covered by greenery, making it one of the greenest cities in the world.<ref name="Planète Énergies"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bridgetomoscow.com/curious-fact-moscow-parks|title=Moscow parks|work=Bridge To Moscow|access-date=May 27, 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625002804/https://bridgetomoscow.com/curious-fact-moscow-parks|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The name of the city is thought to be derived from the name of the Moskva River.<ref name="Vasmer">{{Vasmer|Москва}}</ref><ref name="Smol">{{cite book |last1=Smolitskaya |first1=G.P. |title=Toponimicheskyi slovar' Tsentral'noy Rossii |script-title=ru:Топонимический словарь Центральной России |date=2002 |pages=211–2017 |language=ru}}</ref> Several theories of the origin of the name of the river have been proposed. Finno-Ugric Merya and Muroma people, who were among the several pre-Slavic tribes which originally inhabited the area, called the river supposedly ''Mustajoki'', in English: ''Black river''. It has been suggested that the name of the city derives from this term.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ruotsin itämaa|last=Tarkiainen|first=Kari|publisher=Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland|year=2010|isbn=978-951-583-212-2|location=Helsinki|page=19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://study.com/academy/lesson/early-east-slavic-tribes-in-russia.html|title=Early East Slavic Tribes in Russia|website=Study.com|language=en|access-date=December 10, 2018|archive-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328092408/https://study.com/academy/lesson/early-east-slavic-tribes-in-russia.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The most linguistically well-grounded and widely accepted is from the Proto-Balto-Slavic root *''mŭzg''-/''muzg''- from the Proto-Indo-European *''{{PIE|meu}}''- "wet",<ref name="Smol" /><ref name="Trubach">{{cite book |editor-last=Trubachyov |editor-first=O.N. |title=Etimologicheskyi slovar' slavyanskikh yazykov |script-title=ru:Этимологический словарь славянских языков |date=1994 |at=V. 20: pp. 19–20, 197, 202–203; V. 21: pp. 12, 19–20, 76–79 |language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Pokorny |first1=Julius |title=Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch |chapter=meu |chapter-url=http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/ielex/U/P1312.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310064838/http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/ielex/U/P1312.html |archive-date=March 10, 2016 }}</ref> so the name ''Moskva'' might signify a river at a wetland or a marsh.<ref name="Vasmer" /> Its cognates include {{lang-ru|музга}}, {{lang|ru-Latn|muzga}} "pool, puddle", {{lang-lt|mazgoti}} and {{lang-lv|mazgāt}} "to wash", {{lang-sa|májjati}} "to drown", {{lang-la|mergō}} "to dip, immerse".<ref name="Vasmer" /><ref name="Trubach" /> In many Slavic countries Moskov is a surname, most common in Russia, Bulgaria, {{wipe|Ukraine}} and North Macedonia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://forebears.io/surnames/moskov|title=Moskov Surname Meaning, Origins & Distribution|website=forebears.io|access-date=December 10, 2018|archive-date=December 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211010136/https://forebears.io/surnames/moskov|url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, there are similarly named places in {{wipe|Poland}} like Mozgawa.<ref name="Vasmer" /><ref name="Smol" /><ref name="Trubach" />


However, the form ''Moskovĭ'' has left some traces in many other languages, including {{lang-en|Moscow}}, {{lang-de|Moskau}}, {{lang-fr|Moscou}}, {{lang-ka|მოსკოვი}}, {{lang-lv|Maskava}}, {{lang-ba|Мәскәү}}, {{lang-tt-Latn|Mäskäw}}, {{lang-pt
|Moscovo}}, {{lang-cv|Мускав}}, and {{lang-es|Moscú}}. 

In a similar manner the Latin name {{lang|la|Moscovia}} has been formed, later it became a colloquial name for Russia used in Western Europe in the 16th–17th centuries. From it as well came English ''Muscovy'' and ''muscovite''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://geology.com/minerals/muscovite.shtml|title=Muscovite|website=geology.com|first=Hobart|last=King|access-date=March 28, 2020|archive-date=March 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328192913/https://geology.com/minerals/muscovite.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Not in citation|date=November 2022}}

Various other theories (of Celtic, Iranian, [[Social:Languages of the Caucasus|Caucasic]] origins), having little or no scientific ground, are now largely rejected by contemporary linguists.<ref name=Vasmer/><ref name=Smol/>

===Other names===
Moscow has acquired several epithets, most referring to its size and preeminent status within the nation: The ''[[Religion:Moscow, third Rome|Third Rome]]'' ({{lang|ru|Третий Рим}}), the ''Whitestone One'' ({{lang|ru|Белокаменная}}), the ''First Throne'' ({{lang|ru|Первопрестольная}}), the ''Forty Soroks'' ({{lang|ru|Сорок Сороков}}) ("sorok" meaning both "forty, a great many" and "a district or parish" in Old Russian). Moscow is also one of the twelve Hero Cities. The demonym for a Moscow resident is "{{lang|ru|москвич}}" (''moskvich'') for male or "{{lang|ru|москвич}}ка" (''moskvichka'') for female, rendered in English as ''Muscovite''. The name "Moscow" is abbreviated "MSK" ({{lang|ru|МСК}} in Russian).{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}

==History==
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===Prehistory===
Archaeological digs show that the site of today's Moscow and the surrounding area have been inhabited since time immemorial. Among the earliest finds are relics of the Lyalovo culture, which experts assign to the [[History:Neolithic|Neolithic]] period, the last phase of the Stone Age.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mos.ru/en/news/item/22507073/|title=The origins of Moscow: What archaeological finds, chronicles and urban legends tell us|work=Mos.ru|date=April 5, 2017|access-date=November 12, 2020|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030183623/https://www.mos.ru/en/news/item/22507073/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

They confirm that the first inhabitants of the area were hunters and gatherers. Around 950 AD, two Slavic tribes, Vyatichi and Krivichi, settled here. Possibly the Vyatichi formed the core of Moscow's indigenous population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moskau.ru/moskau/lexikon/geschichte_moskaus_vom_dorf_zur_metropole_3.html|title=History of Moscow - from village to metropolis|work=moskau.ru|access-date=November 12, 2020|archive-date=May 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524051043/http://www.moskau.ru/moskau/lexikon/geschichte_moskaus_vom_dorf_zur_metropole_3.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Early history (1147–1284)===

[[File:Kyivan Rus' 1220-1240.png|thumb|upright=0.85|Vladimir-Suzdal, a principality on the northeastern periphery of Kievan Rus', grew into the Grand Duchy of Moscow.]]

The first known reference to Moscow dates from 1147 as a meeting place of Yuri Dolgoruky and Sviatoslav Olgovich. At the time it was a minor town on the western border of Vladimir-Suzdal Principality. The chronicle says, "Come, my brother, to Moskov" ({{lang|ru|Приди ко мне, брате, в Москов}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-39352451|title=Начало Москвы: пир после убийства|website=BBC News Russian|date=April 11, 2017|access-date=July 6, 2021|archive-date=July 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710045539/https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-39352451|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1156, Knyaz Yuri Dolgorukiy fortified the town with a timber fence and a moat. In the course of the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus', the Mongols under Batu Khan burned the city to the ground and killed its inhabitants.{{Citation needed|date=February 2020}}

The timber fort ''na Moskvě'' "on the Moscow River" was inherited by Daniel, the youngest son of Alexander Nevsky, in the 1260s, at the time considered the least valuable of his father's possessions.
Daniel was still a child at the time, and the big fort was governed by {{transliteration|ru|tiuns}} (deputies), appointed by Daniel's paternal uncle, Yaroslav of Tver.{{Citation needed|date=February 2020}}

Daniel came of age in the 1270s and became involved in the power struggles of the principality with lasting success, siding with his brother Dmitry in his bid for the rule of Novgorod. From 1283 he acted as the ruler of an independent principality alongside Dmitry, who became Grand Duke of Vladimir.
Daniel has been credited with founding the first Moscow monasteries, dedicated to the Lord's Epiphany and to Saint Daniel.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bronnitsky.)|first=Tikhon (Bishop of|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9-_VAAAAMAAJ&q=history+of+Lord%27s+Epiphany+monastery+and+to+Saint+Daniel|title=The Orthodox Shrines of Moscow|date=1997|publisher=Publishing House of the Moscow Patriarchate|language=en|access-date=November 18, 2020|archive-date=October 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002123518/https://books.google.com/books?id=9-_VAAAAMAAJ&q=history+of+Lord%27s+Epiphany+monastery+and+to+Saint+Daniel|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Grand Duchy (1283–1547)===

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Daniel ruled Moscow as Grand Duke until 1303 and established it as a prosperous city that would eclipse its parent principality of Vladimir by the 1320s.

On the right bank of the Moskva River, at a distance of {{convert|5|mi|km|0|spell=in|order=flip}} from the Kremlin, not later than in 1282, Daniel founded the first monastery with the wooden church of St. Daniel-Stylite, which is now the Danilov Monastery. Daniel died in 1303, at the age of 42. Before his death, he became a monk and, according to his will, was buried in the cemetery of the St. Daniel Monastery.

Moscow was quite stable and prosperous for many years and attracted a large number of refugees from across Russia. The Rurikids maintained large landholdings by practicing primogeniture, whereby all land was passed to the eldest sons, rather than dividing it up among all sons. By 1304, Yury of Moscow contested with Mikhail of Tver for the throne of the principality of Vladimir. Ivan I eventually defeated [[Place:Tver|Tver]] to become the sole collector of taxes for the Mongol rulers, making Moscow the capital of Vladimir-Suzdal. By paying high tribute, Ivan won an important concession from the Khan.

[[File:Andronikov Monastery 18.jpg|thumb|Spassky Cathedral (Moscow's oldest extant building), built {{circa|1357}}|alt=|left]]

While the Khan of the [[Place:Golden Horde|Golden Horde]] initially attempted to limit Moscow's influence, when the growth of the [[Place:Grand Duchy of Lithuania|Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] began to threaten all of Russia, the Khan strengthened Moscow to counterbalance Lithuania, allowing it to become one of the most powerful cities in Russia. In 1380, prince Dmitry Donskoy of Moscow led a united Russian army to an important victory over the Mongols in the Battle of Kulikovo. Afterward, Moscow took the leading role in liberating Russia from Mongol domination. In 1480, Ivan III had finally broken the Russians free from Tatar control, and Moscow became the capital of an empire that would eventually encompass all of Russia and Siberia, and parts of many other lands.

[[File:Вид на Спасскую башню от Исторического музея.jpg|thumb|upright|The Spasskaya Tower, built in 1491|alt=]]

In 1462 Ivan III, (1440–1505) became Grand Prince of Moscow (then part of the medieval Muscovy state). He began fighting the Tatars, enlarged the territory of Muscovy, and enriched his capital city. By 1500 it had a population of 100,000 and was one of the largest cities in the world. He conquered the far larger principality of Novgorod to the north, which had been allied to the hostile Lithuanians. Thus he enlarged the territory sevenfold, from {{convert|430,000|to|2,800,000|km2|sqmi|abbr=off}}. He took control of the ancient "Novgorod Chronicle" and made it a propaganda vehicle for his regime.<ref>J. L. I. Fennell, ''Ivan the Great of Moscow'' (1961) p. 354</ref><ref>Sergei M. Soloviev, and John J. Windhausen, eds. ''History of Russia. Vol. 8: Russian Society in the Age of Ivan III'' (1979)</ref>

The original Moscow Kremlin was built in the 14th century. It was reconstructed by Ivan, who in the 1480s invited architects from Renaissance Italy, such as Petrus Antonius Solarius, who designed the new Kremlin wall and its towers, and Marco Ruffo who designed the new palace for the prince. The Kremlin walls as they now appear are those designed by Solarius, completed in 1495. The Kremlin's Great Bell Tower was built in 1505–08 and augmented to its present height in 1600.

A trading settlement, or ''posad'', grew up to the east of the Kremlin, in the area known as ''Zaradye'' (Зарядье). In the time of Ivan III, the Red Square, originally named the Hollow Field (Полое поле) appeared.

In 1508–1516, the Italian architect Aleviz Fryazin (Novy) arranged for the construction of a moat in front of the eastern wall, which would connect the Moskva and Neglinnaya and be filled in with water from Neglinnaya. This moat, known as the Alevizov moat and having a length of {{convert|541|m|ft|abbr=off}}, width of {{convert|36|m|ft|abbr=off}}, and a depth of {{convert|9.5|to(-)|13|m|ft|abbr=off}} was lined with limestone and, in 1533, fenced on both sides with low, {{convert|4|m|ft|spell=in|abbr=off|adj=mid|-thick}} cogged-brick walls.{{anchor|Tsardom}}

===Tsardom (1547–1721)===
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[[File:Moscow StBasilCathedral d28.jpg|thumb|left|Saint Basil's Cathedral, built in 1561]]

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the three circular defenses were built: Kitay-gorod (Китай-город), the White City (Белый город) and the Earthen City (Земляной город). However, in 1547, two fires destroyed much of the town, and in 1571 the Crimean Tatars captured Moscow, burning everything except the Kremlin.<ref>"''[https://books.google.com/books?id=i85noYD9C0EC&pg=PA260 The Unending Frontier: An Environmental History of the Early Modern World] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122224602/https://books.google.com/books?id=i85noYD9C0EC&pg=PA260&dq&hl=en |date=November 22, 2022 }}''". John F. Richards (2006). University of California Press. p. 260. {{ISBN|0-520-24678-0}}</ref> The annals record that only 30,000 of 200,000 inhabitants survived.
[[File:Расцвет Кремля. Всехсвятский мост и Кремль в конце XVII века. 1922, бумага на картоне, уголь, акварель, карандаш.jpg|thumb|View of 17th-century Moscow (1922 drawing by Apollinary Vasnetsov)]]

The Crimean Tatars attacked again in 1591, but this time were held back by new defense walls, built between 1584 and 1591 by a craftsman named Fyodor Kon. In 1592, an outer earth rampart with 50 towers was erected around the city, including an area on the right bank of the Moscow River. As an outermost line of defense, a chain of strongly fortified monasteries was established beyond the ramparts to the south and east, principally the Novodevichy Convent and [[Religion:Donskoy Monastery|Donskoy]], Danilov, Simonov, Novospasskiy, and Andronikov monasteries, most of which now house museums. From its ramparts, the city became poetically known as ''Bielokamennaya'', the "White-Walled." The city's limits as marked by the ramparts built in 1592 are now marked by the Garden Ring.

Three square gates existed on the eastern side of the Kremlin wall, which in the 17th century, were known as Konstantino-Eleninsky, Spassky, Nikolsky (owing their names to the icons of Constantine and Helen, the Saviour and St. Nicholas that hung over them). The last two were directly opposite the Red Square, while the Konstantino-Elenensky gate was located behind Saint Basil's Cathedral.

[[File:Polish plan of Moscow 1610.PNG|thumb|"Sigismundian" Plan of Moscow (1610), named after Sigismund III of Poland, is the last city plan compiled before the destruction of the city in 1612 by retreating Polish troops and subsequent changes to the street network. Orientation: north is at the right, west at the top.]]

The Russian famine of 1601–03 killed perhaps 100,000 in Moscow. From 1610 through 1612, troops of the [[Place:Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] occupied Moscow, as its ruler Sigismund III tried to take the Russian throne. In 1612, the people of [[Place:Nizhny Novgorod|Nizhny Novgorod]] and other Russian cities conducted by prince Dmitry Pozharsky and Kuzma Minin rose against the Polish occupants, besieged the Kremlin, and expelled them. In 1613, the Zemsky sobor elected Michael Romanov tsar, establishing the Romanov dynasty. The 17th century was rich in popular risings, such as the liberation of Moscow from the Polish–Lithuanian invaders (1612), the Salt Riot (1648), the Copper Riot (1662), and the Moscow Uprising of 1682.

During the first half of the 17th century, the population of Moscow doubled from roughly 100,000 to 200,000. It expanded beyond its ramparts in the later 17th century. It is estimated, that in the middle of the 17th century, 20% of Moscow suburb's inhabitants were from the [[Place:Grand Duchy of Lithuania|Grand Duchy of Lithuania]], practically all of them being driven from their homeland to Moscow by Muscovite invaders.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Абецедарский|first=Л. С.|title=Белоруссия и Россия|year=1978|location=Москва|pages=213|language=ru}}</ref> By 1682, there were 692 households established north of the ramparts, by Ukrainians and Belarusians abducted from their hometowns in the course of the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667). These new outskirts of the city came to be known as the ''Meshchanskaya sloboda'', after Ruthenian ''meshchane'' "town people". The term ''meshchane'' (мещане) acquired pejorative connotations in 18th-century Russia and today means "petty bourgeois" or "narrow-minded philistine".<ref>П.В.Сытин, "Из истории московских улиц", М, 1948, p. 296.</ref>

The entire city of the late 17th century, including the slobodas that grew up outside the city ramparts, are contained within what is today Moscow's Central Administrative Okrug.

Numerous disasters befell the city. The plague epidemics ravaged Moscow in 1570–1571, 1592 and 1654–1656.<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=IcljzNyv4EgC&pg=PA17 Bubonic Plague in Early Modern Russia: Public Health and Urban Disaster] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122224545/https://books.google.com/books?id=IcljzNyv4EgC&pg=PA17&dq&hl=en |date=November 22, 2022 }}''. John T. Alexander (2002). Oxford University Press US. p. 17. {{ISBN|0-19-515818-0}}</ref> The plague killed upwards of 80% of the people in 1654–55. Fires burned out much of the wooden city in 1626 and 1648.<ref>M.S. Anderson, ''Peter the Great'' (1978) p. 13</ref> In 1712 Peter the Great moved his government to the newly built Saint Petersburg on the Baltic coast. Moscow ceased to be Russia's capital, except for a brief period from 1728 to 1732 under the influence of the Supreme Privy Council.

===Empire (1721–1917)===
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[[File:Moscou. Le Kremlin LOC ppmsca.52725.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.05|Moskva riverfront in the 19th century]]
After losing the status as the capital of the empire, the population of Moscow at first decreased, from 200,000 in the 17th century to 130,000 in 1750. But after 1750, the population grew more than tenfold over the remaining duration of the Russian Empire, reaching 1.8 million by 1915. The 1770–1772 Russian plague killed up to 100,000 people in Moscow.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Melikishvili | first=Alexander | year=2006 | volume=36 | pages=19–31 | journal=Critical Reviews in Microbiology | title=Genesis of the anti-plague system: the Tsarist period | issue=1 | url=http://cns.miis.edu/antiplague/pdfs/melikishvili.pdf | doi=10.1080/10408410500496763 | citeseerx=10.1.1.204.1976 | pmid=16610335 | s2cid=7420734 | access-date=March 22, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123034404/http://cns.miis.edu/antiplague/pdfs/melikishvili.pdf | archive-date=November 23, 2009 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:Kniznije lavki.jpg|thumb|Bookshops at the Novospassky Bridge in the 17th century, by Apollinary Vasnetsov]]

By 1700, the building of cobbled roads had begun. In November 1730, the permanent street light was introduced, and by 1867 many streets had a gaslight. In 1883, near the Prechistinskiye Gates, arc lamps were installed. In 1741 Moscow was surrounded by a barricade {{convert|25|mi|km|order=flip}} long, the Kamer-Kollezhskiy barrier, with 16 gates at which customs tolls were collected. Its line is traced today by a number of streets called ''val'' ("ramparts").
Between 1781 and 1804 the Mytischinskiy water pipe (the first in Russia) was built. In 1813, following the destruction of much of the city during the French occupation, a Commission for the Construction of the City of Moscow was established. It launched a great program of rebuilding, including a partial replanning of the city-centre. Among many buildings constructed or reconstructed at this time was the Grand Kremlin Palace and the [[Organization:Kremlin Armoury|Kremlin Armoury]], the Moscow University, the Moscow Manege (Riding School), and the Bolshoi Theatre. In 1903 the Moskvoretskaya water supply was completed.

In the early 19th century, the Arch of Konstantino-Elenensky gate was paved with bricks, but the Spassky Gate was the main front gate of the Kremlin and used for royal entrances. From this gate, wooden and (following the 17th-century improvements) stone bridges stretched across the moat. Books were sold on this bridge and stone platforms were built nearby for guns – "raskats". The Tsar Cannon was located on the platform of the Lobnoye mesto.

The road connecting Moscow with St. Petersburg, now the M10 highway, was completed in 1746, its Moscow end following the old [[Place:Tver|Tver]] road, which had existed since the 16th century. It became known as ''Peterburskoye Schosse'' after it was paved in the 1780s. Petrovsky Palace was built in 1776–1780 by Matvey Kazakov.

[[File:Fireofmoscow.jpg|thumb|Napoleon retreating from the city during the Fire of Moscow, after the failed French Invasion of Russia]]
When Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812, the Moscovites were evacuated. It is suspected that the Moscow fire was principally the effect of Russian sabotage. Napoleon's ''Grande Armée'' was forced to retreat and was nearly annihilated by the devastating Russian winter and sporadic attacks by Russian military forces. As many as 400,000 of Napoleon's soldiers died during this time.<ref>"''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZQqQz3VjlxcC&pg=PA29 The Russian Army of the Napoleonic Wars]{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}''". Albert Seaton, Michael Youens (1979). p. 29. {{ISBN|0-88254-167-6}}</ref>

[[File:Alekseev Illuminciy na Sobornoy pl v chest koronacii Alexandra I.jpg|thumb|left|Cathedral Square during the coronation of Alexander I, 1802, by Fyodor Alekseyev]]
Moscow State University was established in 1755. Its main building was reconstructed after the 1812 fire by Domenico Giliardi. The ''Moskovskiye Vedomosti'' newspaper appeared from 1756, originally in weekly intervals, and from 1859 as a daily newspaper.

The Arbat Street had been in existence since at least the 15th century, but it was developed into a prestigious area during the 18th century. It was destroyed in the fire of 1812 and was rebuilt completely in the early 19th century.

In the 1830s, general Alexander Bashilov planned the first regular grid of city streets north from Petrovsky Palace. Khodynka field south of the highway was used for military training. Smolensky Rail station (forerunner of present-day Belorussky Rail Terminal) was inaugurated in 1870. Sokolniki Park, in the 18th century the home of the tsar's falconers well outside Moscow, became contiguous with the expanding city in the later 19th century and was developed into a public municipal park in 1878. The suburban Savyolovsky Rail Terminal was built in 1902. In January 1905, the institution of the City Governor, or [[Social:Mayor|Mayor]], was officially introduced in Moscow, and Alexander Adrianov became Moscow's first official mayor.

When Catherine II came to power in 1762, the city's filth and the smell of sewage were depicted by observers as a symptom of disorderly lifestyles of lower-class Russians recently arrived from the farms. Elites called for improving sanitation, which became part of Catherine's plans for increasing control over social life. National political and military successes from 1812 through 1855 calmed the critics and validated efforts to produce a more enlightened and stable society. There was less talk about the smell and the poor conditions of public health. However, in the wake of Russia's failures in the Crimean War in 1855–56, confidence in the ability of the state to maintain order in the slums eroded, and demands for improved public health put filth back on the agenda.<ref>Alexander M. Martin, "Sewage and the City: Filth, Smell, and Representations of Urban Life in Moscow, 1770–1880", ''Russian Review'' (2008) 67#2 pp. 243–274.</ref>

===Soviet period (1917–1991)===
[[File:Plan of Moscow 1917.jpg|upright|thumb|City plan of Moscow, 1917]]
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In November 1917, upon learning of the uprising happening in Petrograd, Moscow's Bolsheviks also began their uprising. On November 2 (15), 1917, after heavy fighting, Soviet power was established in Moscow.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aha.ru/~mausoleu/documents/moscow_1.htm|title=Revolutionary war history. Moscow|website=www.aha.ru|access-date=October 23, 2021|archive-date=April 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411165331/http://www.aha.ru/~mausoleu/documents/moscow_1.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Then [[Biography:Vladimir Lenin|Vladimir Lenin]], fearing possible foreign invasion, moved the capital from Petrograd (Saint Petersburg) back to Moscow on March 12, 1918.<ref name="prlib">{{cite web|url=https://www.prlib.ru/en/history/619089|title=Moscow becomes the capital of the Soviet State|access-date=March 12, 2019|date=2018|publisher=Presidential Library|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401151158/https://www.prlib.ru/en/history/619089|url-status=live}}</ref> The Kremlin once again became the seat of power and the political centre of the new state.

With the change in values imposed by communist ideology, the tradition of preservation of cultural heritage was broken. Independent preservation societies, even those that defended only secular landmarks such as Moscow-based OIRU were disbanded by the end of the 1920s. A new anti-religious campaign, launched in 1929, coincided with the collectivization of peasants; the destruction of churches in the cities peaked around 1932. In 1937 several letters were written to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to rename Moscow to "Stalindar" or "Stalinodar," one from an elderly pensioner whose dream was to "live in Stalinodar" and had selected the name to represent the "gift" (dar) of the genius of Stalin.<ref>Sarah Davies, Popular Opinion in Stalin's Russia: Terror, Propaganda and Dissent, 1934–1941</ref> Stalin rejected this suggestion, and after it was suggested again to him by Nikolai Yezhov, he was outraged, saying "What do I need this for?". This was following Stalin banning the renaming of places in his name in 1936.<ref>Simon Montefiore, The Court of the Red Tsar</ref>

During [[Social:World War II|World War II]], the Soviet State Committee of Defence and the General Staff of the Red Army were located in Moscow. In 1941, 16 divisions of the national volunteers (more than 160,000 people), 25 battalions (18,000 people), and four engineering regiments were formed among the Muscovites. Between October 1941 and January 1942, the German Army Group Centre was stopped at the outskirts of the city and then driven off in the course of the Battle of Moscow. Many factories were evacuated, together with much of the government, and from October 20 the city was declared to be in a state of siege. Its remaining inhabitants built and manned antitank defenses, while the city was bombarded from the air. On May 1, 1944, a medal "For the defence of Moscow" and in 1947 another medal "In memory of the 800th anniversary of Moscow" was instituted.

Both German and Soviet casualties during the Battle of Moscow have been a subject of debate, as various sources provide somewhat different estimates. Total casualties between September 30, 1941, and January 7, 1942, are estimated to be between 248,000 and 400,000 for the Wehrmacht and between 650,000 and 1,280,000 for the Red Army.<ref>''Moscow Encyclopedia'', ed. Great Russian Encyclopedia, Moscow, 1997, entry "Battle of Moscow"</ref><ref>Great Soviet Encyclopedia, Moscow, 1973–78, entry "Battle of Moscow 1941–42"</ref><ref>John Erickson, ''Barbarossa: The Axis and the Allies'', table 12.4</ref>

[[File:Stalin's funeral procession entering Manezhnaya Square from Okhotny Ryad.jpg|thumb|Funeral procession at the funeral of Joseph Stalin, 1953]]
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During the postwar years, there was a serious housing crisis, solved by the invention of high-rise apartments. There are over 11,000 of these standardised and prefabricated apartment blocks, housing the majority of Moscow's population, making it by far the city with the most high-rise buildings.<ref name="hrranking">{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/statistics/skyline-ranking|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106210644/http://www.emporis.com/statistics/skyline-ranking|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 6, 2012|title=Skyline Ranking|website=Emporis}}</ref> Apartments were built and partly furnished in the factory before being raised and stacked into tall columns. The popular Soviet-era comic film ''Irony of Fate'' parodies this construction method.

The city of Zelenograd was built in 1958 at {{convert|37|km|abbr=off}} from the city centre to the north-west, along with the Leningradskoye Shosse, and incorporated as one of Moscow's administrative okrugs. Moscow State University moved to its campus on Sparrow Hills in 1953.

In 1959 Nikita Khrushchev launched his anti-religious campaign. By 1964 over 10 thousand churches out of 20 thousand were shut down (mostly in rural areas) and many were demolished. Of 58 monasteries and convents operating in 1959, only sixteen remained by 1964; of Moscow's fifty churches operating in 1959, thirty were closed and six demolished.
[[File:Parade outside of Hotel Moscow 1964.jpg|thumb|left|Soviet parade outside Hotel Moskva on the Manezhnaya Square, 1964]]
On May 8, 1965, due to the actual 20th anniversary of the victory in World War II, Moscow was awarded a title of the Hero City.
[[File:RIAN archive 31612 Celebrating Victory Day on Red Square.jpg|thumb|Victory Day celebration on Red Square, May 9, 1975]]
The Moscow Ring Road (MKAD) was opened in 1961. It had four lanes running {{convert|109|km|abbr=off}} along the city borders. The MKAD marked the administrative boundaries of the city of Moscow until the 1980s when outlying suburbs beyond the ring road began to be incorporated. In 1980, Moscow hosted the Summer Olympic Games, which were boycotted by the United States and several other Western countries due to the Soviet Union's involvement in Afghanistan in late 1979. In 1991 Moscow was the scene of a coup attempt by conservative communists opposed to the liberal reforms of [[Biography:Mikhail Gorbachev|Mikhail Gorbachev]].

===Recent history (1991–present)===
[[File:Zaryadye Park1.jpg|thumb|View of the Floating bridge in Zaryadye Park, with the Red Square and the Moscow Kremlin in the distance]]
[[File:Tverskaya Street2.jpg|thumb|Tverskaya Street, the main radial street in the city]]
When the USSR was dissolved in the same year, Moscow remained the capital of the Russian SFSR (on December 25, 1991, the Russian SFSR was renamed the Russian Federation). Since then, a market economy has emerged in Moscow, producing an explosion of Western-style retailing, services, architecture, and lifestyles.

The city has continued to grow during the 1990s to 2000s, its population rising from below nine to above ten million. Mason and Nigmatullina argue that Soviet-era urban-growth controls (before 1991) produced controlled and sustainable metropolitan development, typified by the greenbelt built in 1935. Since then, however, there has been a dramatic growth of low-density suburban sprawl, created by heavy demand for single-family dwellings as opposed to crowded apartments. In 1995–1997 the MKAD ring road was widened from the initial four to ten lanes.

In December 2002 Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo became the first Moscow Metro station that opened beyond the limits of MKAD. The Third Ring Road, intermediate between the early 19th-century Garden Ring and the Soviet-era outer ring road, was completed in 2004. The greenbelt is becoming more and more fragmented, and satellite cities are appearing at the fringe. Summer dachas are being converted into year-round residences, and with the proliferation of automobiles there is heavy traffic congestion.<ref>Robert J. Mason and Liliya Nigmatullina, "Suburbanization and Sustainability in Metropolitan Moscow," ''Geographical Review'' (2011) 101#3 pp. 316–333.</ref> Multiple old churches and other examples of architectural heritage that had been demolished during the Stalin era have been restored, such as the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
In 2010s Moscow's Administration has launched some long duration projects like the ''Moja Ulitsa'' (in English: ''My Street'') urban redevelopment program<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rbth.com/politics_and_society/2016/11/04/city-of-the-future-moscow-gets-a-much-needed-makeover_644341|title=City of the future: Moscow gets a much-needed makeover|first=special to|last=RBTH|date=November 4, 2016|access-date=May 23, 2018|archive-date=May 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524081811/https://www.rbth.com/politics_and_society/2016/11/04/city-of-the-future-moscow-gets-a-much-needed-makeover_644341|url-status=live}}</ref> or the Residency renovation one.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/oct/31/moscow-residents-vote-russia-demolition-rehousing|title=The wrecking ball swings at Moscow – a photo essay|first=Chris|last=Leslie|newspaper=The Guardian|date=October 31, 2017|via=www.theguardian.com|access-date=January 27, 2019|archive-date=February 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228205451/https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/oct/31/moscow-residents-vote-russia-demolition-rehousing|url-status=live}}</ref>

By its territorial expansion on July 1, 2012, southwest into the Moscow Oblast the area of the capital more than doubled, going from {{convert|1091|to|2511|km2|sp=us}}, resulting in Moscow becoming the largest city on the European continent by area; it also gained an additional population of 233,000 people.<ref name="Merger2">{{cite web|url=http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c32/461491.html|title=Expansion of Moscow borders to help it develop harmonically: mayor, Itar-tass, July 1, 2012|date=July 1, 2012|publisher=Itar-tass.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113003818/http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c32/461491.html|archive-date=November 13, 2013|access-date=July 9, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Mos.ru">{{cite web|url=http://www.mos.ru/about/history/|title=Moscow city government official site|publisher=Mos.ru|access-date=July 9, 2014|archive-date=July 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720113907/http://www.mos.ru/about/history/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The annexed territory was officially named ''Новая Москва'' (New Moscow).

==Geography==
===Location===
[[File:Moscow by Sentinel-2, 2020-05-11.jpg|thumb|Satellite view of Moscow and its nearby suburbs]]
Moscow is situated on the banks of the Moskva River, which flows for just over {{convert|500|km|0|abbr=on}} through the [[Place:East European Plain|East European Plain]] in central Russia, not far from the natural border of the forest and forest-[[Earth:Steppe|steppe]] zone. 49 bridges span the river and its canals within the city's limits. The [[Elevation|elevation]] of Moscow at the All-Russia Exhibition Center (VVC), where the leading Moscow weather station is situated, is {{convert|156|m|ft|abbr=off}}. Teplostan Upland is the city's highest point at {{convert|255|m|ft|abbr=off}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.darwin.museum.ru/expos/oopt/?t=40 |script-title=ru:Памятник природы "Высшая точка Москвы – 255 м над уровнем моря (Теплый Стан)" |publisher=www.darwin.museum.ru |access-date=April 29, 2009 |language=ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825190425/http://darwin.museum.ru/expos/oopt/?t=40 |archive-date=August 25, 2007 }}</ref> The width of Moscow city (not limiting MKAD) from west to east is {{convert|39.7|km|1|abbr=on}}, and the length from north to south is {{convert|51.8|km|1|abbr=on}}.

===Time===
{{Main|Moscow Time}}
Moscow serves as the reference point for the time zone used in most of European Russia, {{wipe|Belarus}} and the Republic of Crimea. The areas operate in what is referred to in international standards as ''Moscow Standard Time (MSK, {{lang|ru|МСК}})'', which is 3 hours ahead of [[UTC]], or UTC+3. Daylight saving time is no longer observed. According to the geographical [[Earth:Longitude|longitude]] the average solar noon in Moscow occurs at 12:30.<ref>{{cite web|title=Time in Moscow, Russia|url=http://dateandtime.info/city.php?id=524901|access-date=March 31, 2018|archive-date=April 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401075524/http://dateandtime.info/city.php?id=524901|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Climate===
[[File:Moscow, VDNKh, Central Alley after rain (30580970263).jpg|left|thumb|VDNKh after rain]]
Moscow has a [[Earth:Humid continental climate|humid continental climate]] ([[Earth:Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Dfb'') with long, cold (although average by Russian standards) winters usually lasting from mid-November to the end of March, and warm summers. More extreme continental climates at the same latitude- such as parts of Eastern Canada or Siberia- have much colder winters than Moscow, suggesting that there is still significant moderation from the [[Earth:Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic Ocean]] despite the fact that Moscow is far from the sea. Weather can fluctuate widely, with temperatures ranging from {{convert|−25|C}} in the city and {{convert|−30|C}} in the suburbs to above {{convert|5|C}} in the winter, and from {{convert|10|to|35|C}} in the summer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pogoda.ru.net/monitor.php?id=27612&month=6&year=2010 |script-title=ru:Погода и Климат – Климатический монитор: погода в Москве |trans-title=The weather in Moscow. The air temperature and rainfall. June 2010 |publisher=Pogoda.ru.net |language=ru |access-date=March 12, 2013 |archive-date=November 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114063819/http://www.pogoda.ru.net/monitor.php?id=27612&month=6&year=2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Петровский путевой дворец (зима, 2018).jpg|thumb|upright|Petrovsky Palace on Leningradsky Avenue in winter]]
Typical high temperatures in the warm months of June, July, and August are around a comfortable {{convert|20|to|26|C}}, but during heat waves (which can occur between May and September), daytime high temperatures often exceed {{convert|30|C}}, sometimes for a week or two at a time. In the winter, average temperatures normally drop to approximately {{convert|−10|C}}, though almost every winter there are periods of warmth with day temperatures rising above {{convert|0|C}}, and periods of cooling with night temperatures falling below {{convert|−20|C}}. These periods usually last about a week or two. The growing season in Moscow normally lasts for 156 days usually around May 1 to October 5.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://weatherspark.com/y/100524/Average-Weather-in-Moscow-Russia-Year-Round|title=Average Weather in Moscow, Russia, Year Round - Weather Spark|access-date=July 30, 2021|archive-date=July 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730194124/https://weatherspark.com/y/100524/Average-Weather-in-Moscow-Russia-Year-Round|url-status=live}}</ref>

The highest temperature ever recorded was {{convert|38.2|C}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pogoda.ru.net/monitor.php?id=27612&month=7&year=2010|title=Climate monitoring|access-date=July 27, 2006|archive-date=July 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716070527/http://www.pogoda.ru.net/monitor.php?id=27612&month=7&year=2010|url-status=live}}</ref> at the VVC weather station and {{convert|39.0|C}} in the center of Moscow and Domodedovo airport on July 29, 2010, during the unusual 2010 Northern Hemisphere summer heat waves. Record high and average temperatures were recorded for January, March, April, May, June, July, August, November, and December in 2007–2022.<ref name="pogoda (data)">{{cite web|url=http://www.pogoda.ru.net/climate/27612.htm|title=Pogoda.ru.net|access-date=December 15, 2012|language=ru|archive-date=January 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121105211/http://www.pogoda.ru.net/climate/27612.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The average July temperature from 1991 to 2020 is {{convert|19.7|C}}. The lowest ever recorded temperature was {{convert|−42.1|C}} in January 1940. Snow, which is present for about five months a year, often begins to fall mid-October, while snow cover lies in November and melts at the beginning of April.

On average, Moscow has 1731 hours of sunshine per year, varying from a low of 8% in December to 52% from May to August.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://meteoweb.ru/2014/pss2014.php|title=Sunshine hours in 2014 and averages|language=ru|access-date=November 15, 2015|archive-date=January 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125061126/http://meteoweb.ru/2014/pss2014.php|url-status=live}}</ref> This large annual variation is due to convective cloud formation. In the winter, moist air from the Atlantic condenses in the cold continental interior, resulting in very overcast conditions. However, this same continental influence results in considerably sunnier summers than oceanic cities of similar latitude such as [[Place:Edinburgh|Edinburgh]]. Between 2004 and 2010, the average was between 1800 and 2000 hours with a tendency to more sunshine in summer months, up to a record 411 hours in July 2014, 79% of possible sunshine. December 2017 was the darkest month in Moscow since records began, with only six minutes of sunlight.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/world/europe/moscow-darkness-sunlight.html|title=Moscow Got 6 Minutes of Sunlight in December|last=Luxmoore|first=Matthew|date=2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 22, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=February 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222165701/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/world/europe/moscow-darkness-sunlight.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-42722931|title=How to survive in Moscow without sunshine|date=2018|work=BBC News|access-date=February 22, 2018|language=en-GB|archive-date=February 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207145307/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-42722931|url-status=live}}</ref>

Temperatures in the centre of Moscow are often significantly higher than in the outskirts and nearby suburbs, especially in winter. For example, if the average February temperature in the north-east of Moscow is {{convert|−6.7|C}}, in the suburbs it is about {{convert|−9|C}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pogodaiklimat.ru/climate/27532.htm|title=Climate of Vladimir|language=ru|access-date=November 15, 2015|archive-date=October 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027025756/http://www.pogodaiklimat.ru/climate/27532.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The temperature difference between the centre of Moscow and nearby areas of Moscow Oblast can sometimes be more than {{convert|10|C-change}} on frosty winter nights.
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<!---IMPORTANT NOTE: Moscow is large and naturally has different records at different points. For records for All-Russia Exhibition Centre|VVC (VDNKh) weather station), see Climate of Moscow--->

{{Weather box
|location = Moscow (VVC) normals 1961–1990
|collapsed=yes
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan high C = −6.3
|Feb high C = −4.2
|Mar high C =  1.5
|Apr high C = 10.4
|May high C = 18.4
|Jun high C = 21.7
|Jul high C = 23.1
|Aug high C = 21.5
|Sep high C = 15.4
|Oct high C =  8.2
|Nov high C =  1.1
|Dec high C = −3.5
|year high C=  8.9
|Jan mean C = −9.3
|Feb mean C = −7.7
|Mar mean C = −2.2
|Apr mean C =  5.8
|May mean C = 13.1
|Jun mean C = 16.6
|Jul mean C = 18.2
|Aug mean C = 16.4
|Sep mean C = 11.1
|Oct mean C =  5.1
|Nov mean C = −1.2
|Dec mean C = −6.1
|year mean C=  5.0
|Jan low C = −12.3
|Feb low C = −11.1
|Mar low C =  −5.6
|Apr low C =   1.7
|May low C =   7.6
|Jun low C =  11.5
|Jul low C =  13.5
|Aug low C =  12.0
|Sep low C =   7.1
|Oct low C =   2.0
|Nov low C =  −3.3
|Dec low C =  −8.6
|year low C=   1.2

|source 1 = <ref name="thermograph">{{cite web
 |url=http://worldweather.wmo.int/107/c00206.htm
 |title=WMO averages
 |access-date=January 12, 2011
 |archive-date=January 27, 2020
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127062909/http://worldweather.wmo.int/107/c00206.htm
 |url-status=live
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://meteoinfo.ru/climate/klimatgorod/3001-2010-02-25-12-47-50
 |title=VVC info
 |access-date=April 3, 2018
 |language=ru
 |archive-date=November 20, 2010
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120024949/http://meteoinfo.ru/climate/klimatgorod/3001-2010-02-25-12-47-50
 |url-status=live
 }}</ref><ref name="Climate">{{cite web
 |url=http://pogoda.ru.net/monitor.php?id=27612
 |access-date=January 12, 2011
 |title=Climate monitor 2005–2011
 |language=ru
 |archive-date=February 17, 2009
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217221623/http://pogoda.ru.net/monitor.php?id=27612
 |url-status=live
 }}</ref><ref name="Meteoweb">{{cite web
 |url=http://meteoweb.ru/cl006-7.php
 |title=Average monthly Sunshine hours
 |access-date=January 12, 2011
 |publisher=Meteoweb.ru
 |language=ru
 |archive-date=January 8, 2020
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108014500/http://meteoweb.ru/cl006-7.php
 |url-status=live
 }}</ref>
|date=January 2011
}}

Recent changes in Moscow's regional climate, since it is in the mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere, are often cited by climate scientists as evidence of [[Earth:Global warming|global warming]]{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}, though by definition, [[Earth:Climate change|climate change]] is global, not regional. During the summer, extreme heat is often observed in the city (2001, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2021). Along with a southern part of Central Russia,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/city?FMM=9&FYY=2006&LMM=8&LYY=2016&WMO=34123&CONT=euro&REGION=0006&LAND=RS&ART=TEM&R=0&NOREGION=1&LEVEL=162&LANG=en&MOD=tab|title=Temperature – Voronezh – Climate Robot Russia|work=weatheronline.co.uk|access-date=May 25, 2021|archive-date=May 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525004255/https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/city?FMM=9&FYY=2006&LMM=8&LYY=2016&WMO=34123&CONT=euro&REGION=0006&LAND=RS&ART=TEM&R=0&NOREGION=1&LEVEL=162&LANG=en&MOD=tab|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/city?FMM=9&FYY=2006&LMM=8&LYY=2016&WMO=27947&CONT=euro&REGION=0006&LAND=RS&ART=TEM&R=0&NOREGION=1&LEVEL=162&LANG=en&MOD=tab|title=Temperature – Tambov – Climate Robot Russia|work=weatheronline.co.uk|access-date=May 25, 2021|archive-date=May 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525002752/https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/city?FMM=9&FYY=2006&LMM=8&LYY=2016&WMO=27947&CONT=euro&REGION=0006&LAND=RS&ART=TEM&R=0&NOREGION=1&LEVEL=162&LANG=en&MOD=tab|url-status=live}}</ref> after recent years of hot summer seasons, the climate of the city gets [[Earth:Humid continental climate#Koppen Dfa|hot-summer classification]] trends. Winter also became significantly milder: for example, the average January temperature in the early 1900s was {{convert|-12.0|C}}, while now it is about {{convert|−7.0|C}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gezily.com/moskovada-nerede-kalinir |title=where to stay in moscow |publisher=Gezily |access-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117141540/https://gezily.com/moskovada-nerede-kalinir |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the end of January–February it is often colder, with frosts reaching {{convert|−30.0|C}} a few nights per year (2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013).

The last decade was the warmest in the history of meteorological observations of Moscow. Temperature changes in the city are depicted in the table below:
{{Weather box
|location=Moscow (2009–2018, VVC)
|collapsed=
|metric first=yes
|single line=yes
|Jan high C= −6.0
|Feb high C= −3.6
|Mar high C=  2.4
|Apr high C= 11.4
|May high C= 20.1
|Jun high C= 22.6
|Jul high C= 25.8
|Aug high C= 23.9
|Sep high C= 16.7
|Oct high C=  7.9
|Nov high C=  2.1
|Dec high C= −2.4
|year high C=10.2
|Jan mean C= −7.9
|Feb mean C= −6.0
|Mar mean C= −1.0
|Apr mean C=  6.9
|May mean C= 14.7
|Jun mean C= 17.6
|Jul mean C= 20.7
|Aug mean C= 18.9
|Sep mean C= 12.9
|Oct mean C=  5.5
|Nov mean C=  0.7
|Dec mean C= −3.9
|year mean C= 6.6
|Jan low C= −9.7
|Feb low C= −8.3
|Mar low C= −4.5
|Apr low C=  2.3
|May low C=  9.4
|Jun low C= 12.5
|Jul low C= 15.6
|Aug low C= 13.8
|Sep low C=  9.1
|Oct low C=  3.1
|Nov low C= −0.7
|Dec low C= −5.4
|year low C= 3.1
|Jan sun=  37
|Feb sun=  65
|Mar sun= 142
|Apr sun= 213
|May sun= 274
|Jun sun= 299
|Jul sun= 323
|Aug sun= 242
|Sep sun= 171
|Oct sun=  88
|Nov sun=  33
|Dec sun=  14
|source 1= weatheronline.co.uk<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/city?LANG=en&PLZ=_____&PLZN=_____&WMO=27612&CONT=euro&R=0&LEVEL=162&REGION=0006&LAND=RS&MOD=tab&ART=TEM&NOREGION=1&FMM=1&FYY=2009&LMM=12&LYY=2018
|title=Temperature – Moscow
|website=WeatherOnline
|access-date=January 5, 2021
|archive-date=June 22, 2020
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622181102/https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/city?LANG=en&PLZ=_____&PLZN=_____&WMO=27612&CONT=euro&R=0&LEVEL=162&REGION=0006&LAND=RS&MOD=tab&ART=TEM&NOREGION=1&FMM=1&FYY=2009&LMM=12&LYY=2018
|url-status=live
}}</ref>
|date=January 2021
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto;"
|-
! colspan="8" |Wind direction in Moscow from 2002 to 2012 (average values)
|-
|North
|Northeast
|East
|South East
|Southern
|Southwest
|West
|Northwest
|-
|15%
|6.8%
|7.8%
|12.2%
|12.6%
|14.6%
|16.4%
|14.5%
|-
| colspan="8" | ''Source: [http://world-weather.ru/archive/russia/moscow/ world-weather.ru]''
|}

==Demographics==

===Population===
[[File:Moscow population pyramid 2021.svg|thumb|Moscow population pyramid as of the 2021 census]]
{{Historical populations
|1897|1038625
|1926|2019500
|1939|4137000
|1959|5032000
|1970|6941961
|1979|7830509
|1989|8967332<!--with the entities in jurisdiction; a federal subject equivalent-->
|2002|10382754<!--of the federal subject-->
|2010|11503501<!--of the federal subject-->
|2021|13010112|footnote=Population size may be affected by changes in administrative divisions.
}}

According to the results of the 2021 Census, the population of Moscow was 13,010,112;<ref name=2021Census/> up from 11,503,501 recorded in the 2010 Census.<ref name="2014 objectively assess">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref>

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|caption=Population of Moscow by year
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[[File:Life expectancy in Russian subject -Moscow -diff.png|thumb|250x250px|Life expectancy at birth in Moscow, with calculated gender difference]]
{{clear}}

===Ethnic groups===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | Ethnicity
! colspan="20" |Year
|-
! colspan="2" |1897<ref>{{Cite web |title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. |url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=831 |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.demoscope.ru |archive-date=June 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625161022/http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=831 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{efn|Taken from language of respondents}}
! colspan="2" |1939<ref>{{Cite web |title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. |url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_nac_39.php?reg=39 |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.demoscope.ru |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614185806/http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_nac_39.php?reg=39 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1959<ref>{{Cite web |title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. |url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_nac_59.php?reg=45 |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.demoscope.ru |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706161009/http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_nac_59.php?reg=45 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1970<ref>{{Cite web |title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. |url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_nac_70.php?reg=18 |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.demoscope.ru |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614185805/http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_nac_70.php?reg=18 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1979<ref>{{Cite web |title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. |url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_nac_79.php?reg=19 |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.demoscope.ru |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706172633/http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_nac_79.php?reg=19 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1989<ref>{{Cite web |title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. |url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_nac_89.php?reg=18 |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.demoscope.ru |archive-date=June 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625132501/http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus_nac_89.php?reg=18 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2002<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-02-17 |title=NATIONAL COMPOSITION OF POPULATION FOR REGIONS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION |url=http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/English/4-2.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217070612/http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/English/4-2.xls |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-02-17 |access-date=2022-06-14 }}</ref>
! colspan="3" |2010<ref name="2014 objectively assess" />
! colspan="3" |2021<ref name="census2021">{{cite web |title=Национальный состав населения |url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/Tom5_tab1_VPN-2020.xlsx |accessdate=30 December 2022 |publisher=Federal State Statistics Service |archive-date=December 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230204643/https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/Tom5_tab1_VPN-2020.xlsx |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Population !! %
!% of ethnicity declared
!Population
! %
!% of ethnicity declared
|-
| Russians
|987,044
|95.0%
|3,614,430
|87.4%
|4,507,899
|88.6%
|6,301,247
|89.2%
|7,146,682
|90.1%
|7,963,246
|89.7%
|8,808,009
|84.8%
|9,930,410|| 86.3%
|91.6%
|9,074,375
|69.7%
|90.2%
|-
| Tatars
|4,288
|0.1%
|57,687
|1.4%
|80,489
|1.6%
|109,252
|1.5%
|131,328
|1.7%
|157,376
|1.8%
|166,083
|1.6%
|149,043||1.3%
|1.4%
|84,373
|0.6%
|0.8%
|-
| Armenians
|1,604
|0.1%
|13,682
|0.3%
|18,379
|0.4%
|25,584
|0.4%
|31,414
|0.4%
|43,989
|0.5%
|124,425
|1.2%
|106,466 ||0.9%
|1.0%
|68,018
|0.5%
|0.7%
|-
| Ukrainians
|4,478
|0.4%
|90,479
|2.2%
|115,489
|2.3%
|184,885
|2.6%
|206,875
|2.6%
|252,670
|2.8%
|253,644
|2.4%
|154,104||1.3%
|1.4%
|58,788
|0.5%
|0.6%
|-
| Azerbaijanis
| –
| –
|677
| –
|2,528
| –
|4,889
| –
|7,967
|0.1%
|20,727
|0.2%
|95,563
|0.9%
|57,123 ||0.5%
|0.5%
|37,259
|0.3%
|0.4%
|-
| Uzbeks
| –
| –
|659
| –
|2,478
| –
|5,973
| –
|4,222
| –
|9,183
|0.1%
|9,183
|0.1%
|35,595 ||0.3%
|0.3%
|29,526
|0.2%
|0.3%
|-
| [[Religion:Jews|Jews]]
|5,070
|0.4%
|250,181
|6.0%
|239,246
|4.7%
|251,350
|3.6%
|222,900
|2.8%
|174,728
|2.0%
|79,359
|0.8%
|53,145 ||0.5%
|0.5%
|28,014
|0.2%
|0.3%
|-
| Georgians
| –
| –
|4,251
|0.1%
|6,365
|0.1%
|9,563
|0.1%
|12,180
|0.2%
|19,608
|0.2%
|54,387
|0.5%
|38,934 ||0.3%
|0.4%
|26,222
|0.2%
|0.3%
|-
| Tajiks
| –
| –
|184
| –
|1,005
| –
|1,652
| –
|1,221
| –
|2,893
| –
|35,385
|0.4%
|27,280 ||0.2%
|0.2%
|22,783
|0.2%
|0.2%
|-
| Belarusians
|1,016
| –
|24,952
|0.6%
|34,370
|0.7%
|50,257
|0.7%
|59,193
|0.7%
|73,005
|0.8%
|59,353
|0.6%
|39,225 ||0.3%
|0.4%
|17,632
|0.1%
|0.2%
|-
| Kyrgyz
| –
| –
|77
| –
|–
| –
|–
| –
|1,173
| –
|3,044
| –
|4,102
|–
|18,736 ||0.2%
|0.2%
|16,858
| 0.1%
|0.2%
|-
| Others 
|–
|–
|
|
|76,173
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 225,031||2.0%
|2.1%
|595,543
|4.6%
|5.9%
|-
|No ethnicity declared 
| –
| –
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|668,409
|5.8%
|–
|2,950,721
|22.7%
|–
|-
!Total
!1,038,591
!100%
!4,137,018
!100%
!5,085,581
!100%
!7,061,008
!100%
!7,931,602
!100%
!8,875,579
!100%
!10,382,754
!100%
!11,503,501
!100%
!100% (10,835,092)
!13,010,112
!100%
!100% (10,059,391)
|}

;Notes
{{notelist}}
* 668,409 people were registered from administrative databases, and could not declare an ethnicity. It is estimated that the proportion of ethnicities in this group is the same as that of the declared group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perepis-2010.ru/news/detail.php?ID=6936|title=Перепись-2010: русских становится больше|publisher=Perepis-2010.ru|date=December 19, 2011|access-date=February 10, 2012|archive-date=December 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225111852/http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/perepis_itogi1612.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Vital statistics===
The official population of Moscow is based on those holding "permanent residency". According to Russia's Federal Migration Service, Moscow holds 1.8 million official "guests" who have temporary residency on the basis of visas or other documentation, giving a legal population of 14.8 million. The number of Illegal immigrants, the vast majority originating from [[Place:Central Asia|Central Asia]], is estimated to be an additional 1 million people,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rg.ru/2009/02/09/migrant.html |title="Российская газета" о мигрантах в Москве |date=February 9, 2009 |publisher=Rg.ru |access-date=December 22, 2010 |archive-date=July 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711032510/http://www.rg.ru/2009/02/09/migrant.html |url-status=live }}</ref> giving a total population of about 15.8 million.

'''Vital statistics for 2022:'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Information on the number of registered births, deaths, marriages and divorces for January to December 2022 |url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/Edn_12-2022.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302093910/https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/Edn_12-2022_t1_2.xlsx |archive-date=2 March 2023 |accessdate=21 February 2023 |website=ROSSTAT}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Birth rate, mortality rate, natural increase, marriage rate, divorce rate for January to December 2022 |url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/Edn_12-2022.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302093910/https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/Edn_12-2022_t1_3.xlsx |archive-date=2 March 2023 |accessdate=21 February 2023 |website=ROSSTAT}}</ref>
*Births: 123,654 (9.8 per 1,000)
*Deaths: 126,988 (10.1 per 1,000) 

'''Total fertility rate (2022):'''<ref name="gks.ru-tfr">{{cite web|url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/SMD_7.1.xlsx|format=XLSX|script-title=ru:Суммарный коэффициент рождаемости|trans-title=Total fertility rate|language=ru|work=Russian Federal State Statistics Service|access-date=10 August 2023|archive-date=10 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810203543/https://rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/SMD_7.1.xlsx|url-status=dead}}</ref> <br />
1.42 children per woman

'''Life expectancy (2021):'''<ref name="rosstat">{{cite web |url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/folder/210/document/13207 |title=Демографический ежегодник России |publisher=Federal State Statistics Service of Russia (Rosstat) |access-date=2022-06-01 |language=ru |trans-title=The Demographic Yearbook of Russia |archive-date=August 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821222854/https://rosstat.gov.ru/folder/210/document/13207 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
Total — 74.55 years (male&nbsp;— 71.00, female&nbsp;— 77.94)

===Religion===
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[[Religion:Christianity|Christians]] form the majority of the city's population; most of whom adhere [[Religion:Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox Church]]. The Patriarch of Moscow serves as the head of the church and resides in the Danilov Monastery. Moscow was called the "city of 40 times 40 churches"—prior to 1917. Moscow is Russia's capital of [[Religion:Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox Christianity]], which has been the country's traditional religion.

Other religions practiced in Moscow include Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, [[Religion:Judaism|Judaism]], Yazidism, and Rodnovery. The Moscow Mufti Council claimed that [[Religion:Muslims|Muslims]] numbered around 1.5 million of 10.5 million of the city's population in 2010;<ref name="Spie">{{cite magazine|author=Maxim Kireev|title=Planned Mosque Sparks Controversy in Russia|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,723799,00.html|magazine=Der Spiegel|access-date=February 8, 2011|archive-date=April 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410090113/http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,723799,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> There are four [[Engineering:Mosque|mosque]]s in the city.<ref>{{cite news|author=Kiran Moodley|title=Eid al-Fitr 2015: Drone shows huge crowds celebrating the end of Ramadan in Moscow|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/eid-alfitr-2015-drone-shows-huge-crowds-celebrating-the-end-of-ramadan-in-moscow-10395950.html|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=February 12, 2016|archive-date=September 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925190139/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/eid-alfitr-2015-drone-shows-huge-crowds-celebrating-the-end-of-ramadan-in-moscow-10395950.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Cityscape==

===Architecture===
[[File:Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow.jpg|thumb|left|Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, a masterpiece of Russian architecture]]
[[File:Museo Estatal de Historia, Moscú, Rusia, 2016-10-03, DD 49.jpg|thumb|left|The State Historical Museum, an example of the Neo-Russian style]]
[[File:Moscow July 2011-7a.jpg|thumb|The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, an example of Neo-Byzantine architecture]]
Moscow's architecture is world-renowned. Moscow is the site of Saint Basil's Cathedral, with its elegant [[Engineering:Onion dome|onion dome]]s, as well as the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and the Seven Sisters. The first Kremlin was built in the middle of the 12th century.

Medieval Moscow's design was of concentric walls and intersecting radial thoroughfares. This layout, as well as Moscow's rivers, helped shape Moscow's design in subsequent centuries.

The Kremlin was rebuilt in the 15th century. Its towers and some of its churches were built by Italian architects, lending the city some of the aurae of the renaissance. From the end of the 15th century, the city was embellished by masonry structures such as monasteries, palaces, walls, towers, and churches.

The city's appearance had not changed much by the 18th century. Houses were made of pine and spruce logs, with shingled roofs plastered with sod or covered by birch bark. The rebuilding of Moscow in the second half of the 18th century was necessitated by constant fires and the needs of the nobility. Much of the wooden city was replaced by buildings in the classical style.<ref>{{cite book|title=The architecture and planning of classical Moscow: a cultural history|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_STn96Qeg3D4C|last=Schmidt|first=Albert J|publisher=American Philosophical Society|date=April 1, 1989|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_STn96Qeg3D4C/page/n24 5]–25}}</ref>

For much of its architectural history, Moscow was dominated by Orthodox churches. However, the overall appearance of the city changed drastically during Soviet times, especially as a result of {{wipe|Joseph Stalin}}'s large-scale effort to "modernize" Moscow. Stalin's plans for the city included a network of broad avenues and roadways, some of them over ten lanes wide, which, while greatly simplifying movement through the city, were constructed at the expense of a great number of historical buildings and districts. Among the many casualties of Stalin's demolitions was the Sukharev Tower, a longtime city landmark, as well as mansions and commercial buildings. The city's newfound status as the capital of a deeply secular nation, made religiously significant buildings especially vulnerable to demolition. Many of the city's churches, which in most cases were some of Moscow's oldest and most prominent buildings, were destroyed; some notable examples include the Kazan Cathedral and the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. During the 1990s, both were rebuilt. Many smaller churches, however, were lost.<ref>{{cite journal|title=onlinelibrary.wiley.com|journal=City & Society|volume=10|pages=269–314|publisher=onlinelibrary.wiley.com|date=June 28, 2008|doi=10.1525/city.1998.10.1.269|last1=Khazanov|first1=Anatoly M.|s2cid=145807994}}</ref>
[[File:0169 - Moskau 2015 - Roter Platz (25795529393).jpg|thumb|GUM department store, facing the Red Square]]
[[File:Ostankino Tower, 2015.JPG|thumb|left|upright|Ostankino Tower, the tallest freestanding structure in Europe, and the eighth-tallest in the world]]
While the later Stalinist period was characterized by the curtailing of creativity and architectural innovation, the earlier post-revolutionary years saw a plethora of radical new buildings created in the city. Especially notable were the constructivist architects associated with VKHUTEMAS, responsible for such landmarks as Lenin's Mausoleum. Another prominent architect was Vladimir Shukhov, famous for Shukhov Tower, just one of many [[Hyperboloid structure|hyperboloid towers]] designed by Shukhov. It was built between 1919 and 1922 as a transmission tower for a Russian broadcasting company.<ref name="stako">{{cite web|url=http://www.stako.ru/static.php?&id=mem_shukhov&lang=eng&data=mem_shukhov |publisher=Melnikov Institute |title=Memorial |access-date=July 6, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527154019/http://www.stako.ru/static.php?&id=mem_shukhov&lang=eng&data=mem_shukhov |archive-date=May 27, 2008 }}</ref> Shukhov also left a lasting legacy to the Constructivist architecture of early Soviet Russia. He designed spacious elongated shop galleries, most notably the GUM department store on Red Square,<ref name="stako"/> bridged with innovative metal-and-glass vaults.
[[File:Moscow, Hotel Ukraina (30585861673).jpg|One of the Seven Sisters, Hotel Ukraina, is the tallest hotel in Europe, and one of the tallest hotels in the world.|thumb]]
[[File:Zhivopisny Bridge1.jpg|thumb|left|Zhivopisny Bridge, the highest cable-stayed bridge in Europe]]
Perhaps the most recognizable contributions of the Stalinist period are the so-called Seven Sisters, seven massive skyscrapers scattered throughout the city at about an equal distance from the Kremlin. A defining feature of Moscow's skyline, their imposing form was allegedly inspired by the Manhattan Municipal Building in {{wipe|New York City}}, and their style—with intricate exteriors and a large central spire—has been described as Stalinist Gothic architecture. All seven towers can be seen from most high points in the city; they are among the tallest constructions in central Moscow apart from the Ostankino Tower, which, when it was completed in 1967, was the highest free-standing land structure in the world and today remains the world's seventy-second tallest, ranking among buildings such as the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, Taipei 101 in Taiwan and the CN Tower in Toronto.<ref>List of tallest buildings in the world</ref>

The Soviet goal of providing housing for every family, and the rapid growth of Moscow's population, led to the construction of large, monotonous housing blocks. Most of these date from the post-Stalin era and the styles are often named after the leader then in power (Brezhnev, Khrushchev, etc.). They are usually badly maintained.

Although the city still has some five-story apartment buildings constructed before the mid-1960s, more recent apartment buildings are usually at least nine floors tall, and have [[Engineering:Elevator|elevator]]s. It is estimated that Moscow has over twice as many elevators as New York City and four times as many as {{wipe|Chicago}}. Moslift, one of the city's major elevator operating companies, has about 1500 elevator mechanics on call, to release residents trapped in elevators.<ref>{{citation
|url=https://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/12/the-elevator-rescue-teams-of-moscow.html
|date=December 4, 2012
|title=The Elevator-Rescue Teams of Moscow
|first=Sally
|last=McGrane
|magazine=The New Yorker
|access-date=February 20, 2020
|archive-date=March 29, 2014
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329031821/http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/12/the-elevator-rescue-teams-of-moscow.html
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Stalinist-era buildings, mostly found in the central part of the city, are massive and usually ornamented with [[Social:Socialist realism|Socialist realism]] motifs that imitate classical themes. However, small churches—almost always Eastern Orthodox– found across the city provide glimpses of its past. The Old Arbat Street, a tourist street that was once the heart of a bohemian area, preserves most of its buildings from prior to the 20th century. Many buildings found off the main streets of the inner city (behind the Stalinist [[Engineering:Façade|façade]]s of Tverskaya Street, for example) are also examples of bourgeois architecture typical of Tsarist times. Ostankino Palace, Kuskovo, Uzkoye and other large estates just outside Moscow originally belong to nobles from the Tsarist era, and some convents, and monasteries, both inside and outside the city, are open to Muscovites and tourists.

[[File:Москва, Россия (Unsplash -kgrPSetNW8).jpg|thumb|Modern methods of skyscraper construction were implemented in the city for the first time with the ambitious MIBC.]]
Attempts are being made to restore many of the city's best-kept examples of pre-Soviet architecture. These restored structures are easily spotted by their bright new colors and spotless façades. There are a few examples of notable, early Soviet [[Philosophy:Avant-garde|avant-garde]] work too, such as the house of the architect Konstantin Melnikov in the Arbat area. Many of these restorations were criticized for alleged disrespect of historical authenticity. [[Engineering:Facadism|Facadism]] is also widely practiced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maps-moscow.com/index.php?chapter_id=204&data_id=92&do=view_single |title=Moscow Architecture Preservation Society |publisher=Maps-moscow.com |date=April 17, 2006 |access-date=May 5, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111182743/http://www.maps-moscow.com/index.php?chapter_id=204&data_id=92&do=view_single |archive-date=January 11, 2008 }}</ref> Later examples of interesting Soviet architecture are usually marked by their impressive size and the semi-Modernist styles employed, such as with the Novy Arbat project, familiarly known as "false teeth of Moscow" and notorious for the wide-scale disruption of a historic area in central Moscow involved in the project.
[[File:Borovitskaya square1.jpg|thumb|left|Borovitskaya square, Monument to Vladimir the Great and Pashkov House]]
Plaques on house exteriors will inform passers-by that a well-known personality once lived there. Frequently, the plaques are dedicated to Soviet celebrities not well known outside (or often, like with decorated generals and revolutionaries, now both inside) of Russia. There are also many "museum houses" of famous Russian writers, composers, and artists in the city.

Moscow's skyline is quickly modernizing, with several new towers under construction.
In recent years, the city administration has been widely criticized for heavy destruction that has affected many historical buildings. As much as a third of historic Moscow has been destroyed in the past few years<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/arts-and-culture/2007/11/moscow-russia-buildings|title=Appetite for destruction|magazine=New Statesman|date=November 29, 2007|access-date=May 5, 2009|archive-date=June 29, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629011125/http://www.newstatesman.com/arts-and-culture/2007/11/moscow-russia-buildings|url-status=live}}</ref> to make space for luxury apartments and hotels.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zagraevsky.com/moscow_engl.htm |title=Dr. Sergey Zagraevsky. Photogallery of the most serious violations of historical environment of Moscow in the last decade |publisher=Zagraevsky.com |access-date=December 22, 2010 |archive-date=July 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718150635/http://www.zagraevsky.com/moscow_engl.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Other historical buildings, including such landmarks as the 1930 Moskva hotel and the 1913 department store Voyentorg, have been razed and reconstructed anew, with the inevitable loss of historical value. Critics blame the government for not enforcing conservation laws: in the last 12 years, more than 50 buildings with monument status were torn down, several of those dating back to the 17th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gif.ru/eng/news/maps-third/|title=Art of Russia – The third bulletin of the Moscow Architectural Preservation Society (MAPS)|publisher=Gif.ru|date=July 13, 2004|access-date=May 5, 2009|archive-date=July 19, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719044427/http://www.gif.ru/eng/news/maps-third/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Some critics also wonder if the money used for the reconstruction of razed buildings could not be used for the renovation of decaying structures, which include many works by architect Konstantin Melnikov<ref>{{cite news|author=Close|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1580263,00.html|title=Eastern blocks|access-date=May 5, 2009|location=London|date=September 29, 2005|work=The Guardian|archive-date=March 4, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304212153/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1580263,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and Mayakovskaya metro station.

Some organizations, such as Moscow Architecture Preservation Society<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.maps-moscow.com/index.php?chapter_id=204&data_id=92&do=view_single|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111182743/http://www.maps-moscow.com/index.php?chapter_id=204&data_id=92&do=view_single|url-status=dead|title=Moscow Architecture Preservation Society<!-- Bot generated title -->|archivedate=January 11, 2008}}</ref> and Save Europe's Heritage,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.savebritainsheritage.org/english/english.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081102100135/http://www.savebritainsheritage.org/english/english.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 2, 2008|title=Save Europe's Heritage|date=November 2, 2008}}</ref> are trying to draw the international public attention to these problems.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/05/82C2116A-568F-4413-A9AF-5528525AEE75.html|title=[Russia: Moscow's Architectural Heritage Under Threat&#93; – [Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2008&#93;|publisher=Rferl.org|date=May 22, 2007|access-date=May 5, 2009|archive-date=June 15, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615211819/http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/05/82c2116a-568f-4413-a9af-5528525aee75.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

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===Parks and landmarks===
{{wide image|Panorama 360 Red Square edit.jpg|1500px|align-cap=center|Red Square is a World Heritage Site.}}

There are 96 parks and 18 gardens in Moscow, including four [[Biology:Botanical garden|botanical garden]]s. There are {{convert|450|km2|sqmi}} of green zones besides {{convert|100|km2|sqmi}} of forests.<ref name="mosru-stats">{{cite web|url=http://www.mos.ru/wps/portal/!ut/p/c0/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9SP0o83hXN1e3QHMPIwMDl1BLAyM_y5AAEy8zQwMnI_3InNT0xORK_Qj9KDMkdaauxiB1JkD1fkYG_ob6BTmuigB2wqj-?nID=6_EFEFQ7H2005E302N94DU9N20O1&cID=6_EFEFQ7H2005E302N94DU9N20O1&rubricId=1716&documentId=42215 |script-title=ru:СТОЛИЦА РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ В ЗЕРКАЛЕ ЦИФР, ФАКТОВ И СОБЫТИЙ |publisher=Moscow government |access-date=April 28, 2010 |language=ru }} {{dead link|date=March 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Moscow is a very green city, if compared to other cities of comparable size in Western Europe and North America; this is partly due to a history of having green "yards" with trees and grass, between residential buildings. There are on average {{convert|27|m2|sp=us}} of parks per person in Moscow compared with 6 for [[Place:Paris|Paris]], 7.5 in [[Place:London|London]] and 8.6 in New York.<ref name="greendress">{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.screen.ru/moscow/zelen.htm Green dress of Moscow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727132007/http://www.screen.ru/moscow/zelen.htm |date=July 27, 2013 }}</ref>
[[File:Moscow Gorky Park main portal 08-2016 img1.jpg|thumb|Gorky Park|alt=]]
Gorky Park (officially the Central Park of Culture and Rest named after Maxim Gorky), was founded in 1928. The main part ({{convert|689,000|m2|acre|disp=or|abbr=off}})<ref name="greendress"/> along the Moskva river contains estrades, children's attractions (including the ''Observation Wheel'' water ponds with boats and water bicycles), dancing, tennis courts and other sports facilities. It borders the Neskuchny Garden ({{convert|408,000|m2|acre|disp=or|abbr=off}}), the oldest park in Moscow and a former imperial residence, created as a result of the integration of three estates in the 18th century. The Garden features the Green Theater, one of the largest open amphitheaters in Europe, able to hold up to 15 thousand people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mosday.ru/photos/?neskuchniy|title=Neskuchniy Garden|publisher=Mosday.ru|access-date=June 10, 2012|archive-date=April 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424133353/http://mosday.ru/photos/?neskuchniy|url-status=live}}</ref> Several parks include a section known as a "Park of Culture and Rest", sometimes alongside a much wilder area (this includes parks such as Izmaylovsky, Fili and Sokolniki). Some parks are designated as Forest Parks (lesopark).

[[File:Island of Dreams2.jpg|thumb|Dream Island, the largest indoor theme park in Europe]]
Izmaylovsky Park, created in 1931, is one of the largest urban parks in the world along with Richmond Park in London. Its area of {{convert|15.34|km2|sqmi}} is six times greater than that of Central Park in New York.<ref name="greendress"/>

Bauman Garden, officially founded in 1920 and renamed in 1922 after the bolshevik Nikolay Bauman, is one of the oldest parks in Moscow. It is standing on the site of the former Golitsyn estate and eighteenth-century public garden.{{sfn|Vostryshev|Shokarev|2011|pp=57—58}} 

[[File:Novodevichy Convent Night.jpg|thumb|Novodevichy Convent is a World Heritage Site.|alt=]] Sokolniki Park, named after the [[Biology:Falcon|falcon]] hunting that occurred there in the past, is one of the oldest parks in Moscow and has an area of {{convert|6|km2|sqmi}}. A central circle with a large fountain is surrounded by birch, maple, and elm tree alleys. A labyrinth composed of green paths lies beyond the park's ponds.

Losiny Ostrov National Park ("Elk Island" National Park), with a total area of more than {{convert|116|km2|sqmi}}, borders Sokolniki Park and was Russia's first national park. It is quite wild, and is also known as the "city taiga" – elk can be seen there.
[[File:Церковь Вознесения Господня в Коломенском (19.08.2018).jpg|thumb|upright|The Church of Ascension in Kolomenskoye is a World Heritage Site.]]
Tsytsin Main Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences, founded in 1945 is the largest in Europe.<ref>{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.gbsad.ru/ The Official Site of the Main Moscow Botanical Garden] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624024714/http://www.gbsad.ru/ |date=June 24, 2012 }}. Retrieved on July 18, 2006.</ref> It covers the territory of {{convert|3.61|km2|sqmi}} bordering the All-Russia Exhibition Center and contains a live exhibition of more than 20 thousand species of plants from around the world, as well as a lab for scientific research. It contains a rosarium with 20 thousand rose bushes, a dendrarium, and an oak forest, with the average age of trees exceeding 100 years. There is a greenhouse taking up more than {{convert|5,000|m2|0|abbr=off}} of land.<ref name="greendress"/>

The All-Russian Exhibition Center (Всероссийский выставочный центр), formerly known as the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition (VSKhV) and later Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy (VDNKh), though officially named a "permanent trade show", is one of the most prominent examples of Stalinist-era monumental architecture. Among the large spans of a recreational park, areas are scores of elaborate pavilions, each representing either a branch of Soviet industry and science or a USSR republic. Even though during the 1990s it was, and for some part still is, misused as a gigantic shopping center (most of the pavilions are rented out for small businesses), it still retains the bulk of its architectural landmarks, including two monumental fountains (''Stone Flower'' and ''Friendship of Nations'') and a 360 degrees panoramic cinema. In 2014 the park returned to the name Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy, and in the same year, huge renovation works had been started.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vdnh.ru/en/about/|title=About VDNH|work=vdnh.ru|access-date=June 25, 2016|archive-date=November 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151112200308/http://vdnh.ru/en/about/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''Lilac Park'', founded in 1958, has a permanent sculpture display and a large rosarium. Moscow has always been a popular destination for tourists. Some of the more famous attractions include the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site, Moscow Kremlin and Red Square,<ref>UNESCO considers the Moscow Kremlin and Red Square to be part of a single World Heritage Site. See also [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/545 UNESCO's profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906015318/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/545 |date=September 6, 2017 }} on this site.</ref> which was built between the 14th and 17th centuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/545|title=Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow|access-date=July 15, 2006|publisher=UNESCO|work=World Heritage List|archive-date=September 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906015318/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/545|url-status=live}}</ref> The Church of the Ascension at Kolomenskoye, which dates from 1532, is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site and another popular attraction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/634|title=Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye|access-date=July 15, 2006|publisher=UNESCO|work=World Heritage List|archive-date=May 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512044135/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/634/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Near the new Tretyakov Gallery there is a sculpture garden, Museon, often called "the graveyard of fallen monuments" that displays statues of the former Soviet Union that were removed from their place after its dissolution.

Other attractions include the Moscow Zoo, a zoological garden in two sections (the valleys of two streams) linked by a bridge, with nearly a thousand species and more than 6,500 specimens.<ref name="moszoo">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowzoo.ru/|title=General Information|publisher=Moscow Zoo|access-date=July 15, 2006|archive-date=July 12, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060712103540/http://www.moscowzoo.ru/|url-status=live}}</ref> Each year, the zoo attracts more than 1.2 million visitors.<ref name="moszoo"/> Many of Moscow's parks and landscaped gardens are protected natural environments.

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== Moscow rings ==
Moscow's road system is centered roughly on the Kremlin at the heart of the city. From there, roads generally span outwards to intersect with a sequence of circular roads ("rings").

# The first and innermost major ring, Bulvarnoye Koltso (Boulevard Ring), was built at the former location of the 16th-century city wall around what used to be called Bely Gorod (White Town).<ref name="golden-ring">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscow-city.ru/download/source/Golden_Ring_Engl.pdf/8-11.pdf |title=Along the Moscow Golden Ring |publisher=Moscow, Russia Tourist Information center |access-date=July 5, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060723084926/http://www.moscow-city.ru/download/source/Golden_Ring_Engl.pdf/8-11.pdf |archive-date=July 23, 2006 }}</ref> The Bulvarnoye Koltso is technically not a ring; it does not form a complete circle, but instead a horseshoe-shaped arc that begins at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and ends at the Yauza River.
# The second primary ring, located outside the Boulevard Ring, is the Sadovoye Koltso (Garden Ring). Like the Boulevard Ring, the Garden Ring follows the path of a 16th-century wall that used to encompass part of Moscow.<ref name="golden-ring" /> [[File:ISS-38 Nighttime image of Moscow, Russia.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Moscow as viewed from the [[Astronomy:International Space Station|International Space Station]], January 29, 2014]]
# The Third Ring Road, was completed in 2003 as a high-speed freeway.
# The Fourth Transport Ring, another freeway, was planned, but cancelled in 2011. A system of chordal highways will replace it.

Aside from the aforementioned hierarchy, line 5 of Moscow Metro is a circle-shaped looped subway line (hence the name ''Koltsevaya Liniya'', literally "ring line"), which is located between the ''Sadovoye Koltso'' and Third Transport Ring.

Two modern overlapping lines of Moscow Metro form "two hearts":
* Line 14. Since September 10, 2016, ''Moscow Central Circle'' renovated railroad (former ''Moskovskaya Okruzhnaya Zheleznaya Doroga'') was introduced as Line 14 of Moscow Metro. The cone-shaped railroad initially opened in 1908 (freight-only railway from 1934 until the 2016 reopening).
* Line 11. Another circle metro line - ''Big Circle Line'' (''Bolshaya Koltsevaya Liniya'') is under construction and will be finished in 2023. Kakhovskaya-Savyolovskaya western half of the line was launched in late 2021.

The outermost ring within Moscow is the Moscow Ring Road (often called ''MKAD'', acronym word for Russian ''Московская Кольцевая Автомобильная Дорога''), which forms the cultural boundary of the city, and was established in the 1950s. It is to note the method of building the road (usage of ground elevation instead of concrete columns throughout the whole way) formed a wall-like barrier that obstacles building roads under the MKAD highway itself).
* Before 2012 expansion of Moscow, MKAD was considered an approximate border for Moscow boundaries.

Outside Moscow, some of the roads encompassing the city continue to follow this circular pattern seen inside city limits, with the notable examples of ''Betonka'' roads (highways A107 and A108), originally made of concrete pads.

In order to reduce transit traffic on MKAD, the new ring road (called ''CKAD'' - ''Centralnaya Koltsevaya Avtomobilnaya Doroga'', ''Central Ring Road'') is now under construction beyond the MKAD.

===Transport rings in Moscow===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Length
! Name
! Type
|-
| 9&nbsp;km || Boulevard Ring – Bulvarnoye Koltso (not a full ring) || Road
|-
| 16&nbsp;km || Garden Ring – Sadovoye Koltso ("B") || Road
|-
| 19&nbsp;km || Koltsevaya line (Line 5) || Metro
|-
| 35&nbsp;km || Third Ring Road – Third Transport Ring – Tretye Transportnoye Koltso (TTK) || Road
|-
| 54&nbsp;km || Little Ring of the Moscow Railway, re-opened as Moscow Central Ring (MCC) – Line 14 || Railway
|-
| 20.2&nbsp;km || Bolshaya Koltsevaya line – Line 11 || Metro
|-
| 109&nbsp;km || Moscow Automobile Ring Road – Moskovskaya Koltsevaya Avtomobilnaya Doroga (MKAD) || Road
|}

==Culture==
===Museums and galleries===
One of the most notable art museums in Moscow is the Tretyakov Gallery, which was founded by Pavel Tretyakov, a wealthy patron of the arts who donated a large private collection to the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tretyakovgallery.ru/en/ |title=The Official site of the Tretyakov Gallery |publisher=Tretyakovgallery.ru |access-date=June 11, 2012 |archive-date=December 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121221163028/http://www.tretyakovgallery.ru/en/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Tretyakov Gallery is split into two buildings. The Old Tretyakov gallery, the original gallery in the Tretyakovskaya area on the south bank of the Moskva River, houses works in the classic Russian tradition.<ref name="trety">{{cite web|url=http://www.tretyakovgallery.ru/english/about.shtml |title=About The State Tretyakov Gallery |access-date=July 10, 2006 |publisher=The State Tretyakov Gallery |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927110355/http://www.tretyakovgallery.ru/english/about.shtml |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> The works of famous pre-Revolutionary painters, such as Ilya Repin, as well as the works of early Russian icon painters can be found here. Visitors can even see rare originals by early 15th-century iconographer Andrei Rublev.<ref name="trety"/>
The New Tretyakov gallery, created in Soviet times, mainly contains the works of Soviet artists, as well as of a few contemporary paintings, but there is some overlap with the Old Tretyakov Gallery for early 20th-century art. The new gallery includes a small reconstruction of Vladimir Tatlin's famous ''Monument to the Third International'' and a mixture of other avant-garde works by artists like Kazimir Malevich and Wassily Kandinsky. Socialist realism features can also be found within the halls of the New Tretyakov Gallery.
[[File:Gmii.jpg|thumb|The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts|alt=]]
Another art museum in the city of Moscow is the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, which was founded by, among others, the father of Marina Tsvetaeva. The Pushkin Museum is similar to the British Museum in London in that its halls are a cross-section of exhibits on world civilisations, with many copies of ancient sculptures. However, it also hosts paintings from every major Western era; works by Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, and Pablo Picasso are present in the museum's collection.

The [[Organization:State Historical Museum|State Historical Museum]] of Russia (Государственный Исторический музей) is a museum of Russian history located between Red Square and Manege Square in Moscow. Its exhibitions range from relics of the prehistoric tribes inhabiting present-day Russia, through priceless artworks acquired by members of the Romanov dynasty. The total number of objects in the museum's collection numbers is several million. The Polytechnical Museum,<ref>See also: {{in lang|ru}} [http://eng.polymus.ru/rv/ The Official Site of the Polytechnical Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716112000/http://eng.polymus.ru/rv/ |date=July 16, 2006 }} Retrieved on July 23, 2006. ([http://eng.polymus.ru/rv/ English version] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716112000/http://eng.polymus.ru/rv/ |date=July 16, 2006 }})</ref> founded in 1872 is the largest technical museum in Russia, offering a wide array of historical inventions and technological achievements, including humanoid automata from the 18th century and the first Soviet computers. Its collection contains more than 160,000 items.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eng.polymus.ru/?s=19&lvl=1|title=The Museum Collections|publisher=Polytechnical Museum|access-date=August 4, 2006|archive-date=July 19, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719045139/http://eng.polymus.ru/?s=19&lvl=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Borodino Panorama<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.1812panorama.ru/ |title=The official site of Borodino Panorama museum |publisher=1812panorama.ru |access-date=June 11, 2012 |archive-date=June 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608214523/http://www.1812panorama.ru/ |url-status=live }}</ref> museum located on Kutuzov Avenue provides an opportunity for visitors to experience being on a battlefield with a 360° [[Diorama|diorama]]. It is a part of the large historical memorial commemorating the victory in the Patriotic War of 1812 over Napoleon's army, that includes also the triumphal arch, erected in 1827. There is also a military history museum that includes statues, and military hardware.
[[Astronomy:Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics|Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics]] under the Monument to the Conquerors of Space at the end of Cosmonauts Alley is the central memorial place for the Russian space officials.

The Shchusev State Museum of Architecture is the national museum of Russian architecture by the name of the architect Alexey Shchusev near the Kremlin area.

Moscow will get its own branch of the Hermitage Museum in 2024, with authorities having agreed upon the final project, to be executed by Hani Rashid, co-founder of New York-based 'Asymptote Architecture' - the same bureau that's behind the city's stock market building, the Busan-based World Business Center Solomon Tower and the Strata Tower in Abu-Dhabi.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rbth.com/arts/334157-moscow-own-hermitage-museum |title=Moscow is getting its own Hermitage Museum! (PICS) |last=Sinelschikova |first=Yekaterina |work=Russia Beyond |date=September 2, 2021 |access-date=September 21, 2021 |archive-date=September 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920003340/https://www.rbth.com/arts/334157-moscow-own-hermitage-museum |url-status=live }}</ref>
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===Performing arts===
Moscow is the heart of the Russian performing arts, including ballet and film, with 68 museums<ref>{{cite web|url =http://mkrf.ru/upload/stats-web/index.html#|archive-url =http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20150702180223/http://mkrf.ru/upload/stats-web/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date =July 2, 2015|title =Russian Ministry of Culture official statistics}}</ref> 103<ref>{{cite web|url =http://mkrf.ru/upload/stats-web/index.html#|archive-url =http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20150702180223/http://mkrf.ru/upload/stats-web/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date =July 2, 2015|title =Russian Ministry of Culture official stats|access-date =December 2, 2015}}</ref> theaters, 132 cinemas and 24 concert halls. Among Moscow's theaters and ballet studios is the Bolshoi Theatre and the Malyi Theatre<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moscovery.com/state-academic-maly-theatre/|title=State Academic Maly Theatre|date=July 8, 2016|access-date=September 25, 2017|archive-date=September 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925230442/https://www.moscovery.com/state-academic-maly-theatre/|url-status=dead}}</ref> as well as Vakhtangov Theatre and Moscow Art Theatre.

The Moscow International Performance Arts Center,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmdm.ru/en|title=The Official Site of the Moscow International Performance Arts Centre|publisher=Mmdm.ru|access-date=June 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513131136/http://www.mmdm.ru/en/|archive-date=May 13, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> opened in 2003, also known as Moscow International House of Music, is known for its performances in classical music. It has the largest [[Engineering:Organ (music)|organ]] in Russia installed in Svetlanov Hall.

There are also two large circuses in Moscow: Moscow State Circus and Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard<ref>See also: {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.circusnikulin.ru/ The Official Site of the Moscow Nikulun Circus] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060717153240/http://www.circusnikulin.ru/ |date=July 17, 2006 }}. Retrieved on July 17, 2006.</ref> named after Yuri Nikulin.

The Mosfilm studio was at the heart of many classic films, as it is responsible for both artistic and mainstream productions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mosfilm.ru/index.php?File=units/eng/history.htm&Style=text&Lang=eng |title=History of the Mosfilm concern studios foundation |publisher=MosFilm |access-date=July 10, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927063958/http://www.mosfilm.ru/index.php?File=units%2Feng%2Fhistory.htm&Style=text&Lang=eng |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> However, despite the continued presence and reputation of internationally renowned Russian filmmakers, the once prolific native studios are much quieter. Rare and historical films may be seen in the Salut cinema, where films from the Museum of Cinema<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.museikino.ru/ |title=The Official Site of the Museum of Cinema |language=ru |publisher=Museikino.ru |access-date=June 11, 2012 |archive-date=June 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626132633/http://www.museikino.ru/ |url-status=live }}</ref> collection are shown regularly. International film festivals such as the Moscow International Film Festival, Stalker, Artdocfest, and Moscow Jewish Film Festival are staged in Moscow.

==Sports==
[[File:LuzhnikiStadium.jpg|thumb|left|The Luzhniki Stadium hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final.]]
[[File:Sparrow_Hills_fanzone_2018.jpg|thumb|left|Sparrow Hills fanzone during 2018 FIFA World Cup]]
[[File:Moscow 05-2017 img48 Olimpiysky Arena.jpg|thumb|SC Olimpiyskiy was built for the 1980 Summer Olympics.]]
Over 500 Olympic sports champions lived in the city by 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/4626831.stm|title=The mood in Moscow|work=BBC News|date=July 3, 2005|access-date=December 22, 2010|archive-date=May 26, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526121800/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/olympics_2012/4626831.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Moscow is home to 63 stadiums (besides eight football and eleven light athletics maneges), of which Luzhniki Stadium is the largest and the 4th biggest in Europe (it hosted the 1998–99 UEFA Cup, 2007–08 UEFA Champions League finals, the 1980 Summer Olympics, and the 2018 FIFA World Cup with 7 games total, including the final). Forty other sports complexes are located within the city, including 24 with artificial ice. The Olympic Stadium was the world's first indoor arena for bandy and hosted the Bandy World Championship twice.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/cwttEMCM-Y8 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110125202043/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwttEMCM-Y8 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwttEMCM-Y8 |title=Russia grabs World Bandy Championship |publisher=YouTube |access-date=June 15, 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Moscow was again the host of the competition in 2010, this time in Krylatskoye.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.rusbandy.ru/stadium/2/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.rusbandy.ru/stadium/2/%26hl%3Den%26tbo%3Dd%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D545&sa=X&ei=qyW7UPq6KKri4QS03YE4&ved=0CC4Q7gEwAA |title=Google Translate |publisher=Translate.google.se |access-date=March 12, 2013 |archive-date=May 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525002747/https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rusbandy.ru%2Fstadium%2F2%2F&prev=%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.rusbandy.ru%2Fstadium%2F2%2F%26hl%3Den%26tbo%3Dd%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D545&sa=X&ei=qyW7UPq6KKri4QS03YE4&ved=0CC4Q7gEwAA |url-status=live }}</ref> That arena has also hosted the World Speed Skating Championships. There are also seven horse racing tracks in Moscow,<ref name="mosru-stats" /> of which Central Moscow Hippodrome,<ref>See also: {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.cmh.ru/ The Official Site of the Central Moscow Hippodrome] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325082648/http://www.cmh.ru/ |date=March 25, 2008 }}</ref> founded in 1834, is the largest.
[[File:CSKA Arena (Quintin Soloviev).jpg|thumb|CSKA Arena during a game of KHL, considered to be the second-best ice hockey league in the world]]
Moscow was the host city of the 1980 Summer Olympics, with the yachting events being held at [[Place:Tallinn|Tallinn]], in present-day Estonia. Large sports facilities and the main international airport, Sheremetyevo Terminal 2, were built in preparation for the 1980 Summer Olympics. Moscow had made a bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics. However, when final voting commenced on July 6, 2005, Moscow was the first city to be eliminated from further rounds. The Games were awarded to London.

The most titled ice hockey team in the Soviet Union and in the world, HC CSKA Moscow comes from Moscow. Other big ice hockey clubs from Moscow are HC Dynamo Moscow, which was the second most titled team in the Soviet Union, and HC Spartak Moscow.

The most titled Soviet, Russian, and one of the most titled Euroleague clubs, is the basketball club from Moscow PBC CSKA Moscow. Moscow hosted the EuroBasket in 1953 and 1965.

Moscow had more winners at the USSR and Russian Chess Championship than any other city.

The most titled volleyball team in the Soviet Union and in Europe (CEV Champions League) is VC CSKA Moscow.

In football, FC Spartak Moscow has won more championship titles in the Russian Premier League than any other team. They were second only to FC Dynamo Kyiv in Soviet times. PFC CSKA Moscow became the first Russian football team to win a UEFA title, the UEFA Cup (present-day UEFA Europa League). FC Lokomotiv Moscow, FC Dynamo Moscow and FC Torpedo Moscow are other professional football teams also based in Moscow.

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File:Стадион «Лукойл Арена» в Москве (08.01.2024) 01.jpg|Lukoil Arena, home of FC Spartak Moscow
File:Arena CSKA.jpg|VEB Arena, home of PFC CSKA Moscow
File:VTB Arena8.jpg|VTB Arena, home of FC Dynamo Moscow and HC Dynamo Moscow
File:Lokomotiv Stadium.jpg|RZD Arena, home of FC Lokomotiv Moscow
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Moscow houses other prominent football, ice hockey, and basketball teams. Because sports organisations in the Soviet Union were once highly centralized, two of the best Union-level teams represented defence and law-enforcing agencies: the Armed Forces (CSKA) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Dinamo). There were army and police teams in most major cities. As a result, Spartak, CSKA, and Dinamo were among the best-funded teams in the USSR.

The Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace is located in the Luzniki Olympic Complex. The building works started in 2017 and the opening ceremony took place on June 18, 2019. The investor of the Palace is the billionaire Alisher Usmanov, husband of the former gymnast and gymnastics coach Irina Viner-Usmanova. The total surface of the building is 23,500 m<sup>2</sup>, which include 3 fitness rooms, locker rooms, rooms reserved for referees and coaches, saunas, a canteen, a cafeteria, 2 ball halls, a Medical center, a hall reserved for journalists, and a hotel for athletes.<ref>See also: [http://en.investmoscow.ru/calendar-of-events/2019-06/21sergey-sobyanin-otkryl-dvorets-gimnastiki-v-luzhnikakh/Article about the Palace of Gymnastics on the Moscow Investment Portal] {{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Because of Moscow's cold local climate, winter sports have a following. Many of Moscow's large parks offer marked trails for skiing and frozen ponds for skating.
[[File:2018 World Cup Final - France v Croatia - 1st Half.jpg|thumb|The Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, which hosted games of the 2018 FIFA World Cup]]
Moscow hosts the annual Kremlin Cup, a popular tennis tournament on both the WTA and ATP tours. It is one of the ten Tier-I events on the women's tour and a host of Russian players feature every year.

SC Olimpiyskiy hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, the first and so far the only Eurovision Song Contest arranged in Russia.

Slava Moscow is a professional rugby club, competing in the national Professional Rugby League. Former rugby league heavyweights RC Lokomotiv have entered the same league {{As of|2011|lc=y}}. The Luzhniki Stadium also hosted the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

In bandy, one of the most successful clubs in the world is 20 times Russian League champions Dynamo Moscow. They have also won the World Cup thrice and European Cup six times.

MFK Dinamo Moskva is one of the major futsal clubs in Europe, having won the Futsal Champions League title once.

When Russia was selected to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the Luzhniki Stadium got an increased capacity, by almost 10,000 new seats, in addition to a further two stadiums that have been built: the Dynamo Stadium, and the Spartak Stadium, although the first one later was dismissed from having World Cup matches.

===Football clubs===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Club !! Founded !! League !! League Rank !! Stadium
|-
| Spartak Moscow || 1922 || Premier League || 1st || Lukoil Arena
|-
| CSKA Moscow || 1911 || Premier League || 1st || VEB Arena
|-
| Lokomotiv Moscow || 1923 || Premier League || 1st || RZD Arena
|-
| Dynamo Moscow || 1923 || Premier League || 1st || VTB Arena
|-
| Torpedo Moscow || 1924 || First League || 2nd || Eduard Streltsov Stadium
|-
| Rodina Moscow || 2015 || First League || 2nd || Spartakovets Stadium
|-
| Veles Moscow || 2016 || Second League || 3rd || Avangard Stadium
|}

==Entertainment==
[[File:Arbat Street in MSK.jpg|thumb|right|Arbat Street, in the historical centre of Moscow]]
The city is full of clubs, restaurants, and bars. Tverskaya Street is also one of the busiest shopping streets in Moscow.

The adjoining Tretyakovsky Proyezd, also south of Tverskaya Street, in Kitai-gorod, is host to upmarket boutique stores such as [[Company:Bulgari|Bulgari]], Tiffany & Co., Armani, Prada and [[Company:Bentley|Bentley]].<ref name="go-mag">{{cite news|url=http://www.go-magazine.ru/articles/show/497 |title=Go Magazine |newspaper=The Moscow Times |access-date=February 20, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070220063958/http://www.go-magazine.ru/articles/show/497 |archive-date=February 20, 2007 }}</ref> Nightlife in Moscow has moved on since Soviet times and today the city has many of the world's largest nightclubs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/06/13/moscow-city-that-never-sleeps-a65948|title=Moscow: The City That Never Sleeps|date=June 3, 2019|publisher=The Moscow Times|access-date=February 14, 2022|archive-date=May 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504044143/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/06/13/moscow-city-that-never-sleeps-a65948|url-status=live}}</ref> Clubs, bars, creative spaces and restaurants-turned-into-dancefloors are flooding Moscow streets with new openings every year. The hottest area is located around the old chocolate factory, where bars, nightclubs, galleries, cafés and restaurants are placed.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.n1ght.com/en/blog/article/moscow-nightlife-best-party-spots |title= Moscow Nightlife: The Best Party Spots |date= November 19, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151124231936/https://www.n1ght.com/en/blog/article/moscow-nightlife-best-party-spots |archive-date= November 24, 2015 |df= mdy-all }}</ref>

Dream Island is an amusement park in Moscow that opened on February 29, 2020.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://iz.ru/703885/2018-02-03/park-ostrov-mechty-otkroetsia-v-moskve-v-2019-godu | title=Парк "Остров мечты" откроется в Москве в 2019 году | date=February 3, 2018 | language=ru | newspaper=Izvestia | access-date=September 9, 2018 | archive-date=June 26, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626135532/https://iz.ru/703885/2018-02-03/park-ostrov-mechty-otkroetsia-v-moskve-v-2019-godu | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.themeparx.com/dream-island-moscow/|title=Dream Island Moscow|website=Theme Park Construction Board|access-date=April 1, 2021|archive-date=April 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421072549/https://www.themeparx.com/dream-island-moscow|url-status=live}}</ref> It is the largest indoor theme park in Europe.
The park covers 300,000 square meters. During the park's construction, 150 acres of nature trees unique and rare animals and birds and plants on the peninsula were destroyed. The appearance is in the style of a fairytale castle similar to Disneyland. The park has 29 unique attractions with many rides, as well as pedestrian malls with fountains and cycle paths. The complex includes a landscaped park along with a concert hall, a cinema, a hotel, a children's sailing school, restaurants, and shops.

==Authorities==
===Moscow authorities===
[[File:Tverskaya13 Moscow 06-2015.jpg|thumb|Government of Moscow]]
According to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, Moscow is an independent federal subject of the {{wipe|Russia}}, the so-called city of federal importance.

The Mayor of Moscow is the leading official in the executive, leading the Government of Moscow, which is the highest organ of executive power.
The Moscow City Duma is the City Duma (city council or local [[Social:Parliament|parliament]]) and local laws must be approved by it. It includes 45 members who are elected for a five-year term on [[Social:Electoral district|Single-mandate constituency]] basis.

From 2006 to 2012, direct elections of the mayor were not held due to changes in the Charter of the city of Moscow, the mayor was appointed by presidential decree. The first direct elections from the time of the 2003 vote were to be held after the expiration of the current mayor in 2015, however, in connection with his resignation of his own free will, they took place in September 2013.

Local administration is carried out through eleven prefectures, uniting the districts of Moscow into administrative districts on a territorial basis, and 125 regional administrations. According to the law "On the organization of local self-government in the city of Moscow", since the beginning of 2003, the executive bodies of local self-government are municipalities, representative bodies are municipal assemblies, whose members are elected in accordance with the Charter of the intracity municipality.

===Federal authorities===
[[File:Дом правительства РФ.jpg|thumb|The House of the Government of the Russian Federation]]

In Moscow, as in a city endowed with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the legislative, executive, and judicial federal authorities of the country are located, with the exception of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, which has been located in Saint Petersburg since 2008.

The supreme executive authority - the Government of the Russian Federation - is located in the House of the Government of the Russian Federation on Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment in the center of Moscow. The State Duma sits on Okhotny Ryad. The Federation Council is located in a building on Bolshaya Dmitrovka. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Court of Arbitration of the Russian Federation are also located in Moscow.

In addition, the Moscow Kremlin is the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation. The president's working residence in the Kremlin is located in the Senate Palace.

=== Safety ===
[[File:Police bmw.jpg|thumb|A [[Engineering:BMW 5 Series|BMW 5 Series]] of the Moscow Police on patrol]]
According to the ranking of the safest cities made by [[Company:Economist Intelligence Unit|The Economist]] Moscow occupies the 37th position with a score of 68,5 points percent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nec.com/en/global/ad/safecitiesindex2019/index.html|title=Safe Cities Index 2019 &#124; NEC|website=www.nec.com|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=October 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003004430/https://www.nec.com/en/global/ad/safecitiesindex2019/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The general level of crime is quite low.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.numbeo.com/crime/in/Moscow|title=Crime in Moscow|website=www.numbeo.com|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=October 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002230229/https://www.numbeo.com/crime/in/Moscow|url-status=live}}</ref> More than 170,000 surveillance cameras in Moscow are connected to the facial recognition system. The authorities recognized the successful two-month experiment with automatic recognition of faces, gender, and age of people in real-time - and then they deployed the system to the whole city. The network of video surveillance unites access video cameras (95% of residential apartment buildings in the capital), cameras in the territory and in buildings of schools and kindergartens, at the MCC stations, stadiums, public transport stops, and bus stations, in parks, underground passages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://geeks-world.github.io/articles/407023/index.html|title=In Moscow, the face recognition system will work through CCTV cameras|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623084209/https://geeks-world.github.io/articles/407023/index.html|archive-date=June 23, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The emergency numbers are the same as in all the other regions of Russia: 112 is the Single Emergency Number, 101 is the number of the Fire Service and Ministry of Emergency Situations, 102 is the Police one, 103 is the ambulance one, 104 is the Emergency Gas number.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mos.ru/en/news/item/26869073/|title=Ambulance, police and Emergencies Ministry: Who to call in case of emergency|date=September 2, 2017|website=Moscow City Web Site|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=February 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217091140/https://www.mos.ru/en/news/item/26869073/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Moscow's EMS is the second most efficient one among the world's megacities, as reported by PwC during the presentation of the international study Analysis of EMS Efficiency in Megacities of the World.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mos.ru/en/news/item/63830073/|title=Moscow's EMS ranks as the second most efficient in the world|date=October 24, 2019|website=Moscow City Web Site|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=February 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217091142/https://www.mos.ru/en/news/item/63830073/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Administrative divisions==
{| border=1 align="right" class="wikitable" style="margin-left: 1em; font-size: 95%;"
! style="padding-left:50px; background:#ccf" | Federal city of Moscow
| width="50px" | [[File:Coat of Arms of Moscow.svg|50px|Coat of arms of Moscow]]
|-
| '''City administrative divisions'''<br /> || 12
|-
| '''City districts'''<br /> || 125
|-
| '''City settlements'''<br />|| 21
|}
{|
|-
|Colspan=2|Moscow is divided into '''12 administrative districts''':
|rowspan=3|[[File:Msk all districts.svg|left|320px]]
|-
|
# Central Administrative Okrug
# Northern Administrative Okrug
# North-Eastern Administrative Okrug
# Eastern Administrative Okrug
# South-Eastern Administrative Okrug
# Southern Administrative Okrug
# South-Western Administrative Okrug
# Western Administrative Okrug
# North-Western Administrative Okrug
# Zelenogradsky Administrative Okrug
# Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug
# Troitsky Administrative Okrug
|}
[[File:Moscow territory 1922 1995.gif|thumb|Territorial change of Moscow from 1922 to 1995]]

The entire city of Moscow is headed by one mayor (Sergey Sobyanin). The city of Moscow is divided into twelve administrative okrugs and 125 districts.

The Russian capital's town-planning development began to show as early as the 12th century when the city was founded. The central part of Moscow grew by consolidating with suburbs in line with medieval principles of urban development when strong fortress walls would gradually spread along the circle streets of adjacent new settlements. The first circular defence walls set the trajectory of Moscow's rings, laying the groundwork for the future planning of the Russian capital.

The following fortifications served as the city's circular defense boundaries at some point in history: the Kremlin walls, Zemlyanoy Gorod (Earthwork Town), the Kamer-Kollezhsky Rampart, the Garden Ring, and the small railway ring. The Moscow Ring Road (MKAD) has been Moscow's boundary since 1960. Also in the form of a circle are the main Moscow subway line, the Ring Line, and the so-called Third Automobile Ring, which was completed in 2005. Hence, the characteristic radial-circle planning continues to define Moscow's further development. However, contemporary Moscow has also engulfed a number of territories outside the MKAD, such as Solntsevo, Butovo, and the town of Zelenograd. A part of Moscow Oblast's territory was merged into Moscow on July 1, 2012; as a result, Moscow is no longer fully surrounded by Moscow Oblast and now also has a border with Kaluga Oblast.<ref name="Merger">Official website of the Government of Moscow. [http://www.mos.ru/about/borders/ Draft of adopted measures of the capital and oblast governments with regards to the expansion of the borders of Moscow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821063010/http://www.mos.ru/about/borders/ |date=August 21, 2011 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref> In all, Moscow gained about {{convert|1500|km2|sp=us}} and 230,000 inhabitants. Moscow's Mayor Sergey Sobyanin lauded the expansion that will help Moscow and the neighboring region, a "mega-city" of twenty million people, to develop "harmonically".<ref name="Merger2"/>

All administrative okrugs and districts have their own coats of arms and flags as well as individual heads of the area.

In addition to the districts, there are Territorial Units with Special Status. These usually include areas with small or no permanent populations. Such is the case with the All-Russia Exhibition Centre, the Botanical Garden, large parks, and industrial zones. In recent years, some territories have been merged with different districts. There are no ethnic-specific regions in Moscow, as in the Chinatowns that exist in some [[Earth:North America|North America]]n and [[Place:East Asia|East Asia]]n cities. And although districts are not designated by income, as with most cities, those areas that are closer to the city center, metro stations or green zones are considered more prestigious.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ru:Цены на Квартиры в Москве по Административным Районам и Станциям Метро|url=http://www.metrinfo.ru/area/|work=Metrinfo.ru|access-date=September 27, 2010|language=ru|archive-date=December 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227235220/http://www.metrinfo.ru/area/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Moscow also hosts some of the government bodies of Moscow Oblast, although the city itself is not a part of the oblast.<ref name="MoscowO">According to Article 24 of the Charter of Moscow Oblast, the government bodies of the oblast are located in the city of Moscow and throughout the territory of Moscow Oblast. However, Moscow is not officially named the administrative centre of the oblast.</ref>

==Economy==

===Overview===
{|class="toc" style="float:right; font-size:90%; text-align:center; margin:1em;"
|-
| colspan="6" style="background:tan;"|'''Largest private companies based<br />in Moscow '''<br />(ranked by 2019 revenues)<br />
|- style="background:#ccc;"
|| '''Moscow'''|||| style="background:#ccc;"|'''corporation'''|||| style="background:#ccc;"|'''Russia'''
|-
| 1||||Lukoil||||1
|-
| 2|||| X5 Retail Group|||||3
|-
| 3||||Novatek||||6
|-
| 4||||Nornickel||||9
|-
| 5|||| UC Rusal||||11
|-
| 6|||| Sibur||||13
|-
| 7|||| SUEK||||15
|-
| 8||||[[Company:MTS (network provider)|MTS]]||||17
|-
| 9||||Metalloinvest|||||18
|-
| 10||||EuroChem||||21
|-
| 11||||MegaFon||||22
|-
| 12||||M.video||||24
|-
| 13||||TMK||||25
|-
| 14||||[[Company:Mechel|Mechel]]||||26
|-
|colspan="5"|'''Source:''' ''Forbes''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.ru//rating/383547-200-krupneyshih-chastnyh-kompaniy-rossii-2019-reyting-forbes|title=200 крупнейших частных компаний России — 2019. Рейтинг Forbes &#124; Бизнес|date=September 16, 2019|website=Forbes.ru|access-date=April 1, 2021|archive-date=October 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027224136/https://www.forbes.ru/rating/383547-200-krupneyshih-chastnyh-kompaniy-rossii-2019-reyting-forbes|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}
[[File:Moscow International Business Center2022.jpg|thumb|Moscow International Business Center, one of the largest financial centres of Europe and the world|alt=|left]]
Moscow has one of the largest municipal economies in Europe and it accounts more than one-fifth of Russia's [[Finance:Gross domestic product|gross domestic product]] (GDP).<ref>{{cite news|last=Arkhipov|first=Ilya|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-28/medvedev-fires-moscow-s-mayor-yury-luzhkov-citing-a-loss-of-confidence-.html|title=Medvedev Fires Moscow Mayor Luzhkov After Conflict|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|date=September 28, 2010|access-date=December 22, 2010|archive-date=December 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202151836/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-28/medvedev-fires-moscow-s-mayor-yury-luzhkov-citing-a-loss-of-confidence-.html|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2021}}, the GRP of Moscow reached almost ₽24.5 trillion(US$332 billion).<ref>{{cite web 
|url= https://77.rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%B5%D0%BC%20%D0%92%D0%A0%D0%9F%20%D0%B2%20%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85%20%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%85%20%D0%B7%D0%B0%202021%20%D0%B3..htm 
|title= "GRP volume at current basic prices (billion rubles)" 
|publisher= rosstat.gov.ru 
|access-date= April 14, 2023 
|archive-date= April 14, 2023 
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230414173212/https://77.rosstat.gov.ru/storage/mediabank/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%B5%D0%BC%20%D0%92%D0%A0%D0%9F%20%D0%B2%20%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85%20%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%85%20%D0%B7%D0%B0%202021%20%D0%B3..htm 
|url-status= live 
}}</ref> GMP of Moscow Region was ₽31.3 trillion or around US$425 billion.
[[File:Moscow Exhacnge main building.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Company:Moscow Exchange|Moscow Exchange]]]]
The average gross monthly wage in the city is ₽123,688<ref>{{cite web|title=Среднемесячная номинальная начисленная заработная плата работников в целом по экономике Российской Федерации в 1991-2022 гг.|url=https://rosstat.gov.ru/labor_market_employment_salaries|access-date=|website=rosstat.gov.ru|archive-date=March 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319154712/https://rosstat.gov.ru/labor_market_employment_salaries|url-status=live}}</ref> (US$2,000), which is around twice the national average of ₽66,572 (US$1,000), and one of the highest among the federal subjects of Russia.

Moscow is home to the third-highest number of billionaires of any city in the world,<ref>{{cite web|author=Giacomo Tognini|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2020/04/07/worlds-richest-cities-the-top-10-cities-where-most-billionaires-call-home-2020/|title=World's Richest Cities: The Top 10 Cities Billionaires Call Home|work=Forbes|access-date=May 25, 2020|archive-date=April 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407105020/https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2020/04/07/worlds-richest-cities-the-top-10-cities-where-most-billionaires-call-home-2020/|url-status=live}}</ref> and has the highest number of billionaires of any city in Europe. It is the financial center of Russia and home to the country's largest banks and many of its largest companies, such as oil giant Rosneft. Moscow accounts for 17% of retail sales in Russia and for 13% of all construction activity in the country.<ref name="bofit_42_2010">{{cite web |url=http://www.bof.fi/NR/rdonlyres/A0C226F8-3D3F-4B6F-8AA3-B621E963D4CC/0/w201042.pdf |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5tmjrHFzM?url=http://www.bof.fi/NR/rdonlyres/A0C226F8-3D3F-4B6F-8AA3-B621E963D4CC/0/w201042.pdf |archive-date=October 27, 2010 |title=BOFIT Weekly 42/2010 |publisher=Bank of Finland's Institute for Economies in Transition |date=October 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |access-date=October 23, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gks.ru/gis/tables%5CUROV-7.htm |publisher=Federal Service on State Statistics |title=Average monthly salaries |access-date=September 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824030354/http://www.gks.ru/gis/tables/UROV-7.htm |archive-date=August 24, 2007 }}</ref> Since the [[Finance:1998 Russian financial crisis|1998 Russian financial crisis]], business sectors in Moscow have shown exponential rates of growth. Many new business centers and office buildings have been built in recent years, but Moscow still experiences shortages in office space. As a result, many former industrial and research facilities are being reconstructed to become suitable for office use. Overall, economic stability has improved in recent years; nonetheless, crime and corruption still hinder business development.

===Industry===
Primary industries in Moscow include the [[Engineering:Chemical industry|chemical]], [[Chemistry:Metallurgy|metallurgy]], food, textile, [[Engineering:Furniture|furniture]], energy production, [[Software development|software development]] and machinery industries.

The Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant is one of the world's leading producers of military and civil helicopters. [[Company:Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center|Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center]] produces various space equipment, including modules for space stations [[Astronomy:Mir|Mir]], Salyut and the [[Astronomy:International Space Station|ISS]] as well as Proton launch vehicles and military ICBMs. Sukhoi, Ilyushin, [[Company:Mikoyan|Mikoyan]], Tupolev and [[Company:Yakovlev|Yakovlev]] aircraft design bureaus also situated in Moscow. [[Company:NPO Energomash|NPO Energomash]], producing the [[Engineering:Rocket engine|rocket engine]]s for Russian and American space programs, as well as [[Company:Lavochkin|Lavochkin]] design bureau, which built fighter planes during WWII, but switched to [[Engineering:Space probe|space probe]]s since the [[Astronomy:Space Race|Space Race]], are in nearby Khimki, an independent city in Moscow Oblast that have largely been enclosed by Moscow from its sides. Automobile plants [[Company:ZiL|ZiL]] and AZLK, as well as the Voitovich Rail Vehicle plant, are situated in Moscow and Metrovagonmash metro wagon plant is located just outside the city limits. The Poljot Moscow watch factory produces military, professional and sport watches well known in Russia and abroad. [[Biography:Yuri Gagarin|Yuri Gagarin]] in his trip into space used "Shturmanskie" produced by this factory.

The Electrozavod factory was the first transformer factory in Russia. The Kristall distillery<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eng.kristall.ru/|title=The Official Site of the Moscow Cristall distillery|publisher=Eng.kristall.ru|access-date=June 11, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528082514/http://eng.kristall.ru/|archive-date=May 28, 2012}}</ref> is the oldest distillery in Russia producing vodka types, including "Stolichnaya" while wines are produced at Moscow wine plants, including the Moscow Interrepublican Vinery.<ref>See also: {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.mmvz.ru/ The Official Site of the Moscow Interrepublican Vinery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010220092957/http://www.mmvz.ru/ |date=February 20, 2001 }}. Retrieved on July 7, 2006.</ref> The Moscow Jewelry Factory<ref>See also: {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.miuz.ru/ The Official Site of the Moscow Jewelry Factory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060702194811/http://www.miuz.ru/ |date=July 2, 2006 }}. Retrieved on July 7, 2006.</ref> and the Jewellerprom<ref>See also: {{in lang|ru}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20100218032111/http://www.jewellerprom.ru/ The Official Site of the Experimental Moscow Jewelry Atelier Jewellerprom]. Retrieved on July 7, 2006,</ref> are producers of jewelry in Russia; Jewellerprom used to produce the exclusive Order of Victory, awarded to those aiding the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II.

There are other industries located just outside the city of Moscow, as well as microelectronic industries in Zelenograd, including [[Company:Ruselectronics|Ruselectronics]] companies.

Gazprom, the largest extractor of [[Chemistry:Natural gas|natural gas]] in the world and the largest Russian company, has head offices also in Moscow, as well as other oil, gas, and electricity companies.

Moscow hosts headquarters of the many of [[Engineering:Telecommunication|telecommunication]] and [[Finance:Technology company|technology]] companies, including [[Company:1C Company|1C]], [[Company:ABBYY|ABBYY]], [[Company:Beeline (brand)|Beeline]], [[Company:Kaspersky Lab|Kaspersky Lab]], [[Software:Mail.Ru|Mail.Ru Group]], MegaFon, [[Company:MTS (network provider)|MTS]], [[Company:Rambler (portal)|Rambler&Co]], [[Company:Rostelecom|Rostelecom]], [[Company:Yandex|Yandex]], and [[Company:Yota|Yota]].

Some industry is being transferred out of the city to improve the ecological state of the city.

===Cost of living===
[[File:Moscow 09-13 img11 Tretyakovsky Passage.jpg|thumb|upright|Tretyakovsky Proyezd]]
[[File:2019-07-25-3032-Moscow-Nikolskaya-Street.jpg|thumb|Nikolskaya Street|alt=|left]]
[[File:Mitino-3_from_d40_2011-09N28.jpg|thumb|A microdistrict in Mitino built in the 1990s]]
During [[Place:Soviet Union|Soviet]] times, apartments were lent to people by the government according to the square meters-per-person norm (some groups, including people's artists, heroes, and prominent scientists had bonuses according to their honors). Private ownership of apartments was limited until the 1990s when people were permitted to secure property rights to their inhabited places. Since the Soviet era, estate owners have had to pay the service charge for their residences, a fixed amount based on persons per living area.

The price of real estate in Moscow continues to rise. Today, one could expect to pay $4,000 on average per square meter (11 sq ft) on the outskirts of the city<ref>{{cite web|url=http://waybackmachine.org/*/http://rus.intermark.ru/about-us/press/mt_20_10/ |title=US$4,500 for a Square Meter of Apartment Space. The Moscow Times|publisher=Waybackmachine.org|date=July 19, 2011|access-date=June 10, 2012}}</ref> or US$6,500–$8,000 per square meter in a prestigious district. The price sometimes may exceed US$40,000 per square meter in a flat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://regnum.ru/news/643249.html|title=Преодолен абсолютный рекорд роста цен на недвижимость: московский стройкомплекс в зеркале СМИ|website=ИА REGNUM|access-date=April 1, 2021|archive-date=April 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410052915/https://regnum.ru/news/643249.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Humphries |first=Conor |title=Dividing the Spoils of the Boom |url=http://www.stroi.ru/eng/default.aspx?d=5&dr=901&m=13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817152833/http://www.stroi.ru/eng/default.aspx?d=5&dr=901&m=13 |archive-date=August 17, 2007 |newspaper=The Moscow Times |date=June 20, 2006|access-date=July 14, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mosday.ru/info/article.php?realty-2006 |title=Costs of realty in Moscow (2006) |publisher=Mosday.ru |language=ru |access-date=August 4, 2006 |archive-date=July 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702171121/http://mosday.ru/info/article.php?realty-2006 |url-status=live }}</ref> It costs about US$1,200 per month to rent a one-bedroom apartment and about US$1,000 per month for a studio in the center of Moscow.

A typical one-bedroom apartment is about {{convert|30|m2|sqft|spell=in|lk=out|abbr=off}}, a typical two-bedroom apartment is {{convert|45|m2|sqft|spell=in|abbr=off}}, and a typical three-bedroom apartment is {{convert|70|m2|sqft|spell=in|abbr=off}}. Many cannot move out of their apartments, especially if a family lives in a two-room apartment originally granted by the state during the Soviet era. Some city residents have attempted to cope with the cost of living by renting their apartments while staying in dachas (country houses) outside the city.

In 2006, Mercer Human Resources Consulting named Moscow the world's most expensive city for expatriate employees, ahead of perennial winner Tokyo, due to the stable Russian ruble as well as increasing housing prices within the city.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/06/23/pf/expensive_cities/index.htm|last=Sahadi|first=Jeanne|date=June 23, 2006|access-date=July 4, 2006|publisher=CNNMoney|title=World's most expensive cities|archive-date=July 3, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060703140408/https://money.cnn.com/2006/06/23/pf/expensive_cities/index.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Moscow also ranked first in the 2007 edition and 2008 edition of the survey. However, Tokyo has overtaken Moscow as the most expensive city in the world, placing Moscow at third behind Osaka in second place.<ref name="mercer.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.mercer.com/costoflivingpr#Top_50 |title=Worldwide Cost of Living survey 2009|publisher=Mercer.com|date=July 7, 2009|access-date=June 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615061034/http://www.mercer.com/costoflivingpr|archive-date=June 15, 2010}}</ref>

In 2008, Moscow ranked top on the list of most expensive cities for the third year in a row.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.msn.com/en-us/money|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080805100832/http://realestate.msn.com/buying/Article_forbes.aspx?cp-documentid=8839818&GT1=35000|url-status=dead|title=Stock Quotes, Business News and Data from Stock Markets &#124; MSN Money|archivedate=August 5, 2008|website=www.msn.com}}</ref>

In 2014, according to ''Forbes'', Moscow was ranked the 9th most expensive city in the world. ''Forbes'' ranked Moscow the 2nd most expensive city the year prior.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/deborahljacobs/2014/07/10/the-most-expensive-cities-in-the-world/|title=The Most Expensive Cities In The World|first=Deborah L.|last=Jacobs|work=forbes.com|access-date=August 22, 2017|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714004726/https://www.forbes.com/sites/deborahljacobs/2014/07/10/the-most-expensive-cities-in-the-world/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019 the Economist Intelligence Unit's Worldwide Cost of Living survey put Moscow to 102nd place in the biannual ranking of 133 most expensive cities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/03/19/moscow-nose-dives-in-global-living-cost-rankings-a64863|title=Moscow Nose-Dives in Global Living Cost Rankings|work=The Moscow Times|date=March 19, 2019|access-date=September 30, 2020|archive-date=March 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320124846/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/03/19/moscow-nose-dives-in-global-living-cost-rankings-a64863|url-status=live}}</ref> ECA International's Cost of Living 2019 Survey ranked Moscow at number 120 among 482 locations worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eca-international.com/news/june-2019/europe-falls-behind-usa-in-cost-of-living|title=Europe falls behind USA in cost of living|work=ECA International|date=June 13, 2019|access-date=September 30, 2020|archive-date=June 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616212508/https://www.eca-international.com/News/June-2019/Europe-falls-behind-USA-in-cost-of-living|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Public utilities===
====Heating====
The heating of buildings in Moscow, like in other cities in Russia is done using [[Physics:District heating|central heating system]]. Before 2004, state [[Finance:Unitary enterprise|unitary enterprise]]s were responsible to produce and supply heat to the clients by the operation of heating stations and heating distribution system of Mosgorteplo, Mosteploenergo, and Teploremontnaladka which gave service to the heating substations in the north-eastern part of the city. Clients were divided between the various enterprises based on their geographical location. A major reform launched in 2004 consolidated the various companies under the umbrella of MIPC which became the municipal heat supplier. Its subsidiaries were the newly transformed Joint-stock companies. The city's main source of heating is the power station of Mosenergo which was reformed in 2005, when around ten subsidiaries were separated from it. One of the newly independent companies was the District Heating Network Company (MTK) ({{lang-ru|Московская теплосетевая компания}}). In 2007 the Government of Moscow bought controlling stakes in the company.<ref>[Andrey Kovalev, Liliana Proskuryakova. "Innovation in Russian District Heating: Opportunities, Barriers, Mechanisms", pp. 45-46]</ref>

====City services====
"Our city" is a geo-information portal created in 2011 under the mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin with the aim of building a constructive dialogue between Moscow residents and the city's executive authorities. The portal is being developed by the State Public Institution "New Management Technologies" together with the Moscow Department of Information Technologies. In its 10 years of operation, more than 1.7 million users have joined the portal, and during this time it has become an effective tool for monitoring the state of urban infrastructure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2021/09/25/mil-osi-submissions-russia-how-the-portal-of-the-government-of-moscow-our-city-helps-to-solve-problems-in-the-field-of-urban-economy/|title=MIL-OSI Submissions: Russia – How the portal of the Government of Moscow "Our City" helps to solve problems in the field of urban economy &#124; ForeignAffairs.co.nz|access-date=October 5, 2021|archive-date=October 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005094106/https://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2021/09/25/mil-osi-submissions-russia-how-the-portal-of-the-government-of-moscow-our-city-helps-to-solve-problems-in-the-field-of-urban-economy/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Education==
[[File:МГУ, вид с воздуха.jpg|thumb|Moscow State University|alt=|left]]
There are 1,696 high schools in Moscow, as well as 91 colleges.<ref name="mosru-stats"/> Besides these, there are 222 institutions of higher education, including 60 state universities<ref name="mosru-stats"/> and the Lomonosov Moscow State University, which was founded in 1755.<ref name="msu-history">{{cite web|url=http://www.msu.ru/en/info/history.html|title=MSU History|publisher=Moscow State University|access-date=July 6, 2006|archive-date=July 2, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060702222014/http://www.msu.ru/en/info/history.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The main university building located in Vorobyovy Gory (Sparrow Hills) is {{convert|240|m|ft}} tall and when completed, was the tallest building on the continent.<ref>{{cite book|title=Is Progress Speeding Up?: Our Multiplying Multitudes of Blessings|last=Templeton |first=John Marks|year=1997|isbn=978-1-890151-02-7|page=99|publisher=Templeton Foundation Press }}</ref> The university has over 30,000 undergraduate and 7,000 [[Social:Postgraduate education|postgraduate]] students, who have a choice of twenty-nine faculties and 450 departments for study. Additionally, approximately 10,000 high school students take courses at the university, while over two thousand researchers work. The Moscow State University library contains over nine million books, making it one of the largest libraries in all of Russia. Its acclaim throughout the international academic community has meant that over 11,000 international students have graduated from the university, with many coming to Moscow to become fluent in the [[Social:Russian language|Russian language]].<ref>''Russian Regional Economic and Business Atlas Volume 2: Strategic Investment and Business Information'' {{ISBN|1-57751-030-5}} p. 41</ref>

The I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University named after [[Biography:Ivan Sechenov|Ivan Sechenov]] or formerly known as Moscow Medical Academy (1stMSMU) is a medical university situated in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1785 as the faculty of the Moscow State University. It is a Russian Federal Agency for Health and Social Development. It is one of the largest medical universities in Russia and Europe. More than 9200 students are enrolled in 115 academic departments. It offers courses for post-graduate studies.

[[File:Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University Frontal View.jpg|thumb|Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University|alt=|left]]

The Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (formerly known as Russian State Medical University) is a medical higher education institution in Moscow, Russia founded in 1906. It is fully accredited and recognized by Russia's Ministry of Education and Science and is currently under the authority of the Ministry of Health and Social Development. Named after Russian surgeon and pedagogue N.I. Pirogov (1810-1888), it is one of the largest medical institutions and the first university in Russia to allow women to acquire degrees.

Moscow is one of the financial centers of the Russian Federation and CIS countries and is known for its business schools. Among them are the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation; Plekhanov Russian University of Economics; The State University of Management, and the National Research University - Higher School of Economics. They offer undergraduate degrees in management, finance, accounting, marketing, real estate, and economic theory, as well as Masters programs and MBAs. Most of them have branches in other regions of Russia and countries around the world.
[[File:Moscow MSTU Bauman main building asv2021-08.jpg|thumb|The main building of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University]]
Bauman Moscow State Technical University, founded in 1830, is located in the center of Moscow and provides 18,000 undergraduate and 1,000 postgraduate students with an education in science and engineering, offering technical degrees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bmstu.ru/mstu/English|last=Fedorov|first=I.B.|publisher=МГТУ им.Н.Э.Баумана (Bauman Moscow State Technical University)|title=General (English)|access-date=July 6, 2006|archive-date=July 6, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060706130144/http://www.bmstu.ru/mstu/English/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Moscow 05-2017 img41 Conservatory.jpg|thumb|The Moscow Conservatory building|alt=|left]]

The Moscow Conservatory,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mosconsv.ru/ |title=The Official Site of the Moscow Conservatory |publisher=Mosconsv.ru |access-date=June 11, 2012 |archive-date=June 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615213653/http://www.mosconsv.ru/ |url-status=live }}</ref> founded in 1866, is a prominent music school in Russia whose graduates include Sergey Rachmaninoff, [[Biography:Alexander Scriabin|Alexander Scriabin]], Aram Khachaturian, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Alfred Schnittke.
[[File:Vgik.jpg|thumb|The [[Organization:Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography|Russian State Institute of Cinematography]], the world's oldest<br />film school|alt=|left]]

The [[Organization:Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography|Gerasimov All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography]], abbreviated as VGIK, is the world's oldest educational institution in [[Engineering:Cinematography|Cinematography]], founded by Vladimir Gardin in 1919.
Sergei Eisenstein, Vsevolod Pudovkin, and Aleksey Batalov were among its most distinguished professors and Mikhail Vartanov, Sergei Parajanov, Andrei Tarkovsky, Nikita Mikhalkov, Eldar Ryazanov, Alexander Sokurov, Yuriy Norshteyn, Aleksandr Petrov, Vasily Shukshin, Konrad Wolf among graduates.

Moscow State Institute of International Relations, founded in 1944, remains Russia's best- known school of international relations and diplomacy, with six schools focused on international relations. Approximately 4,500 students make up the university's student body and over 700,000 Russian and foreign-language books—of which 20,000 are considered rare—can be found in the library of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mgimo.ru/showcontent.asp?UID={7F81DBB2-6EEE-4796-B2DF-7230433C5C41} |title=Facts and Figures |publisher=MGIMO (Moscow State Institute of International Relations) |access-date=July 6, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201220/http://www.mgimo.ru/showcontent.asp?UID=%7B7F81DBB2-6EEE-4796-B2DF-7230433C5C41%7D |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref>

Other institutions are the [[Organization:Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology|Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology]], also known as Phystech, the Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Complex, founded in 1988 by Russian eye surgeon Svyatoslav Fyodorov, the [[Organization:Moscow Aviation Institute|Moscow Aviation Institute]], the Moscow Motorway Institute (State Technical University), and the [[Organization:Moscow Engineering Physics Institute|Moscow Engineering Physics Institute]]. [[Organization:Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology|Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology]] has taught numerous Nobel Prize winners, including [[Biography:Pyotr Kapitsa|Pyotr Kapitsa]], [[Biography:Nikolay Semyonov|Nikolay Semyonov]], [[Biography:Lev Landau|Lev Landau]] and [[Biography:Alexander Prokhorov|Alexander Prokhorov]], while the [[Organization:Moscow Engineering Physics Institute|Moscow Engineering Physics Institute]] is known for its research in [[Physics:Nuclear physics|nuclear physics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icra.it/Icranet/Members/struc_russia2.htm |title=Moscow State Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI) |publisher=International Centre for Relativistic Astrophysics |access-date=August 4, 2006 |archive-date=July 3, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703205759/http://www.icra.it/Icranet/Members/struc_russia2.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The highest Russian military school is the Combined Arms Academy of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Although Moscow has a number of famous Soviet-era higher educational institutions, most of which are more oriented towards engineering or the fundamental sciences, in recent years Moscow has seen a growth in the number of commercial and private institutions that offer classes in business and management. Many state institutions have expanded their education scope and introduced new courses or departments. Institutions in Moscow, as well as the rest of post-Soviet Russia, have begun to offer new international certificates and postgraduate degrees, including the [[Social:Master of Business Administration|Master of Business Administration]]. Student exchange programs with numerous countries, specially with the rest of Europe, have also become widespread in Moscow's universities, while schools within the Russian capital also offer seminars, lectures, and courses for corporate employees and businessmen.
[[File:Moscow 1152 (14384525084).jpg|thumb|upright|Russian Academy of Sciences]]
Moscow is one of the largest science centers in Russia. The headquarters of the Russian Academy of Sciences are located in Moscow as well as research and applied science institutions. The [[Organization:Kurchatov Institute|Kurchatov Institute]], Russia's leading research and development institution in the fields of nuclear energy, where the first [[Physics:Nuclear reactor|nuclear reactor]] in Europe was built, the [[Organization:Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics|Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics]], [[Organization:Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics|Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics]], [[Organization:Institute for Physical Problems|Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems]] and [[Organization:Steklov Institute of Mathematics|Steklov Institute of Mathematics]] are all situated in Moscow.

There are 452 libraries in the city, including 168 for children.<ref name="mosru-stats"/> The Russian State Library,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rsl.ru/index.php?lang=en |title=The official homepage of the Russian State Library |publisher=Rsl.ru |access-date=June 11, 2012 |archive-date=July 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717065412/http://www.rsl.ru/index.php?lang=en |url-status=live }}</ref> founded in 1862, is the national library of Russia. The library is home to over {{convert|275|km|0|abbr=on}} of shelves and 42 million items, including over 17 million books and serial volumes, 13 million journals, 350,000 music scores and sound records, and 150,000 maps, making it the largest library in Russia and one of the largest in the world. Items in 247 languages account for 29% of the collection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://leninka.ru/index.php?doc=950|script-title=ru:Краткая статистическая справка|publisher=Russian State Library|access-date=August 4, 2006|date=January 1, 2006|language=ru|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183703/http://leninka.ru/index.php?doc=950|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rsl.ru/index.php?f=2|title=Stacks|publisher=The Russian State Library|access-date=August 4, 2006|archive-date=September 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920133805/https://www.rsl.ru/index.php?f=2|url-status=live}}</ref>

The State Public Historical Library, founded in 1863, is the largest library specialising in Russian history. Its collection contains four million items in 112 languages (including 47 languages of the former USSR), mostly on Russian and world history, heraldry, [[Finance:Numismatics|numismatics]], and the [[History:History of science|history of science]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shpl.ru/shpage.php?menu=1&h=le|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060823161550/http://www.shpl.ru/shpage.php?menu=1&h=le|url-status=dead|title=Official site of the State Public Historical Library|archivedate=August 23, 2006}}</ref>

In regard to primary and secondary education, in 2011, Clifford J. Levy of ''{{wipe|The New York Times}}'' wrote, "Moscow has some strong public schools, but the system as a whole is dispiriting, in part because it is being corroded by the corruption that is a post-Soviet scourge. Parents often pay bribes to get their children admitted to better public schools. There are additional payoffs for good grades."<ref name="Levy1">{{cite news|first=Clifford J.|last=Levy|title=My Family's Experiment in Extreme Schooling|work={{wipe|The New York Times}}|date=September 15, 2011|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/magazine/my-familys-experiment-in-extreme-schooling.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=May 21, 2012|archive-date=December 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225205215/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/magazine/my-familys-experiment-in-extreme-schooling.html?pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Transportation==

===Metro===
[[File:Moscow metro map sb.svg|lang=en|thumb|Moscow Metro route map with planned stations]]
[[File:Moscow MayakovskayaMetroStation 0943.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Mayakovskaya station, opened in 1938]]
The Moscow Metro system is famous for its art, murals, [[Engineering:Mosaic|mosaic]]s, and ornate [[Engineering:Chandelier|chandelier]]s. It started operation in 1935 and immediately became the centrepiece of the transportation system. More than that it was a Stalinist device to awe and reward the populace, and give them an appreciation of Soviet realist art. It became the prototype for future Soviet large-scale technologies. Lazar Kaganovich was in charge; he designed the subway so that citizens would absorb the values and ethos of Stalinist civilisation as they rode. The artwork of the 13 original stations became nationally and internationally famous. For example, the Sverdlov Square subway station featured porcelain bas-reliefs depicting the daily life of the Soviet peoples, and the bas-reliefs at the Dynamo Stadium sports complex glorified sports and the physical prowess of the powerful new "Homo Sovieticus" (Soviet man).<ref>Isabel Wünsche, "Homo Sovieticus: The Athletic Motif in the Design of the Dynamo Metro Station", ''Studies in the Decorative Arts'' (2000) 7#2 pp. 65–90</ref>

The metro was touted as the symbol of the new social order—a sort of Communist cathedral of engineering modernity.<ref>Andrew Jenks, "A Metro on the Mount", ''Technology & Culture'' (2000) 41#4 pp. 697–723</ref> Soviet workers did the labour and the artwork, but the main engineering designs, routes, and construction plans were handled by specialists recruited from the London Underground. The Britons called for tunneling instead of the "cut-and-cover" technique, the use of escalators instead of lifts, and designed the routes and the rolling stock.<ref>Michael Robbins, "London Underground and Moscow Metro", ''Journal of Transport History'', (1997) 18#1 pp. 45–53.</ref> The paranoia of Stalin and the NKVD was evident when the secret police arrested numerous British engineers for espionage—that is for gaining an in-depth knowledge of the city's physical layout. Engineers for the Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Company were given a show trial and deported in 1933, ending the role of British business in the USSR.<ref>Gordon W. Morrell, "Redefining Intelligence and Intelligence-Gathering: The Industrial Intelligence Centre and the Metro-Vickers Affair, Moscow 1933", ''Intelligence and National Security'' (1994) 9#3 pp. 520–533.</ref>

Today, the Moscow Metro comprises twelve lines, mostly underground with a total of 203 stations. The Metro is one of the deepest subway systems in the world; for instance, the Park Pobedy station, completed in 2003, at {{convert|84|m}} underground, has the longest escalators in Europe. The Moscow Metro is the busiest metro system in Europe, as well as one of the world's busiest metro systems, serving about ten million passengers daily (300,000,000 people every month).<ref name="metro">{{cite web|url=http://www.mosmetro.ru/pages/page_0.php?id_page=99|language=ru|script-title=ru:Московский метрополитен|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060714154607/http://www.mosmetro.ru/pages/page_0.php?id_page=99|archive-date=July 14, 2006|access-date=July 4, 2006}}</ref> Facing serious transportation problems, Moscow has plans for expanding its Metro. In 2016, the authorities launched a new circle metro railway that contributed to solving transportation issues, namely daily congestion at Koltsevaya Line.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rbth.com/politics_and_society/2016/09/09/how-moscows-new-light-rail-system-will-make-life-easier-for-passengers_628517|title=How Moscow's new light rail system will make life easier for passengers|last=RBTH|first=special to|date=September 9, 2016|access-date=December 23, 2016|archive-date=September 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912060005/http://rbth.com/politics_and_society/2016/09/09/how-moscows-new-light-rail-system-will-make-life-easier-for-passengers_628517|url-status=live}}</ref>

Due to the treatment of Metro stations as possible canvas for art, characterized by the fact that workers of Moscow would get to see them every day, many Stalin-era metro stations were built in different "custom" designs (where each station's design would be, initially, a massive installation on a certain theme. For example, Elektrozavodskaya station was themed solely after nearby lightbulb factory and ceramic ribbed lightbulb sockets);<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.railway-technology.com/features/moscow-metro-stations/|title=The people's palace: exploring Moscow Metro's evolving designs|work=RailwayTechnology|date=December 10, 2018|access-date=September 30, 2020|archive-date=October 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002221948/https://www.railway-technology.com/features/moscow-metro-stations/|url-status=live}}</ref> the tradition of "Grand Designs" and, basically, decorating metro stations as single-themed installations, was restored in late 1979.

More recently, Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin has introduced comforts ranging from WiFi and [[Engineering:USB|USB]] ports and [[Software:Apple Pay|Apple Pay]] — while opening new stations at a breakneck pace. Moscow's metro is one of the world's busiest, handling 2.6 billion passengers in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/4e02625c-ef1e-4ee0-bb3b-6fc7ea044f40 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/4e02625c-ef1e-4ee0-bb3b-6fc7ea044f40 |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |title=The people's subway: the Soviet Union's ornate metros in pictures |work=Financial Times |last=Seddon |first=Max |date=February 13, 2021 |access-date=September 21, 2021 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In the Russian capital, there are over 21.5 thousand Wi-Fi access points, in student dormitories, in parks, cultural and sports institutions, and within the Garden Ring and the Third Transport Ring. From September 2020 to August 2021, 1,700 new access points to urban Wi-Fi were launched in Moscow.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.totaltele.com/511683/Online-city-17-thousand-new-Wi-Fi-access-points-have-been-installed-in-Moscow-in-a-year |title=Online city: 1.7 thousand new Wi-Fi access points have been installed in Moscow in a year |publisher=Total Telecom |date=November 16, 2021 |access-date=January 9, 2022 |archive-date=December 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206091403/https://www.totaltele.com/511683/Online-city-17-thousand-new-Wi-Fi-access-points-have-been-installed-in-Moscow-in-a-year |url-status=dead }}</ref> The structure of the Wi-Fi network allows citizens to use the Internet without re-authorization.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2021/06/29/mil-osi-submissions-russian-federation-city-wi-fi-network-is-available-in-four-more-student-dormitories-in-moscow/ |title=MIL-OSI Submissions: Russian Federation – City Wi-Fi network is available in four more student dormitories in Moscow |work=foreignaffairs.co.nz |date=June 29, 2021 |access-date=September 21, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803170655/https://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2021/06/29/mil-osi-submissions-russian-federation-city-wi-fi-network-is-available-in-four-more-student-dormitories-in-moscow/ }}</ref>

===Monorail===
[[File:Monorail Moskau - Einfahrt in Station Telezentrum.jpg|thumb|Two trains of the Moscow Monorail]]

The Moscow Metro operates a short monorail line (line 13). The line connects Timiryazevskaya metro station and Ulitsa Sergeya Eisensteina, passing close to VDNH (and Line 6 Metro station "V.D.N.Kh."). The line opened in 2004. It accepts overground interchanges, no additional fare is needed if a ride was spent at Moscow Metro within previous 90 minutes.

===Bus, trolleybus and electric bus===
{{Main|Engineering:Electric buses in Moscow}}
[[File:Выход 500-го электробуса на линию в Москве (09).jpg|thumb|left|Moscow has the [[Engineering:Electric buses in Moscow|largest fleet of electric buses]] in Europe, with 500 operating {{as of|October 2020|lc=y}}.<ref name="Trolleybus">{{cite web|title=В Москве вышел на линию 500-й электробус|url=https://www.mos.ru/mayor/themes/2299/6851050/|website=Mos.ru|access-date=October 8, 2020|language=ru|date=October 8, 2020|archive-date=October 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015115109/https://www.mos.ru/mayor/themes/2299/6851050/|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
As Metro stations outside the city center are far apart in comparison to other cities, up to {{convert|4|km}}, a bus network radiates from each station to the surrounding residential zones. Moscow has a bus terminal for long-range and intercity passenger buses (Central Bus Terminal) with a daily turnover of about 25 thousand passengers serving about 40% of long-range bus routes in Moscow.<ref>See also: {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.kvartirant.ru/news/?news_id=10891&date=12.05.2006&date2=2006-05-12] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101064615/http://www.kvartirant.ru/news/?news_id=10891&date=12.05.2006&date2=2006-05-12|date=January 1, 2016}} Realty news. Retrieved on July 22, 2006.</ref>

Every major street in the city is served by at least one bus route. Many of these routes are doubled by a [[Engineering:Trolleybus|trolleybus]] route and have trolley wires over them.

With the total line length of almost {{convert|600|km|abbr=off}} of a single wire, 8 depots, 104 routes, and 1740 vehicles, the Moscow trolleybus system was the largest in the world. But municipal authority, headed by Sergey Sobyanin, began to destroy the trolleybus system in Moscow in 2014 due the planned replacement of trolleybuses by electric buses. In 2018 Moscow trolleybus system has only 4 depots and dozens of kilometers of unused wires. Almost all trolleybus wires inside Garden Ring (Sadovoe Koltso) were cut in 2016–2017 due to the reconstruction of central streets ("Moya Ulitsa"). Opened on November 15, 1933, it is also the world's 6th oldest operating trolleybus system.

In 2018 the vehicle companies [[Company:Kamaz|Kamaz]] and [[Company:GAZ|GAZ]] have won the Mosgortrans tender for delivering 200 [[Engineering:Electric bus|electric bus]]es and 62 ultra-fast charging stations to the city transport system. The manufacturers will be responsible for the quality and reliable operation of the buses and charging stations for the next 15 years. The city will be procuring only electric buses as of 2021, replacing the diesel bus fleet gradually. According to expectations, Moscow will become the leader amongst the European cities in terms of electric and gas fuel share in public transport by 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rusautonews.com/2018/09/04/first-electric-buses-have-started-operating-in-moscow-in-regular-transport|title=First electric buses have started operating in Moscow in regular transport|date=September 4, 2018|access-date=September 28, 2018|archive-date=September 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929000432/http://rusautonews.com/2018/09/04/first-electric-buses-have-started-operating-in-moscow-in-regular-transport/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

All bus stations and terminals of Moscow are now connected to free Wi-Fi. One may use it in international bus stations Salaryevo, South Gate and North Gate, and in bus terminals Varshavskaya and Orekhovo. As much as 48 hot spots were installed there.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.totaltele.com/511819/All-Moscow-Bus-Stations-and-Terminals-Connected-to-Free-Wi-Fi |title=All Moscow Bus Stations and Terminals Connected to Free Wi-Fi |publisher=Total Telecom |date=November 30, 2021 |access-date=January 9, 2022 |archive-date=December 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227170838/https://www.totaltele.com/511819/All-Moscow-Bus-Stations-and-Terminals-Connected-to-Free-Wi-Fi |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Moscow cable car===
[[File:Moscow Cable Car.jpg|thumb|Cable cars passing across the Moskva River and the Luzhniki Stadium]]
On November 26, 2018, the mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin took part in the ceremony to open the cable car above the Moskva River. The cable car will connect the Luzhniki sports complex with Sparrow Hills and Kosygin Street.

The journey from the well-known viewpoint on Vorobyovy Gory to Luzhniki Stadium will last for five minutes instead of 20 minutes that one would have to spend on the same journey by car. The cable car will work every day from 11 a.m. till 11 p.m.

The cable car is {{convert|720|m|sp=us}} long. It was built to transport 1,600 passengers per hour in all weathers. There are 35 closed capsules designed by Porsche Design Studio to transport passengers. The booths are equipped with media screens, LED lights, hooks for bikes, skis, and snowboards. Passengers will also be able to use audio guides in English, German, Chinese and Russian.

===Tram===
[[File:Moscow TverZastava Vityaz asv2018-09.jpg|thumb|left|A Vityaz-M tram passing by the Tverskaya Zastava Square]]

Moscow has an extensive tram system, which first opened in 1899.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://moscowseasons.com/en/news/the-long-trip-to-vityaz-or-the-story-of-the-moscow-tram-system/|title=The long trip to Vityaz or the story of the Moscow tram system|website=MoscowSeasons|date=September 22, 2018|access-date=March 29, 2020|archive-date=March 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329113420/https://moscowseasons.com/en/news/the-long-trip-to-vityaz-or-the-story-of-the-moscow-tram-system/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The newest line was built in 1984. Its daily usage by Muscovites is low, making up for approximately 5% of trips because many vital connections in the network have been withdrawn. Trams still remain important in some districts as feeders to Metro stations. The trams also provide important cross-links between metro lines, for example between Universitet station of Sokolnicheskaya Line (#1 red line) and Profsoyuznaya station of Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line (#6 orange line) or between Voykovskaya and Strogino. Some routes used to connect downtown with sleep districts, like route 3.
[[File:Moscow tram map 2022-04.svg|thumb|Tram map of Moscow]]
There are three tram networks in the city:

* Krasnopresnenskoye depot network with the westernmost point at Strogino (depot location) and the easternmost point near platform Dmitrovskaya. This network became separated in 1973, but until 1997 it could easily have been reconnected by about {{convert|1|km|chain|0|spell=on|abbr=off}} of track and three switches. The network has the highest usage in Moscow and no weak points based on turnover except to-depot lane (passengers serviced by bus) and tram ring at Dmitrovskaya (because now it is neither a normal transfer point nor a repair terminal).
* The Apakov depot services the south-western part from the Varshavsky lane – Simferopolsky boulevard in the east to the Universitet station in the west and Boulevard lane at the center. This network is connected only by the four-way Dubininskaya and Kozhevnicheskaya streets. A second connection by Vostochnaya (Eastern) street was withdrawn in 1987 due to a fire at the Dinamo plant and has not been recovered, and remains lost (Avtozavodsky bridge) at 1992. The network may be serviced anyway by another depot (now route 35, 38).
* Main three depot networks with railway gate and tram-repair plant.

In addition, tram advocates have suggested that the new rapid transit services (metro to City, Butovo light metro, Monorail) would be more effective as at-grade tram lines and that the problems with trams are only due to poor management and operation, not the technical properties of trams. New tram models have been developed for the Moscow network despite the lack of expansion.

===Taxi===
Commercial taxi services and route taxis are in widespread use. In the mid-2010s, service platforms such as [[Company:Yandex.Taxi|Yandex.Taxi]], [[Company:Uber|Uber]] and [[Company:Gett|Gett]] displaced many private drivers and small service providers and were in 2015 servicing more than 50% of all taxi orders in Moscow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://top.rbc.ru/money/20/07/2015/55ad01229a794778050020f6|title=Гонки на такси: на чем быстрее и дешевле ездить|work=rbc.ru|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724134238/http://top.rbc.ru/money/20/07/2015/55ad01229a794778050020f6|archive-date=July 24, 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://i.rbc.ru/publication/analytic/otsifrovannye_shashki_kak_tehnologii_perekroili Оцифрованные шашки: как технологии перекроили рынок такси / РБК Инновации<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150805050244/http://i.rbc.ru/publication/analytic/otsifrovannye_shashki_kak_tehnologii_perekroili|date=August 5, 2015}}</ref>

Russian tech firm Yandex is testing self-driving taxis in Moscow. Yandex's fleet of around 170 driverless cars has travelled more than 14 million kilometres. Robotaxis will available through the company's Yandex.Go application in Yasenevo district.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/russian-tech-firm-yandex-test-self-driving-taxis-moscow-this-year-2021-09-08/|title = Russian tech firm Yandex to test self-driving taxis in Moscow this year|newspaper = Reuters|date = September 8, 2021|access-date = October 29, 2021|archive-date = October 29, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211029110105/https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/russian-tech-firm-yandex-test-self-driving-taxis-moscow-this-year-2021-09-08/|url-status = live}}</ref>

===Railway===
[[File:Komsomolskaya square as seen from Leningradskaya hotel in winter (2014) -Вид на Комсомольскую площадь из гостиницы Ленинградская - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Komsomolskaya Square known as "Three Station Square" thanks to three ornate rail terminal situated there: Leningradsky, Yaroslavsky, and Kazansky.]] Several train stations serve the city. Moscow's ten rail terminals (or {{transliteration|ru|vokzals}}) are:

*Belorussky Rail Terminal
*Kazansky Rail Terminal
*Kiyevsky Rail Terminal
*Kursky Rail Terminal
*Leningradsky Rail Terminal
*Paveletsky Rail Terminal
*Rizhsky Rail Terminal
*Savyolovsky Rail Terminal
*Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal
*Vostochny railway Terminal

[[File:Bullet-Train.jpg|thumb|The high-speed Sapsan train links Moscow with Saint Petersburg.]]
The terminals are located close to the city center, along with the metro ringline 5 or close to it, and connect to a metro line to the centre of town. Each station handles trains from different parts of Europe and Asia.<ref name="mostimestrain">{{cite news |url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/travel/arriving/bytrain.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060708154220/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/travel/arriving/bytrain.html|archive-date=July 8, 2006|newspaper=The Moscow Times|title=Getting to Russia: Arriving by Train|access-date=July 3, 2006}}</ref> There are many smaller railway stations in Moscow. As train tickets are cheap, they are the preferred mode of travel for Russians, especially when departing to Saint Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city. Moscow is the western terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which traverses nearly {{convert|9300|km}} of Russian territory to Vladivostok on the [[Earth:Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] coast.

Suburbs and satellite cities are connected by commuter elektrichka (electric rail) network. Elektrichkas depart from each of these terminals to the nearby (up to {{convert|140|km|mi|0|disp=or|abbr=on}}) large railway stations.

During the 2010s, the Little Ring of the Moscow Railway was converted to be used for frequent passenger service; it is fully integrated with Moscow Metro; the passenger service started on September 10, 2016. A connecting railway line on the North side of the town connects Belorussky terminal with other railway lines. This is used by some suburban trains.

==== Moscow Central Circle ====
[[File:MCC_12LUZH_7041_PLAT.jpg|thumb|left|"Lastochka" train on "Luzhniki" station (Line 14)]]
The Moskovskaya Okruzhnaya Zheleznaya Doroga formed a ring around the now-downtown Moscow since 1903, but only served as a non-electrified, fueled locomotive-only railway prior to reconstruction into MCC in 2010's.

The Moscow Central Circle is a {{convert|54|km|mi|adj = mid|-long}} [[Engineering:Urban rail transit|urban-metro railway]] orbital line that encircles historical Moscow. It was built alongside Little Ring of the Moscow Railway, taking some of its tracks into itself as well. M.C.C. was opened for passenger use on September 10, 2016. MOZD is integrated as "Line 14 of Moscow Metro", and, while using railway-sized trains, can be perceived as "S-train-design circle line".

The line is operated by the Moscow Government owned company MKZD through the Moscow Metro, with the Federal Government owned Russian Railways selected as the operation subcontractor. The track infrastructure and most platforms are owned by Russian Railways, while MKZD owns most station buildings. However, in ''S-bahn'' way, Moscow unified tickets "Ediniiy" and "Troika" are accepted by MCC stations. There is one zero-fee interchange for any ticket used on Moscow Metro station less than 90 minutes before entering an MCC station (and vice versa: a passenger of MCC gets 1 free interchange to Moscow Metro within 90 minutes after entering MCC station)

==== Moscow Central Diameters ====
[[File:EG2Tv arrives to Belorussky rail terminal (platform 4).jpg|thumb|left|An EG2Tv train arriving at the Moscow Belorussky railway station]]
[[File:Moscow Central Diameters - passenger scheme1.jpg|thumb|Map of the Moscow Central Diameters]]
Another system, which forms "genuine ''S-Bahn''" as in "suburbia-city-suburbia"-designed railway, is the Moscow Central Diameters, a pass-through railways system, created by constructing bypasses from "vokzals" final stations (e.g. by avoiding the central stations of already existing Moscow Railway, used for both intercity and urban-suburban travel before)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.railway-technology.com/news/moscow-central-diameters-opened-public/|title=Moscow Central Diameters, Russia, opens to the public|date=November 25, 2019|access-date=December 24, 2019|archive-date=December 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224183501/https://www.railway-technology.com/news/moscow-central-diameters-opened-public/|url-status=live}}</ref> and forming a train line across Moscow's centre.

Out of 5 projected lines, the first 2 lines were completed and launched on 2019-11-21 (e.g. November 21, 2019).

While using the same rails as "regular" suburban trains to vokzals, MCD trains ("''Ivolga''" model) got distinguishing features (shape; red cabin, different windows, lesser amount of seats; big red "MЦΔ" train logo).

===Roads===
[[File:Площадь Тверская Застава (вид сверху).jpg|thumb|Intersection at Tverskaya Zastava Square]]
There are over 2.6 million cars in the city daily. Recent years have seen growth in the number of cars, which have caused traffic jams and lack of parking space to become major problems.

The Moscow Ring Road (MKAD), along with the Third Transport Ring and the canceled Fourth Transport Ring, is one of only three freeways that run within Moscow city limits. Several other roadway systems form concentric circles around the city.

===Air===
There are five primary commercial airports serving Moscow: Sheremetyevo (SVO), Domodedovo (DME), Vnukovo (VKO), Zhukovsky (ZIA), Ostafyevo (OSF).
[[File:Airbus A319-112, CSA - Czech Airlines AN2166020.jpg|thumb|left|Sheremetyevo, the busiest airport in Russia, is ranked as the second-busiest airport in Europe.]]
Sheremetyevo International Airport is the most globally connected of Moscow's airports, handling 60% of all international flights.<ref name="4airports">{{cite news|url=http://www.go-russia.com/angela.php|title=Moscow Airports|date=October 7, 2007|access-date=October 7, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011092857/http://go-russia.com/angela.php|archive-date=October 11, 2007|publisher=Go-Russia}}</ref> It is also a home to all SkyTeam members, and the main hub for Aeroflot (itself a member of SkyTeam). Domodedovo International Airport is the leading airport in Russia in terms of passenger throughput and is the primary gateway to long-haul domestic and CIS destinations and its international traffic rivals Sheremetyevo. It is a hub for S7 airlines, and most of OneWorld and Star Alliance members use Domodedovo as their international hub. Vnukovo International Airport handles flights of Turkish Airlines, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi and others. Ostafyevo International Airport caters primarily to business aviation.

Moscow's airports vary in distances from the MKAD beltway: Domodedovo is the farthest at {{convert|22|km|0|abbr=on}}; Vnukovo is {{convert|11|km|0|abbr=on}}; Sheremetyevo is {{convert|10|km|0|abbr=on}}; and Ostafievo, the nearest, is about {{convert|8|km|mi}} from MKAD.<ref name="4airports"/>

There are a number of smaller airports close to Moscow (19 in Moscow Oblast) such as Myachkovo Airport, that are intended for private aircraft, helicopters and charters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sostav.ru/news/2004/08/18/72/|title=Аэропорт сменил хозяев. "Мячково" будет развивать компания "Финпромко"|website=www.sostav.ru|access-date=April 1, 2021|archive-date=September 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922142137/https://www.sostav.ru/news/2004/08/18/72/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Water===
Moscow has two passenger terminals, (South River Terminal and North River Terminal or Rechnoy vokzal), on the river and regular ship routes and cruises along the Moskva and Oka rivers, which are used mostly for entertainment. The North River Terminal, built in 1937, is the main hub for long-range river routes. There are three freight ports serving Moscow.

===Sharing system===
[[File:Каршеринг в Москве (Яндекс.Драйв).jpg|thumb|{{As of|2020}}, Moscow has the largest fleet of carsharing vehicles in the world, with more than 30,000 cars.<ref name="Carsharing">{{cite web|url=https://stroi.mos.ru/city_news/moskva-vyshla-v-mirovyie-lidiery-po-parku-karshieringha|title=Москва вышла в мировые лидеры по парку каршеринга|date=January 10, 2020|work=stroi.mos.ru|access-date=October 18, 2020|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017134213/https://stroi.mos.ru/city_news/moskva-vyshla-v-mirovyie-lidiery-po-parku-karshieringha|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
Moscow has different vehicle sharing options that are sponsored by the local government. There are several car sharing companies which are in charge of providing cars to the population. To drive the automobiles, the user has to book them through the app of the owning company. In 2018 the mayor Sergey Sobyanin said Moscow's car sharing system has become the biggest in Europe in terms of vehicle fleet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2018/03/09/moscows-car-sharing-market-becomes-biggest-in-europe-mayor-says-a60762|title=Moscow's Car Sharing Market Becomes Biggest in Europe, Mayor Says|date=March 9, 2018|website=The Moscow Times|access-date=April 21, 2019|archive-date=April 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421134424/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2018/03/09/moscows-car-sharing-market-becomes-biggest-in-europe-mayor-says-a60762|url-status=live}}</ref> Every day about 25,000 people use this service. In the end of the same year Moscow carsharing became the second in the world in therms of fleet with 16.5K available vehicles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-08/here-is-the-future-of-car-sharing-and-carmakers-should-be-terrified|title=Here Is the Future of Car Sharing, and Carmakers Should Be Terrified|date=February 8, 2019|website={{wipe|Bloomberg News}}|access-date=June 7, 2019|archive-date=March 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306234833/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-08/here-is-the-future-of-car-sharing-and-carmakers-should-be-terrified|url-status=live}}</ref> Another sharing system is bike sharing (''Velobike'') of a fleet formed by 3000 traditional and electrical bicycles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://velobike.ru/en/|title=Велобайк|website=velobike.ru|access-date=May 20, 2018|archive-date=May 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521023351/https://velobike.ru/en/|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Delisamokat'' is a new sharing service that provides electrical scooters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://delisamokat.ru/en/|title=Delisamokat|website=delisamokat.ru|access-date=May 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521024358/https://delisamokat.ru/en|archive-date=May 21, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are companies that provide different vehicles to the population in proximity to Moscow's big parks.

===Future development===
[[File:Перспективное новое строительство в Москва-Сити (2020).jpg|thumb|left|The 2020 development concept of Moscow International Business Center and its adjacent territory implies the construction of even more skyscrapers during the period of 2020–2027.<ref>{{cite web|title=Собянин назвал сроки реализации проекта развития "Большого Сити"|url=https://rg.ru/2020/09/16/reg-cfo/sobianin-nazval-sroki-realizacii-proekta-razvitiia-bolshogo-siti.html|publisher=Rossiyskaya Gazeta|author=Любовь Проценко, Сергей Михеев|date=September 16, 2020|access-date=December 4, 2020|archive-date=November 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128062417/https://rg.ru/2020/09/16/reg-cfo/sobianin-nazval-sroki-realizacii-proekta-razvitiia-bolshogo-siti.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Собянин обещал достроить "Большой Сити" через семь лет|url=https://realty.rbc.ru/news/5f620ab99a794772c9fe4682|publisher=Rbc.ru|author=Вера Лунькова|date=September 16, 2020|access-date=December 4, 2020|archive-date=November 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129064309/https://realty.rbc.ru/news/5f620ab99a794772c9fe4682|url-status=live}}</ref>]]

In 1992, the Moscow government began planning a projected new part of central Moscow, the Moscow International Business Center, with the goal of creating a zone, the first in Russia, and in all of Eastern Europe,<ref>{{cite news|date=December 23, 2005|script-title=ru:Москва-Сити начинается строительство Города столиц|language=ru|agency=Lenta.ru|url=http://lenta.ru/news/2005/12/23/city/|access-date=May 24, 2009|archive-date=June 22, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622153322/http://www.lenta.ru/news/2005/12/23/city/|url-status=live}}</ref> that will combine business activity, living space and entertainment. Situated in Presnensky District and located at the Third Ring, the Moscow City area is under intense development. The construction of the MIBC takes place on the Krasnopresnenskaya embankment. The whole project takes up to {{convert|1|km2|acre|spell=in|abbr=off}}. The area is the only spot in downtown Moscow that can accommodate a project of this magnitude. Today, most of the buildings there are old factories and industrial complexes.

The Federation Tower, completed in 2016, is the second-tallest building in Europe. It is planned to include a water park and other recreational facilities; business, office, entertainment, and residential buildings, a transport network and a new site for the Moscow government. The construction of four new metro stations in the territory has been completed, two of which have opened and two others are reserved for future metro lines crossing MIBC, some additional stations were planned. 
* A rail shuttle service, directly connecting MIBC with the Sheremetyevo International Airport is also planned.

Major thoroughfares through MIBC are the Third Ring and Kutuzovsky Prospekt.

Three metro stations were initially planned for the Filyovskaya Line. The station Delovoi Tsentr opened in 2005 and was later renamed Vystavochnaya in 2009. The branch extended to the Mezhdunarodnaya station in 2006, and all work on the third station, Dorogomilovskaya (between Kiyevskaya and Delovoi Tsentr), has been postponed. There are plans to extend the branch as far as the Savyolovskaya station, on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line. Line 4 of Moscow Metro had the longest time intervals between train arrivals (approximately 8 minutes for Mezhdunarodnaya and Vystavochnaya branch of line 4) throughout the 2010s. However, Vystavochnaya has been expanded with Line 8A platforms (segment of future Line 11), and Mezhdunarodnaya has been upgraded with line 14 platform.

The cellphone service provider MTS announced on March 5, 2021, that they would begin the country's first pilot [[5G|5G]] network in Moscow. 14 hotspots were positioned across the city's main tourist attractions, including Lubyanka Square near Red Square, the Moscow City financial district and the VDNKh exhibition center.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/03/05/russias-mts-launches-pilot-5g-network-in-moscow-hotspots-a73164 |title=Russia's MTS Launches Pilot 5G Network in Moscow Hotspots |work=Moscow Times |date=March 5, 2021 |access-date=September 27, 2021 |archive-date=October 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025010605/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/03/05/russias-mts-launches-pilot-5g-network-in-moscow-hotspots-a73164 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Media==

Moscow is home to nearly all of Russia's nationwide television networks, radio stations, newspapers, and magazines.

===Newspapers===
English-language media include ''The Moscow Times'' and ''Moscow News'', which are, respectively, the largest<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/doc/Adv.html |newspaper=The Moscow Times |title=Advertising Information |access-date=July 6, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060706182233/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/doc/Adv.html |archive-date=July 6, 2006 }}</ref> and oldest English-language weekly newspapers in all of Russia. {{Lang|ru-latn|Kommersant}}, ''Vedomosti'' and ''Novaya Gazeta'' are Russian-language media headquartered in Moscow. {{Lang|ru-latn|Kommersant}} and ''Vedomosti'' are among the country's leading and oldest Russian-language business newspapers.

===TV and radio===
[[File:2019-07-28-3422-Moscow.jpg|thumb|The RTRN building]]

Other media in Moscow include the ''Echo of Moscow'', the first Soviet and Russian private news radio and information agency, and NTV, one of the first privately owned Russian television stations. The total number of radio stations in Moscow in the FM band is near 50.

'''Moscow television networks:'''
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* Channel One
* Russia-1
* Russia-2
* NTV
* TV Tsentr
* Channel 5
* Rossiya Kultura
* Russia-24
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* Public Television of Russia
* REN TV
* STS
* TNT
* TV-3
* Zvezda
* Domashny
* Carousel
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* Peretz
* Euronews
* 2x2
* Pyatnica!
* Disney Channel
* RBC
* Moskva 24
* Dozhd
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* RU.TV
* Petersburg – Channel 5
|}

'''Moscow radio stations:'''
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* "Russian (Russkoye) Radio"
* "Europa Plus"
* "DFM"
* "NRJ (Russia)"
* "Radio Maximum"
* "Voice of Russia (in English)"
* "Radio Freedom (Svoboda)"
* "Megapolis FM"
* "Radio Kultura (Culture)"
* "Pioneer FM"
* "Zvezda"
* "Komsomolskaya Pravda"
* "Orpheus"
* "Monte Carlo"
* "Love Radio"
* "The Main" Главная
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* "Govorit Moskva"
* "Radio Dacha"
* "Nashe Radio"
* "Radio 7"
* "Humor FM"
* "Retro FM"
* "Ultra"
* "Keks FM"
* "Carnival"
* "Dobrye Pesni (Good Songs)"
* "Voyage FM"
* "Kino FM"
* "Finam FM"
* "First Popular"
* "Politseiskaya Volna (Police Wave)"
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* "Radio Sport"
* "Radio Rossii"
* "Radio Podmoskovye"
* "Radiocompany Moscow"
* "UFM"
* "Mayak"
* "Business FM"
* "Autoradio"
* "Moya Semia (My Family)"
* "XFM"
* "Fresh Radio"
* "Silver Rain"
* "Chanson"
* "M-Radio"
* "Orphey"
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* "Echo of Moscow"
* "Radio Jazz"
* "Classic Radio"
* "Vesti FM"
* "City FM"
* "Relax FM"
* "Kommersant FM"
* "Rock FM"
* "Children's Radio"
* "Radio Alla"
* "Best FM"
* "Next FM"
* "Hit FM"
* "Radio Record"
* "Capital FM Moscow"
|}

==People==

<gallery mode="packed" heights="150">
File: Portrait of Alexander Pushkin (Orest Kiprensky, 1827).PNG|Alexander Pushkin, the founder of modern Russian literature, was born in Moscow in 1799.
File:Vasily Perov - Портрет Ф.М.Достоевского - Google Art Project.jpg|Fyodor Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow in 1821.
File:Joseph Kreutzinger - Portrait of Count Alexander Suvorov - WGA12281.jpg|Alexander Suvorov was born in Moscow in 1730.
File:Peter de Grote.jpg|Peter the Great was born in Moscow in 1672.
</gallery>

==International relations==

===Twin towns – sister cities===
Moscow is twinned with:
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*[[Place:Almaty|Almaty]], Kazakhstan<ref name=kazakhstan>{{cite web|title=Есть ли побратимы у Актау и других городов Казахстана|url=https://tumba.kz/zhizn-regiona/11-zhizn-regiona/43012-Est_li_pobratimy_u_Aktau_i_drugih_gorodov_Kazahstan.html|website=tumba.kz|publisher=Tumba|language=ru|date=May 4, 2019|access-date=November 30, 2020|archive-date=December 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212082104/https://tumba.kz/zhizn-regiona/11-zhizn-regiona/43012-Est_li_pobratimy_u_Aktau_i_drugih_gorodov_Kazahstan.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Place:Ankara|Ankara]], Turkey<ref>{{cite web|title=Sister Cities of Ankara|url=https://www.ankara.bel.tr/en/foreign-relations-department/sister-cities-of-ankara|website=ankara.bel.tr|publisher=Ankara|access-date=February 2, 2020|archive-date=April 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428004055/https://www.ankara.bel.tr/en/foreign-relations-department/sister-cities-of-ankara|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Place:Astana|Astana]], Kazakhstan<ref name=kazakhstan/>
*[[Place:Baku|Baku]], Azerbaijan<ref>{{cite web|title=Bakının qardaşlaşdığı şəhərlər - SİYAHI|url=https://modern.az/az/news/96318|website=modern.az|language=az|date=February 16, 2016|access-date=June 26, 2020|archive-date=December 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205184915/https://modern.az/az/news/96318|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Place:Bangkok|Bangkok]], Thailand<ref>{{cite web|title=Moscow|url=http://iad.bangkok.go.th/en/showsister_cities?id=32|publisher=Bangkok Metropolitan Administration|access-date=November 11, 2020|archive-date=November 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105040202/http://iad.bangkok.go.th/en/showsister_cities?id=32|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Place:Beijing|Beijing]], China<ref>{{cite web|title=Sister Cities|url=http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/|website=ebeijing.gov.cn|publisher=Beijing|access-date=February 2, 2020|archive-date=February 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202081742/http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/Sister_Cities_2017/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Place:Berlin|Berlin]], Germany<ref>{{cite web|title=Städtepartnerschaften|url=https://www.berlin.de/rbmskzl/politik/internationales/staedtepartnerschaften/|website=berlin.de|publisher=Berlin|language=de|access-date=February 2, 2020|archive-date=December 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209104752/https://www.berlin.de/rbmskzl/internationales/staedtepartnerschaften/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Place:Bucharest|Bucharest]], Romania<ref>{{cite web|title=Cu cine este înfrăţit Bucureştiul?|url=https://adevarul.ro/news/bucuresti/cu-infratit-bucurestiult-1_50bdf86b7c42d5a663d0ec3e/index.html|website=adevarul.ro|publisher=Adevărul|language=ro|date=February 21, 2011|access-date=February 3, 2020|archive-date=February 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217103242/https://adevarul.ro/news/bucuresti/cu-infratit-bucurestiult-1_50bdf86b7c42d5a663d0ec3e/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Place:Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires]], Argentina<ref>{{cite web|title=Convenios Internacionales|url=https://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/internacionalesycooperacion/relacionesbilaterales/convenios|website=buenosaires.gob.ar|publisher=Buenos Aires|language=es|access-date=February 14, 2020|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803135328/https://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/internacionalesycooperacion/relacionesbilaterales/convenios|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Cusco, Peru<ref>{{cite web|title=Ciudades Hermanas de Cusco|url=https://www.aatccusco.com/ciudades_hermanas.php|website=aatccusco.com|publisher=Asociación de Agencias de Turismo del Cusco|language=es|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-date=March 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329013108/https://www.aatccusco.com/ciudades_hermanas.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Dubai, United Arab Emirates<ref>{{cite web|title=بحضور عمدة مدينة فرانكفورت إزاحة الستار عن النصب التذكاري|url=https://www.moccae.gov.ae/ar/media-center/news/9/3/2014/%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B6%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D8%A5%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A.aspx|website=moccae.gov.ae|publisher=Ministry of Climate Change and Environment of United Arab Emirates|language=ar|date=March 9, 2014|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310201922/https://www.moccae.gov.ae/ar/media-center/news/9/3/2014/%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B6%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A9-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D8%A5%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Ganja, Azerbaijan<ref>{{cite web|title=Gədəbəy şəhəri ilə ABŞ-ın Oklahoma şatatının Stilluater (Stillwater) şəhəri arasında qardaşlaşma memorandumu imzalanıb|url=https://anews.az/az/gedebey-seheri-ile-amerika-birlesmis-statlarinin-oklahoma-seheri-arasinda-qardaslasma-memorandumu-imzalanib-fotolar/|website=anews.az|publisher=Azerbaijan News|language=az|date=November 9, 2019|access-date=June 26, 2020|archive-date=June 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627220320/https://anews.az/az/gedebey-seheri-ile-amerika-birlesmis-statlarinin-oklahoma-seheri-arasinda-qardaslasma-memorandumu-imzalanib-fotolar/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam<ref>{{cite web|title=Các địa phương kết nghĩa với TPHCM|url=http://www.mofahcm.gov.vn/vi/hoptac_qt/nr041014110554/|website=mofahcm.gov.vn|publisher=Foreign affairs in Ho Chi Minh City|language=vi|access-date=April 13, 2020|archive-date=September 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926182926/http://www.mofahcm.gov.vn/vi/hoptac_qt/nr041014110554|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Place:Jakarta|Jakarta]], Indonesia<ref>{{cite web|title=Djarot to visit Moscow to extend sister city agreement|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/08/02/djarot-to-visit-moscow-to-extend-sister-city-agreement.html|website=thejakartapost.com|publisher=The Jakarta Post|date=August 2, 2017|access-date=April 13, 2020|archive-date=April 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413062641/https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/08/02/djarot-to-visit-moscow-to-extend-sister-city-agreement.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*[[Place:Ljubljana|Ljubljana]], Slovenia<ref>{{cite web|title=Intercity cooperation|url=https://www.ljubljana.si/en/about-ljubljana/international-cooperation/intercity-cooperation/|website=ljubljana.si|publisher=Mestna občina Ljubljana|access-date=February 2, 2020|archive-date=October 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030135926/https://www.ljubljana.si/en/about-ljubljana/international-cooperation/intercity-cooperation/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Place:London|London]], United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web|title=Indulge Your Wanderlust With A Trip To London's Twin Cities|url=https://secretldn.com/londons-twin-cities/|website=secretldn.com|publisher=Secret London|date=October 8, 2017|access-date=April 30, 2020|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803095547/https://secretldn.com/londons-twin-cities/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Place:Manila|Manila]], Philippines<ref>{{cite web|title=Manila, Bacoor sign sister city accord|url=https://news.mb.com.ph/2017/08/16/manila-bacoor-sign-sister-city-accord/|website=news.mb.com.ph|publisher=Manila Bulletin|date=August 16, 2017|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-date=February 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218155037/https://news.mb.com.ph/2017/08/16/manila-bacoor-sign-sister-city-accord/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Place:New Delhi|New Delhi]], India<ref>{{cite web|title=Twin-cities celebrate India-Russia connect|url=https://www.rbth.com/articles/2012/01/26/twin-cities_celebrate_india-russia_connect_14631|website=rbth.com|publisher=Russia Beyond|date=January 26, 2012|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-date=February 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218155034/https://www.rbth.com/articles/2012/01/26/twin-cities_celebrate_india-russia_connect_14631|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Place:Pyongyang|Pyongyang]], North Korea<ref>{{cite book|last=Corfield|first=Justin|title=Historical Dictionary of Pyongyang|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a46gFDWr3aMC&pg=PA196|year=2013|publisher=Anthem Press|location=London|isbn=978-0-85728-234-7|page=196|chapter=Sister Cities|access-date=September 14, 2018|archive-date=February 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218091156/https://books.google.com/books?id=a46gFDWr3aMC&pg=PA196|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Place:Rasht|Rasht]], Iran<ref>{{cite web|title=About city|url=http://www.gums.ac.ir/velayat/5555/About-City.aspx|website=gums.ac.ir|publisher=Guilan University of Medical Sciences|access-date=June 18, 2020|archive-date=August 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807025249/http://www.gums.ac.ir/velayat/5555/About-City.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Place:Reykjavík|Reykjavík]], Iceland<ref>{{cite web|title=Minnisblað|url=https://reykjavik.is/sites/default/files/skjol_borgarstjornarfundur/180914_minnisblad_reykjavikurborg_endurskodun_stefnu_i_erlendum_samskiptum.pdf|website=reykjavik.is|publisher=Reykjavík|page=3|language=is|date=September 14, 2018|access-date=June 11, 2020|archive-date=June 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611095517/https://reykjavik.is/sites/default/files/skjol_borgarstjornarfundur/180914_minnisblad_reykjavikurborg_endurskodun_stefnu_i_erlendum_samskiptum.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Place:Riga|Riga]], Latvia<ref>{{cite web|title=Riga Twin Cities|url=https://www.riga.lv/en/riga-twin-cities|website=riga.lv|publisher=Riga|access-date=November 30, 2020|archive-date=May 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512070258/https://www.riga.lv/en/riga-twin-cities|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Place:Seoul|Seoul]], South Korea<ref>{{cite web|title=Sister and Friendship Cities|url=http://english.seoul.go.kr/policy/international-exchange/sister-cities/|website=seoul.go.kr|publisher=Seoul Metropolitan Government|access-date=November 30, 2020|archive-date=May 4, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504045307/http://english.seoul.go.kr/gover/cooper/coo_02sis.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Place:Tashkent|Tashkent]], Uzbekistan<ref>{{cite web|title=Ну, здравствуй, брат! Города-побратимы Ташкента|url=http://vot.uz/article/2015/11/10/neobratimi%D0%B5-pobratimi|website=vot.uz|publisher=The Voice of Tashkent|language=ru|date=November 10, 2015|access-date=November 15, 2020|archive-date=February 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203081144/http://vot.uz/article/2015/11/10/neobratimi%D0%B5-pobratimi|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Place:Tehran|Tehran]], Iran<ref>{{cite web|title=گذری بر خواهرخوانده تهران در شرق اروپا|url=https://www.isna.ir/news/96122915736/%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7|website=isna.ir|publisher=Iranian Students' News Agency|language=fa|date=March 21, 2018|access-date=June 18, 2020|archive-date=May 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528203620/https://www.isna.ir/news/96122915736/%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Place:Tokyo|Tokyo]], Japan<ref>{{cite web|title=Sister Cities(States) of Tokyo|url=https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/ENGLISH/ABOUT/LINKS/sister.htm|website=metro.tokyo.lg.jp|publisher=Tokyo Metropolitan Government|access-date=February 12, 2020|archive-date=September 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925190844/http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/ENGLISH/ABOUT/LINKS/sister.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Place:Ulaanbaatar|Ulaanbaatar]], Mongolia<ref>{{cite web|title=Улаанбаатар хоттой ах, дүү хотууд|url=https://about.barilga.mn/n/946/|website=barilga.mn|publisher=Barilga|language=mn|access-date=November 11, 2020|archive-date=March 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318132843/https://about.barilga.mn/n/946/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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===Cooperation agreements===
Moscow has cooperation agreements with:
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* [[Place:Bangkok|Bangkok]], Thailand (1997)<ref>{{cite web|title= Protocol of friendly ties between the cities of Bangkok and Moscow|date= June 19, 1997|url= http://iad.bangkok.go.th/sites/default/files/Moscow.pdf|author1= Bangkok Metropolitan Administration|author2= City of Moscow|access-date= August 3, 2016|archive-date= August 5, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190805065125/http://iad.bangkok.go.th/sites/default/files/Moscow.pdf|url-status= dead}}</ref>
* [[Place:Lisbon|Lisbon]], Portugal (1997)<ref>{{cite web|title=Acordos de Cooperação e/ou Amizade|url=https://www.lisboa.pt/municipio/relacoes-internacionais/acordos/acordos-de-cooperacao-e/ou-amizade|website=lisboa.pt|publisher=Lisboa|language=pt|access-date=February 3, 2020|archive-date=February 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203073440/https://www.lisboa.pt/municipio/relacoes-internacionais/acordos/acordos-de-cooperacao-e/ou-amizade|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Place:Madrid|Madrid]], Spain (2006)<ref>{{cite web|title=Agreements with cities|url=https://www.madrid.es/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=76957c275129a310VgnVCM2000000c205a0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=ce069e242ab26010VgnVCM100000dc0ca8c0RCRD&vgnextfmt=default&idCapitulo=7182437|website=madrid.es|publisher=Madrid|access-date=February 3, 2020|archive-date=June 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610162129/https://www.madrid.es/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=76957c275129a310VgnVCM2000000c205a0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=ce069e242ab26010VgnVCM100000dc0ca8c0RCRD&vgnextfmt=default&idCapitulo=7182437|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Place:Tel Aviv|Tel Aviv]], Israel (2001)<ref>{{cite web|title=ערים שותפות|url=https://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/About/Pages/Partnerships.aspx|website=tel-aviv.gov.il|publisher=Tel Aviv|language=he|access-date=February 12, 2020|archive-date=November 18, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171118182155/https://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/About/Pages/Partnerships.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Place:Tunis|Tunis]], Tunisia (1998)<ref>{{cite web|title=Coopération internationale|url=http://www.commune-tunis.gov.tn/publish/content/article.asp?id=771|website=commune-tunis.gov.tn|publisher=Tunis|language=fr|access-date=February 5, 2020|archive-date=February 22, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140222092512/http://www.commune-tunis.gov.tn/publish/content/article.asp?id=771|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Place:Yerevan|Yerevan]], Armenia (1995)<ref>{{cite web|title=Partner cities|url=https://www.yerevan.am/en/partner/partner-cities/|website=yerevan.am|publisher=Yerevan|access-date=February 3, 2020|archive-date=November 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105220142/http://www.yerevan.am/3-233-233.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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===Former twin towns and sister cities===
* Brno, Czech Republic (terminated due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.praguemorning.cz/brno-ends-partnerships-with-russian-cities/ |title=Brno Ends Partnerships With Russian Cities |date=February 25, 2022 |access-date=March 6, 2022 |archive-date=March 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306130201/https://www.praguemorning.cz/brno-ends-partnerships-with-russian-cities/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* {{wipe|Chicago}}, United States (suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://justthenews.com/world/chicago-severs-ties-sister-city-moscow#:~:text=The%20city%20of%20Chicago%20is%20suspending%20its%20relationship,to%20demonstrate%20a%20strong%20condemnation%20of%20the%20invasion. |title=Chicago cut ties with 'sister city' Moscow, among latest to disassociate with Russia's aggression |website=justthenews.com |author=Sophie Mann |date=2 March 2022 |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-date=May 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510181618/https://justthenews.com/world/chicago-severs-ties-sister-city-moscow#:~:text=The%20city%20of%20Chicago%20is%20suspending%20its%20relationship,to%20demonstrate%20a%20strong%20condemnation%20of%20the%20invasion. |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Place:Düsseldorf|Düsseldorf]], Germany (suspended due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine)<ref>{{cite web|title=Düsseldorf legt Städtepartnerschaft mit Moskau auf Eis|url=https://www.rtl.de/cms/duesseldorf-legt-staedtepartnerschaft-mit-moskau-auf-eis-4925998.html|language=de|access-date=February 27, 2022|archive-date=February 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227224017/https://www.rtl.de/cms/duesseldorf-legt-staedtepartnerschaft-mit-moskau-auf-eis-4925998.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Weltweite Kontakte: Türöffner für Bürger, Wirtschaft und Kultur|url=https://www.duesseldorf.de/internationales/partnerschaften.html|website=duesseldorf.de|publisher=Düsseldorf|language=de|access-date=February 3, 2020|archive-date=June 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627144546/https://www.duesseldorf.de/internationales/partnerschaften.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Kharkiv, Ukraine<ref>{{cite web|title=Російські міста — більше не побратими Харкову — міський голова|url=https://suspilne.media/233295-rosijski-mista-bilse-ne-pobratimi-harkovu-miskij-golova/|website=suspilne.media|language=uk|access-date=August 18, 2023|archive-date=October 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008193659/https://suspilne.media/233295-rosijski-mista-bilse-ne-pobratimi-harkovu-miskij-golova/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Place:Kyiv|Kyiv]], Ukraine<ref>{{cite web |title=Kyiv and Moscow - no longer twin cities |url=https://old.qha.com.ua/en/society/kyiv-and-moscow-no-longer-twin-cities/137143/ |website=QHA |access-date=December 22, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222191019/https://old.qha.com.ua/en/society/kyiv-and-moscow-no-longer-twin-cities/137143/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Place:Prague|Prague]], Czech Republic (suspended since 2014 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine)<ref>{{cite web|title=Partnerská města HMP|url=http://zahranicnivztahy.praha.eu/jnp/cz/partnerska_mesta/index.html|website=zahranicnivztahy.praha.eu|publisher=Prague|language=cs|access-date=February 2, 2020|archive-date=June 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625205859/http://zahranicnivztahy.praha.eu/jnp/cz/partnerska_mesta/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.praha.eu/jnp/cz/o_meste/zivot_v_praze/praha_pozastavila_partnerstvi_s_moskvou$5465-export.html |title=Praha pozastavila partnerství s Moskvou. Kvůli Ukrajině (Portál hlavního města Prahy) |access-date=August 29, 2023 |archive-date=August 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829122355/https://www.praha.eu/jnp/cz/o_meste/zivot_v_praze/praha_pozastavila_partnerstvi_s_moskvou$5465-export.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/domaci-prazsky-magistrat-posle-ukrajine-deset-milionu-hrib-chce-konec-partnerstvi-s-moskvou-40388211 |title=Pražský magistrát pošle Ukrajině deset milionů. Hřib chce konec partnerství s Moskvou - Novinky |access-date=August 29, 2023 |archive-date=August 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829122354/https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/domaci-prazsky-magistrat-posle-ukrajine-deset-milionu-hrib-chce-konec-partnerstvi-s-moskvou-40388211 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Place:Tallinn|Tallinn]], Estonia<ref>{{cite web|title=Moskva|url=https://www.tallinn.ee/et/valissuhted/moskva|website=tallinn.ee|publisher=Tallinn|language=et|access-date=August 18, 2023|archive-date=August 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803065014/https://www.tallinn.ee/et/valissuhted/moskva|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Place:Vilnius|Vilnius]], Lithuania<ref>{{cite web|title=Miestai partneriai|url=http://www.ivilnius.lt/pazink/apie-vilniu/miestai-partneriai|website=ivilnius.lt|publisher=Vilnius|language=lt|access-date=February 3, 2020|archive-date=September 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927093052/http://www.ivilnius.lt/pazink/apie-vilniu/miestai-partneriai|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Place:Warsaw|Warsaw]], Poland (terminated due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://tvn24.pl/tvnwarszawa/najnowsze/warszawa-rada-warszawy-potepia-atak-rosji-na-ukraine-i-zrywa-wspolprace-z-rosyjskimi-miastami-5621996| language = pl| title = Rada Warszawy: najważniejszym zadaniem jest stworzyć uchodźcom drugi dom| access-date = March 6, 2022| archive-date = May 11, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220511060219/https://tvn24.pl/tvnwarszawa/najnowsze/warszawa-rada-warszawy-potepia-atak-rosji-na-ukraine-i-zrywa-wspolprace-z-rosyjskimi-miastami-5621996| url-status = live}}</ref>

==See also==
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* List of churches in Moscow
* List of Moscow tourist attractions
* List of museums in Moscow
* List of shopping malls in Moscow
* Mayor of Moscow
* Moscow Millionaire Fair
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Literature==
*{{cite book
 |last1= Vostryshev
 |first1= M.I.
 |last2= Shokarev
 |first2= S.Y.
 |date= 2011
 |script-title=ru:Вся Москва от А до Я. Энциклопедия
 |trans-title= Moscow from A to Z. Encyclopedia
 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ontKDwAAQBAJ
 |language= ru
 |location= 
 |publisher= Алгоритм
 |page= 1064
 |isbn= 978-5-4320-0001-9
}}

==External links==
* [https://strelkamag.com/ru/article/moscow-housing-map Interactive map of housing in Moscow from 1785–2018]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623093543/https://strelkamag.com/ru/article/moscow-housing-map |date=June 23, 2020 }}.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170722083414/http://en.travel2moscow.com/ Travel2moscow.com – Official Moscow Guide]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120505061015/http://mos.ru/en/index.php Official Moscow Administration Site]
*[http://xn--80adxhks.xn--h1akdx.xn--80aswg/ Informational website of Moscow] {{in lang|ru}}
*[http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/russia/moscow/moscow.html Old maps of Moscow]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116220851/http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/russia/moscow/moscow.html |date=January 16, 2021 }}. Eran Laor Cartographic Collection. The National Library of Israel. In [http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/historic_cities.html Historic Cities Research Project]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325051637/http://historic-cities.huji.ac.il/historic_cities.html |date=March 25, 2022 }}.


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