Moscow[a] is thecapital andlargest city ofRussia, standing on theMoskva River inCentral Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits,[6] over 19.1 million residents in the urban area,[7] and over 21.5 million residents inits metropolitan area.[14] The city covers an area of 2,511 square kilometers (970 sq mi), while the urban area covers 5,891 square kilometers (2,275 sq mi),[7] and the metropolitan area covers over 26,000 square kilometers (10,000 sq mi).[14] Moscow is among the world'slargest cities, being themost populous city entirely in Europe,[b] the largesturban andmetropolitan area in Europe,[7][14] and the largest city by land area on the European continent.[15]
First documented in 1147, Moscow became the capital of theGrand Principality of Moscow, which led the unification of the Russian lands in the 15th century and became the center of a unified state.[16] Following the proclamation of theTsardom of Russia in 1547, Moscow remained the political and economic center for most of its history. During the reign ofPeter the Great, the Russian capital was moved to the newly founded city ofSaint Petersburg in 1712, leading to a decline in Moscow's importance throughout theimperial period.[17] Following theRussian Revolution and the establishment of theRussian SFSR, the capital was moved back to Moscow in 1918.[17] The city later became the political center of theSoviet Union and experienced significant population growth throughout the Soviet period.[17] In the aftermath of thedissolution of the Soviet Union, Moscow remained the capital city of the newly reconstituted Russian Federation and has experienced continued growth.[17]
The city's name is thought to be derived from theMoskva River.[23][24] Theories of the origin of the name of the river have been proposed.
The most linguistically well-grounded and widely accepted is from the Proto-Balto-Slavic root *mŭzg-/muzg- from theProto-Indo-European*meu- "wet",[24][25][26] so the nameMoskva might signify a river at a wetland or marsh.[23] Itscognates includeRussian:музга,muzga "pool, puddle",Lithuanian:mazgoti andLatvian:mazgāt "to wash",Sanskrit:májjati "to drown",Latin:mergō "to dip, immerse",[23][25]Prekmurianmüzga "marsh, swamp."[27] In many Slavic countries Moskov is a surname, most common in Russia,Bulgaria,Ukraine andNorth Macedonia.[28] Additionally, there are similarly named places inPoland likeMozgawa.[23][24][25] According to aFinno-Ugric hypothesis, theMerya andMuroma people, who were among the pre-Slavic tribes which inhabited the area, called the riverMustajoki "Black river", and the name of the river derives from this term.[29] Other theories, having little or no scientific basis, are rejected by linguists.[23][24]
The Old Russian form of the name is reconstructed as *Москы, *Mosky,[23][24] hence it was one of a few Slavicū-stem nouns. As with other nouns of that declension, it had been undergoing a morphological transformation at the early stage of the development of the language, as a result, the first written references in the 12th century wereМосковь,Moskovĭ (accusative case),Москви,Moskvi (locative case),Москвe/Москвѣ,Moskve/Moskvě (genitive case).[23][24] From the latter forms came the modern Russian formМосква,Moskva, which is a result ofmorphological generalization with the numerous Slavicā-stem nouns. The formMoskovĭ has left traces in other languages, including English:Moscow;German:Moskau;[30]French:Moscou;[31]Portuguese:Moscou, Moscovo;[32] andSpanish:Moscú.[33]
The site of modern-day Moscow has been inhabited since prehistoric times. Among the earliest finds are relics of theLyalovo culture, which experts assign to theNeolithic period.[37] They confirm that the first inhabitants of the area were hunters and gatherers. Around 950 AD, two Slavic tribes,Vyatichi andKrivichi, settled here. The Vyatichi may have formed the majority of Moscow's indigenous population.[38]
Moscow is first mentioned in chronicles under the year 1147, as part of the principality ofRostov-Suzdal, which emerged from the disintegration ofKievan Rus'.[39] It was referred to as a meeting place ofYuri Dolgorukiy andSviatoslav Olgovich. At the time, it was a minor town on the western border of the principality.[40] The importance of Moscow greatly increased during the second half of the 12th century, and it was converted into a fortifiedgorod (stronghold) in the 1150s, with the first walls of theKremlin being built.[41] During theMongol invasions of 1237–1238, Moscow was sacked following the destruction ofRyazan.[41]
The first prince of Moscow wasDaniel, the youngest son ofAlexander Nevsky, and in 1263, he was given Moscow as anotchina (hereditary land), where he established a local branch ofRurikid princes.[42] Two chronicles refer toMikhail Khorobrit as "Mikhail of Moscow" in the mid-13th century, but Daniel is generally considered to be the first prince of Moscow.[42] On Mikhail's death in 1248, if it is assumed that anappanage principality was created, Moscow reverted as an escheat to the grand prince ofVladimir.[42] Until 1271, the principality was ruled by the governors of Daniel's uncleYaroslav, who was givenTver as an appanage.[43] Daniel himself is first mentioned in chronicles under the year 1282 as taking part in a feudal war between his two older brothers.[42]
By the turn of the century, Moscow was one of the leading principalities withinVladimir-Suzdal, alongsideTver.[44] On the right bank of the Moskva River, at a distance of eight kilometres (5 mi) from the Kremlin, Daniel founded the first monastery with the wooden church of St. Daniel-Stylite, which is now theDanilov Monastery. Following Daniel's death in 1303, the territory of the principality had almost tripled in size, encompassing the entire Moskva River along with itstributaries, which allowed Moscow to become self-sufficient.[45] The principality was also provided with an excellent river network that facilitated trade.[46]
Daniel's descendants struggled with the princes of Tver for succession to the grand principality.[47]Yury won recognition from the Mongol khan as the grand prince in 1318, but he lost the title four years later.[48]Ivan I recovered the grand princely throne from Tver after proving himself to be a loyal servant of the khan.[49] Ivan collected the tribute to the khan of theGolden Horde from dependent Russian princes and he used the funds he acquired to develop Moscow.[50] The metropolitan of theRussian Church also found an ally in Ivan and moved his seat from the nominal capital of Vladimir to Moscow.[51][50] The foundation of Moscow's first stone church, theDormition Cathedral, was laid in 1326, and the metropolitan chose to be buried there – an act that would cement Moscow's status as the spiritual center of Russian Orthodoxy.[51] Masonry building continued in the following years with the construction of additional stone churches.[52] The limestone walls and towers of the Kremlin were built in 1366–1368.[52] A distinctarchitectural school emerged in the late 14th century.[52]
The khan of the Golden Horde initially backed Moscow in an effort to halt the eastward expansion of theGrand Duchy of Lithuania, but he continued to meddle in Moscow's relations with other Russian princes to prevent it from becoming too strong.[53] In 1353, theBlack Death spread from northwestern Russia to Moscow, causing the deaths ofSimeon of Moscow, his sons, and the metropolitan.[54] The ruling family of Moscow remained small as a result and a new vertical pattern of princely succession from father to son was defined.[55] During the reign ofDmitry Donskoy, the Moscow principality greatly expanded in size.[56] In 1380, Dmitry led a united Russian army to an important victory over the Mongols in theBattle of Kulikovo, which greatly increased Moscow's prestige and solidified the status of its rulers as the military leaders of the nation.[57] Following his death in 1389, the thrones of Vladimir and Moscow were permanently united.[58]
During the reign ofVasily II, a civil war broke out afterYury of Zvenigorod challenged the succession of his nephew in 1425.[59] Moscow switched hands numerous times, and Yury's son,Dmitry Shemyaka, continued to offer resistance until his appanage center ofGalich was captured in 1450.[60] In ecclesiastical matters, Vasily disapproved of theCouncil of Florence, leading him to arrest the metropolitan upon his return in 1441 for having it signed.[61] Seven years later, a council of Russian bishops elected their own metropolitan, which amounted to a declaration ofautocephaly by the Russian Church.[61] Thefall of Constantinople in 1453 was viewed by the Russians as divine punishment forapostasy, and in 1492, Moscow was called an imperial city for the first time by the Russian metropolitan.[62]
During the reign ofIvan III, nearly all of the Russian states were united with Moscow and the foundations for a centralized state were laid.[63] Hisdefeat of the Tatars in 1480 also traditionally marks the end ofTatar suzerainty.[64] Ivan did his utmost to make his capital a worthy successor to Constantinople, and he had the Kremlin reconstructed after inviting architects fromRenaissance Italy, includingPetrus Antonius Solarius, who designed the new Kremlin wall and its towers, andMarco Ruffo who designed the new palace for the prince. The Kremlin walls as they now appear are those designed by Solarius, completed in 1495. TheIvan the Great Bell Tower was built in 1505–1508 and augmented to its present height in 1600. A trading settlement, orposad, grew up to the east of the Kremlin, in the area known asZaradye. In the time of Ivan III, theRed Square, originally named the Hollow Field, appeared.
Ivan's sonVasily III continued the expansion of the Muscovite state and annexed the remaining Russian territories.[65] His reign also saw the continued development of the doctrine of Moscow as the "third Rome".[66] In 1508–1516, the Italian architectAleviz Fryazin (Novy) arranged for the construction of a moat in front of the eastern wall, which would connect theMoskva andNeglinnaya and be filled with water from Neglinnaya. Known as the Alevizov moat and with a length of 541 metres (1,775 feet), width of 36 metres (118 feet), and depth of 9.5 to 13 metres (31–43 feet) was lined with limestone and, in 1533, fenced on both sides with low, four-metre-thick (13-foot) cogged-brick walls.
In 1547,Ivan the Terrible wascrowned in Moscow as not only the grand prince, but also the firsttsar of all Russia.[67] In the 16th and 17th centuries, three circular defenses were built:Kitay-gorod, the White City and the Earthen City. However, in 1547, fires destroyed much of the town, and in 1571 theCrimean Tatarscaptured Moscow, burning everything except the Kremlin.[68] The annals record that only 30,000 of 200,000 inhabitants survived.
TheCrimean Tatars attacked again in 1591, but were held back by new walls, built between 1584 and 1591 by a craftsman namedFyodor 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 theNovodevichy Convent andDonskoy,Danilov,Simonov,Novospasskiy, andAndronikov monasteries, most of which now house museums. From its ramparts, the city became poetically known asBielokamennaya, the "White-Walled". The city's limits as marked by the ramparts, are now marked by theGarden Ring. Three square gates existed on the east side of the Kremlin wall, which in the 17th century, were known as Konstantino-Eleninsky, Spassky, Nikolsky (after 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.[citation needed]
During the first half of the 17th century, the population doubled from 100,000 to 200,000, and it expanded beyond its ramparts in the latter part of the century. In the middle of the 17th century, 20% of Moscow suburb's inhabitants were from theGrand Duchy of Lithuania, being driven from their homeland by the Muscovite invaders.[69] By 1682, there were 692 households established north of the ramparts, byUkrainians andBelarusians abducted from their hometowns in the course of theRusso-Polish War of 1654–1667. These new outskirts became known as theMeshchanskayasloboda, after Ruthenianmeshchane "town people". The termmeshchane acquired pejorative connotations in 18th-century Russia and today means "petty bourgeois" or "narrow-minded philistine".[70] The entire city of the late 17th century are contained within what is today Moscow'sCentral Administrative Okrug.
Numerous disasters befell the city. Theplague epidemics ravaged Moscow in 1570–1571, 1592 and 1654–1656.[71] The plague killed upwards of 80% of the people in 1654–55. Fires burned out much of the wooden city in 1626 and 1648.[72] In 1712,Peter the Great moved his government to the newly builtSaint Petersburg on the Baltic coast.
After losing the status as capital, the population at first decreased, from 200,000 in the 17th century to 130,000 in 1750. But after 1750, the population grew tenfold over the remaining duration of the Russian Empire, reaching 1.8 million by 1915. The1770–1772 Russian plague killed up to 100,000 people in Moscow.[73] By 1700, the building of cobbled roads had begun. In 1730, permanent street lights were 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 40 kilometres (25 mi) long, the Kamer-Kollezhskiy barrier, with 16 gates at which customs tolls were collected. Its line is traced today by several streets calledval ("ramparts"). 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 stone bridges stretched across the moat. Books were sold on this bridge and stone platforms were built nearby for guns – "raskats". TheTsar Cannon was located on the platform of theLobnoye mesto. The road connecting Moscow with St. Petersburg, now theM10 highway, was completed in 1746, its Moscow end following the oldTver road, which had existed since the 16th century. It became known asPeterburskoye Schosse after it was paved in the 1780s.Petrovsky Palace was built in 1776–1780 byMatvey Kazakov. Between 1781 and 1804 the Mytischinskiy water pipe (the first in Russia) was built.
WhenNapoleoninvaded Russia in 1812, the Muscovites were evacuated. TheMoscow fire was principally the effect of Russian sabotage. Napoleon'sGrande Armée was forced to retreat and nearly annihilated by the devastating Russian winter. In 1813, following the destruction during the French occupation, aCommission for the Construction of the City of Moscow was established. It launched a great program of rebuilding, including a partial replanning of the centre. Among many buildings constructed, or reconstructed, was theGrand Kremlin Palace and theKremlin Armoury, theMoscow University, theMoscow Manege (Riding School), and theBolshoi Theatre. TheArbat 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.Moscow State University was established in 1755. Its main building was reconstructed after the 1812 fire byDomenico Giliardi. TheMoskovskiye Vedomosti newspaper appeared from 1756, originally in weekly intervals, and from 1859 as a daily newspaper.
In the 1830s, generalAlexander 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 ofBelorussky 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 suburbanSavyolovsky Rail Terminal was built in 1902. In January 1905, the institution of the City Governor, orMayor, was officially introduced, and Alexander Adrianov became Moscow's first official mayor.
WhenCatherine 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 improved 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 discussion about 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 it back on the agenda.[74] In 1903 the Moskvoretskaya water supply was completed.
Soviet period (1917–1991)
City plan of Moscow, 1917
In November 1917, upon learning ofthe uprising in Petrograd, Moscow'sBolsheviksbegan their uprising. On 2 November (15), 1917, after heavy fighting,Soviet power was established in Moscow.[75]Vladimir Lenin, fearing invasion, moved the capital back to Moscow on 12 March 1918.[76] The Kremlin once again became the seat of power, political centre of the new state.
With thechange in values imposed by communist ideology, the tradition of preserving cultural heritage was broken. Independent preservation societies, even those that defended only secular landmarks, 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 letters were written to theCentral Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to rename Moscow to "Stalindar" or "Stalinodar".[77] Stalin rejected this suggestion.[78]
During World War II, the Soviet State Committee of Defence and the General Staff of theRed Army were located in Moscow. In 1941, 16 divisions of the national volunteers (more than 160,000 people), 25 battalions, and 4 engineering regiments were formed among the Muscovites. Between October 1941 and January 1942, the GermanArmy Group Centre was stopped at the outskirts of the city, then driven off in theBattle of Moscow. Many factories were evacuated, together with much of the government, and from 20 October the city was declared to be in a siege. Its remaining inhabitants built and manned antitank defenses, while the city was bombarded from the air. On 1 May 1944, a medal "For the defence of Moscow" and in 1947 another medal "In memory of the 800th anniversary of Moscow" was instituted.German andSoviet casualties during the battle have been debated, as sources provide different estimates. Total casualties between 30 September 1941, and 7 January 1942, are estimated to be between 248,000 and 400,000 for theWehrmacht and between 650,000 and 1,280,000 for the Red Army.[79][80][81]
During the postwar years, there was ahousing crisis, solved by the invention ofhigh-rise apartments. There are over 11,000 of thesestandardised and prefabricated apartment blocks, housing most of Moscow's population, making it by far the city with the most high-rise buildings.[82] Apartments were built and partly furnished in the factory, before being raised and stacked into tall columns. The popular Soviet-era comic filmIrony of Fate parodies this construction method. The city ofZelenograd was built in 1958 at 37 kilometres (23 miles) from the city centre to the north-west, along with theLeningradskoye Shosse, and incorporated as one of Moscow'sadministrative okrugs.Moscow State University moved to its campus onSparrow Hills in 1953.
Stalin's funeral procession, 1953
In 1959, Nikita Khrushchev launchedhis anti-religious campaign. Of Moscow's fifty churches operating in 1959, thirty were closed and six demolished. On 8 May 1965, due to the actual 20thanniversary of the victory in World War II, Moscow was awarded a title of theHero City.
TheMoscow Ring Road (MKAD) was opened in 1961. It had four lanes running 109 kilometres (68 miles) along the city borders. The MKAD marked the administrative boundaries of the city until the 1980s, when outlying suburbs beyond the ring road were incorporated. In 1980, Moscow hosted theSummer Olympic Games, which were boycotted by the US and other Western countries due to the Soviet Union's invasion ofAfghanistan in 1979. In 1991 Moscow was the scene of acoup attempt by conservative communists opposed to theliberal reforms ofMikhail Gorbachev.
1991–present
When the USSR was dissolved in 1991, Moscow remained the capital of theRussian Federation. Since then, a market economy has emerged, producing an explosion of Western-style retailing, services, architecture, and lifestyles. The city 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 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 1995–97 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. TheThird Ring Road, intermediate between the early 19th-centuryGarden 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.[83] Multiple old churches and other examples of architectural heritage that had been demolished during the Stalin era have been restored, such as theCathedral of Christ the Saviour.In 2010s, Moscow's administration has launched some long duration projects like theMoja Ulitsa (in English:My Street) urban redevelopment program[84] or the Residency renovation one.[85]
By its territorial expansion on 1 July 2012, southwest into theMoscow Oblast the area of the capital more than doubled, going from 1,091 to 2,511 square kilometers (421 to 970 sq mi), resulting in Moscow becoming the largest city on the European continent by area; it also gained an additional population of 233,000 people.[86][87] The annexed territory was officially namedНовая Москва (New Moscow).
Geography
Location
Satellite view of Moscow and its nearby suburbs
Moscow is situated on the banks of theMoskva River, which flows for just over 500 km (311 mi) through theEast European Plain in central Russia, not far from the natural border of the forest and forest-steppe zone.49 bridges span the river and its canals within the city's limits. Theelevation of Moscow at the All-Russia Exhibition Center (VVC), where the leading Moscow weather station is situated, is 156 metres (512 feet).Teplostan Upland is the city's highest point at 255 metres (837 feet).[88] The width of Moscow city (not limitingMKAD) from west to east is 39.7 km (24.7 mi), and the length from north to south is 51.8 km (32.2 mi).
Moscow serves as the reference point for the time zone used in most ofEuropean Russia,Belarus and theRepublic of Crimea. The areas operate in what is referred to in international standards asMoscow Standard Time (MSK,МСК), which is 3 hours ahead ofUTC, orUTC+3.Daylight saving time is no longer observed. According to the geographicallongitude the averagesolar noon in Moscow occurs at 12:30.[89]
Moscow has ahumid continental climate (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 ofEastern Canada orSiberia – have much colder winters than Moscow, suggesting that there is still significant moderation from theAtlantic Ocean[citation needed] despite the fact that Moscow is far from the sea. Weather can fluctuate widely, with temperatures ranging from −25 °C (−13 °F) in the city and −30 °C (−22 °F) in the suburbs to above 5 °C (41 °F) in the winter, and from 10 to 35 °C (50 to 95 °F) in the summer.[90]
Typical high temperatures in the warm months of June, July, and August are around a comfortable 20 to 26 °C (68 to 79 °F), but during heat waves (which can occur between May and September), daytime high temperatures often exceed 30 °C (86 °F), sometimes for a week or two at a time. In the winter, average temperatures normally drop to approximately −10 °C (14 °F), though almost every winter there are periods of warmth with day temperatures rising above 0 °C (32 °F), and periods of cooling with night temperatures falling below −20 °C (−4 °F). These periods usually last about a week or two. The growing season in Moscow normally lasts for 156 days usually around 1 May to 5 October.[91]
The highest temperature ever recorded was 38.2 °C (100.8 °F)[92] at theVVC weather station and 39.0 °C (102.2 °F) in the center of Moscow andDomodedovo airport on 29 July 2010, during the unusual2010 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.[93] The average July temperature from 1991 to 2020 is 19.7 °C (67.5 °F). The lowest ever recorded temperature was −42.1 °C (−43.8 °F) in January 1940. Snow, which is present for about five months a year, often begins to fall mid-October, while snow cover lies in late November and melts at the end of March.
On average, Moscow has 1731 hours of sunshine per year, varying from a low of 8% in December to 52% from May to August.[94] 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 asEdinburgh. 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.[95][96]
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 January temperature in the north-east of Moscow is −6.2 °C (20.8 °F), in the suburbs it is about −8.3 °C (17.1 °F).[97] The temperature difference between the centre of Moscow and nearby areas ofMoscow Oblast can sometimes be more than 10 °C (18 °F) on frosty winter nights.
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 ofglobal warming,[107] though by definition,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 ofCentral Russia,[108][109] after recent years of hot summer seasons, the climate of the city getshot-summer classification trends. Winter also became significantly milder: for example, the average January temperature in the early 1900s was −12.0 °C (10.4 °F), while now it is about −7.0 °C (19.4 °F).[110] At the end of January–February it is often colder, with frosts reaching −30.0 °C (−22.0 °F) 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:
In 1878, paleontologistHermann Trautschold discovered the left flipper of anichthyosaur near the village of Mnevniki, which later became part of Moscow. In 2014, the animal was namedUndorosaurus trautscholdi, after its discoverer. Trautschold determined the age of the sediments from which the specimen was taken to beKimmeridgian, but, according to more recent studies, they were formed in theTithonian age of theJurassic period.[114]
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.[128]
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 ofIllegal immigrants, the vast majority originating fromCentral Asia, is estimated to be an additional 1 million people,[129] giving a total population of about 15.8 million.
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.[137]
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 ofJoseph 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 theSukharev Tower, a longtime city landmark, as well as mansions and commercial buildings. The city's newfound status as the capital of a deeplysecular 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 theKazan Cathedral and the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. During the 1990s, both were rebuilt. Many smaller churches, however, were lost.[138]
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 withVKHUTEMAS, responsible for such landmarks as Lenin's Mausoleum. Another prominent architect wasVladimir Shukhov, famous for Shukhov Tower, just one of manyhyperboloid towers designed by Shukhov. It was built between 1919 and 1922 as a transmission tower for a Russian broadcasting company.[139] Shukhov also left a lasting legacy to theConstructivist architecture of early Soviet Russia. He designed spacious elongated shop galleries, most notably theGUM department store onRed Square,[139] bridged with innovative metal-and-glass vaults.
Perhaps the most recognizable contributions of the Stalinist period are the so-calledSeven 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 theManhattan Municipal Building inNew York City, and their style—with intricate exteriors and a large central spire—has been described asStalinist 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 theOstankino 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 theBurj Khalifa in Dubai,Taipei 101 in Taiwan and theCN Tower in Toronto.[140]
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 haveelevators. It is estimated that Moscow has over twice as many elevators as New York City and four times as many asChicago. Moslift, one of the city's major elevator operating companies, has about 1500 elevator mechanics on call, to release residents trapped in elevators.[141]
Stalinist-era buildings, mostly found in the central part of the city, are massive and usually ornamented withSocialist realism motifs that imitateclassical themes. However, small churches—almost alwaysEastern Orthodox–found across the city provide glimpses of its past. The OldArbat 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 Stalinistfaçades ofTverskaya Street, for example) are also examples ofbourgeois 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 someconvents, and monasteries, both inside and outside the city, are open to Muscovites and tourists.
Modern methods of skyscraper construction were implemented in the city for the first time with the ambitiousMIBC.
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 Sovietavant-garde work too, such as the house of the architectKonstantin Melnikov in the Arbat area. Many of these restorations were criticized for alleged disrespect of historical authenticity.Facadism is also widely practiced.[142] Later examples of interesting Soviet architecture are usually marked by their impressive size and the semi-Modernist styles employed, such as with theNovy 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.
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[143] to make space for luxury apartments and hotels.[144] 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.[145] 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[146] andMayakovskaya metro station.
Some organizations, such as Moscow Architecture Preservation Society[147] and Save Europe's Heritage,[148] are trying to draw the international public attention to these problems.[149]
There are 96 parks and 18 gardens in Moscow, including fourbotanical gardens. There are 450 square kilometres (170 sq mi) of green zones besides 100 square kilometres (39 sq mi) of forests.[150] 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 27 square meters (290 sq ft) of parks per person in Moscow compared with 6 forParis, 7.5 inLondon and 8.6 in New York.[151]
Gorky Park (officially theCentral Park of Culture and Rest named afterMaxim Gorky), was founded in 1928. The main part (689,000 square metres or 170 acres)[151] along the Moskva river containsestrades, children's attractions (including theObservation Wheel water ponds with boats and water bicycles), dancing, tennis courts and other sports facilities. It borders theNeskuchny Garden (408,000 square metres or 101 acres), 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.[152] 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).
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 withRichmond Park in London. Its area of 15.34 square kilometres (5.92 sq mi) is six times greater than that ofCentral Park in New York.[151]
Bauman Garden, officially founded in 1920 and renamed in 1922 after thebolshevikNikolay Bauman, is one of the oldest parks in Moscow. It is standing on the site of the formerGolitsyn estate and eighteenth-century public garden.[153]
Sokolniki Park, named after thefalcon hunting that occurred there in the past, is one of the oldest parks in Moscow and has an area of 6 square kilometres (2.3 sq mi). 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 116 square kilometres (45 sq mi), 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.
Tsytsin MainBotanical Garden of Academy of Sciences, founded in 1945 is the largest in Europe.[154] It covers the territory of 3.61 square kilometres (1.39 sq mi) 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 5,000 square metres (53,820 square feet) of land.[151]
The All-Russian Exhibition Center (Всероссийский выставочный центр), formerly known as the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition (VSKhV) and laterExhibition 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 andFriendship 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.[155]
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,[156] which was built between the 14th and 17th centuries.[157] TheChurch of the Ascension at Kolomenskoye, which dates from 1532, is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site and another popular attraction.[158]
Near thenew 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 theMoscow 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.[159] Each year, the zoo attracts more than 1.2 million visitors.[159] Many of Moscow's parks and landscaped gardens are protected natural environments.
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 calledBely Gorod (White Town).[160] The Bulvarnoye Koltso is technically not a ring; it does not form a complete circle, but instead ahorseshoe-shaped arc that begins at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and ends at theYauza 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.[160]Moscow as viewed from theInternational Space Station, 29 January 2014
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 ofMoscow Metro is a circle-shapedlooped subway line (hence the nameKoltsevaya Liniya, literally "ring line"), which is located between theSadovoye Koltso and Third Transport Ring.
Two modern overlapping lines of Moscow Metro form "two hearts":
Line 14. Since 10 September 2016,Moscow Central Circle renovated railroad (formerMoskovskaya Okruzhnaya Zheleznaya Doroga) was introduced as Line 14 ofMoscow 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 theMoscow Ring Road (often calledMKAD, acronym word for RussianМосковская 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 ofBetonka roads (highways A107 and A108), originally made of concrete pads.
In order to reduce transit traffic on MKAD, the new ring road (calledCKAD -Centralnaya Koltsevaya Avtomobilnaya Doroga,Central Ring Road) is now under construction beyond the MKAD.
Moscow Ring Road – Moskovskaya Koltsevaya Avtomobilnaya Doroga (MKAD)
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Museums and galleries
One of the most notable art museums in Moscow is theTretyakov Gallery, which was founded byPavel Tretyakov, a wealthy patron of the arts who donated a large private collection to the city.[161] The Tretyakov Gallery is split into two buildings. The Old Tretyakov gallery, the original gallery in theTretyakovskaya area on the south bank of the Moskva River, houses works in the classic Russian tradition.[162] The works of famous pre-Revolutionary painters, such asIlya Repin, as well as the works of early Russianicon painters can be found here. Visitors can even see rare originals by early 15th-centuryiconographerAndrei Rublev.[162]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 ofVladimir Tatlin's famousMonument to the Third International and a mixture of other avant-garde works by artists likeKazimir Malevich andWassily Kandinsky. Socialist realism features can also be found within the halls of the New Tretyakov Gallery.
Another art museum in the city of Moscow is thePushkin Museum of Fine Arts, which was founded by, among others, the father ofMarina Tsvetaeva. The Pushkin Museum is similar to theBritish 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 byClaude Monet,Paul Cézanne, andPablo Picasso are present in the museum's collection.
TheState Historical Museum of Russia (Государственный Исторический музей) is a museum of Russian history located between Red Square andManege 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. ThePolytechnical Museum,[163] 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.[164] The Borodino Panorama[165] museum located on Kutuzov Avenue provides an opportunity for visitors to experience being on a battlefield with a 360°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 thetriumphal arch, erected in 1827. There is also a military history museum that includes statues, and military hardware.Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics under theMonument to the Conquerors of Space at the end ofCosmonauts Alley is the central memorial place for the Russian space officials.
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 is behind the city's stock market building, the Busan-based World Business Center Solomon Tower and the Strata Tower in Abu-Dhabi.[166]
Moscow is the heart of the Russian performing arts, includingballet and film, with 68 museums[167] 103[168] theaters, 132 cinemas and 24 concert halls. Among Moscow's theaters and ballet studios is theBolshoi Theatre and the Malyi Theatre[169] as well asVakhtangov Theatre andMoscow Art Theatre.
The Moscow International Performance Arts Center,[170] opened in 2003, also known asMoscow International House of Music, is known for its performances in classical music. It has the largestorgan in Russia installed in Svetlanov Hall.
TheMosfilm studio was at the heart of many classic films, as it is responsible for both artistic and mainstream productions.[172] 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[173] collection are shown regularly. International film festivals such as theMoscow International Film Festival,Stalker,Artdocfest, andMoscow Jewish Film Festival are staged in Moscow.
CSKA Arena during a game ofKHL, considered to be the second-best ice hockey league in the world
Moscow was the host city of the1980 Summer Olympics, with theyachting events being held atTallinn, in present-dayEstonia. 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 the2012 Summer Olympics. However, when final voting commenced on 6 July 2005, Moscow was the first city to be eliminated from further rounds. The Games were awarded toLondon.
The most titledice hockey team in the Soviet Union and in the world,HC CSKA Moscow comes from Moscow. Other big ice hockey clubs from Moscow areHC Dynamo Moscow, which was the second most titled team in the Soviet Union, andHC Spartak Moscow.
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.
TheIrina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace is located in theLuzniki Olympic Complex. The building works started in 2017 and the opening ceremony took place on 18 June 2019. The investor of the Palace is the billionaireAlisher Usmanov, husband of the former gymnast and gymnastics coachIrina Viner-Usmanova. The total surface of the building is 23,500 m2, 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.[178]
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.
Moscow hosts the annualKremlin Cup, a popular tennis tournament on both theWTA andATP tours. It is one of the ten Tier-I events on the women's tour and a host of Russian players feature every year.
When Russia was selected to host the2018 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: theDynamo Stadium, and theSpartak Stadium, although the first one later was dismissed from having World Cup matches.
The city is full of clubs, restaurants, and bars.Tverskaya Street is also one of the busiest shopping streets in Moscow.
The adjoiningTretyakovsky Proyezd, also south of Tverskaya Street, inKitai-gorod, is host to upmarket boutique stores such asBulgari,Tiffany & Co.,Armani,Prada andBentley.[179]Nightlife in Moscow has moved on since Soviet times and today the city has many of the world's largestnightclubs.[180] The hottest area is located around the old chocolate factory, where bars, nightclubs, galleries, cafés and restaurants are placed.[181]
Dream Island is an amusement park in Moscow that opened on 29 February 2020.[182][183] It is the largest indoor theme park in Europe.The park covers 300,000 square meters. The complex includes a landscaped park along with a concert hall, a cinema, a hotel, a children's sailing school, restaurants, and shops.
From 2006 to 2012, direct elections of the mayor were not held due to changes in theCharter of the city of Moscow, with the mayor appointed by presidential decree. The first direct elections from the time of the2003 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 inSeptember 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.
TheMoscow Kremlin is the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation. The president's working residence in the Kremlin is located in theSenate Palace.
In a ranking of the safest cities byThe Economist in 2021, Moscow occupied the 38th position with a score of 62.5 points.[184] The general level of crime is quite low.[185] 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 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 theMCC stations, stadiums, public transport stops, and bus stations, in parks, underground passages.[186]
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 andMinistry of Emergency Situations, 102 is thePolice one, 103 is the ambulance one, 104 is the Emergency Gas number.[187] 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.[188]
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 ofZelenograd. A part ofMoscow Oblast's territory was merged into Moscow on 1 July 2012; as a result, Moscow is no longer fully surrounded by Moscow Oblast and now also has a border withKaluga Oblast.[189] In all, Moscow gained about 1,500 square kilometers (580 sq mi) 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".[86]
All administrative okrugs and districts have their owncoats 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, theBotanical 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 theChinatowns that exist in someNorth American andEast Asian 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.[190]
Moscow also hosts some of the government bodies ofMoscow Oblast, although the city itself is not a part of the oblast.[191]
The average gross monthly wage in the city is ₽123,688[195] (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 thethird-highest number of billionaires of any city in the world,[196] 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 giantRosneft. Moscow accounts for 17% of retail sales in Russia and for 13% of all construction activity in the country.[197][198] Since the1998 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.
The Electrozavod factory was the first transformer factory in Russia. The Kristall distillery[199] is the oldest distillery in Russia producingvodka types, including "Stolichnaya" while wines are produced at Moscow wine plants, including the Moscow Interrepublican Vinery.[200] The Moscow Jewelry Factory[201] and the Jewellerprom[202] are producers of jewelry in Russia.
There are other industries located just outside the city of Moscow, as well as microelectronic industries in Zelenograd, includingRuselectronics companies.
Gazprom, the largest extractor ofnatural gas in the world and the largestRussian company, has head offices also in Moscow, as well as other oil, gas, and electricity companies.
DuringSoviet 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 ofreal 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[203] 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.[204][205][206] 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 thirty square metres (320square feet), a typical two-bedroom apartment is forty-five square metres (480 square feet), and a typical three-bedroom apartment is seventy square metres (750 square feet). 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 indachas (country houses) outside the city.
In 2006, Mercer Human Resources Consulting named Moscow the world'smost expensive city for expatriate employees, ahead of perennial winner Tokyo, due to the stableRussian ruble as well as increasing housing prices within the city.[207] 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.[208]
In 2014, according toForbes, Moscow was ranked the 9th most expensive city in the world.Forbes ranked Moscow the 2nd most expensive city the year prior.[210]
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.[211] ECA International's Cost of Living 2019 Survey ranked Moscow at number 120 among 482 locations worldwide.[212]
Public utilities
The heating of buildings in Moscow, like in other cities in Russia is done usingcentral heating system. Before 2004, stateunitary enterprises 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 theheating substations in thenorth-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) (Russian:Московская теплосетевая компания). In 2007 theGovernment of Moscow bought controlling stakes in the company.[213]
"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.[214]
There are 1,696 high schools in Moscow, as well as 91 colleges.[150] Besides these, there are 222 institutions of higher education, including 60 state universities[150] and theLomonosov Moscow State University, which was founded in 1755.[215] The main university building located in Vorobyovy Gory (Sparrow Hills) is 240 metres (790 ft) tall and when completed, was the tallest building on the continent.[216] The university has over 30,000undergraduate and 7,000postgraduate students, who have a choice of twenty-nine faculties and 450 departments for study. The Moscow State University library contains over nine million books, making it one of the largest libraries in all of Russia.
TheI.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University named afterIvan Sechenov or formerly known asMoscow 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.
ThePirogov Russian National Research Medical University (formerly known asRussian 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 pedagogueN.I. Pirogov (1810–1888), it is one of the largest medical institutions and the first university in Russia to allow women to acquire degrees.
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.[217]
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.[219]
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 theMaster 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.
There are 452 libraries in the city, including 168 for children.[150] TheRussian State Library,[221] founded in 1862, is the national library of Russia. The library is home to over 275 km (171 mi) 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.[222][223]
The State Public Historical Library, founded in 1863, is the largest library specialising inRussian history. Its collection contains four million items in 112 languages, mostly on Russian and world history,heraldry,numismatics, and thehistory of science.[224]
In regard to primary and secondary education, in 2011,Clifford J. Levy ofThe 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."[225]
TheMoscow Metro system is famous for its art,murals,mosaics, and ornatechandeliers. 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).[226]
The metro was touted as the symbol of the new social order—a sort of Communist cathedral of engineering modernity.[227] 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.[228] 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.[229]
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, thePark Pobedy station, completed in 2003, at 84 metres (276 ft) underground, has the longest escalators in Europe. The Moscow Metro is the busiest metro system in Europe, as well asone of the world's busiest metro systems, serving about ten million passengers daily (300,000,000 people every month).[230] Facing serious transportation problems, Moscow has plans for expanding its Metro. In 2016, the authorities launched anew circle metro railway that contributed to solving transportation issues, namely daily congestion at Koltsevaya Line.[231]
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);[232] the tradition of "Grand Designs" and, basically, decorating metro stations as single-themed installations, was restored in late 1979.
Moscow's metro is one of the world's busiest, handling 2.6 billion passengers in 2019.[233]
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.[234] The structure of the Wi-Fi network allows citizens to use the Internet without re-authorization.[235]
The Moscow Metro operates a shortmonorail line (line 13). The line connectsTimiryazevskaya metro station andUlitsa Sergeya Eisensteina, passing close toVDNH (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.
As Metro stations outside the city center are far apart in comparison to other cities, up to 4 kilometres (2.5 mi), 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.[237]
Every major street in the city is served by at least one bus route. Many of these routes are doubled by atrolleybus route and have trolley wires over them.
With the total line length of almost 600 kilometres (370 miles) of a single wire, 8 depots, 104 routes, and 1740 vehicles, the Moscow trolleybus system was thelargest 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 15 November 1933, it is also the world's 6th oldest operating trolleybus system.
In 2018 the vehicle companiesKamaz andGAZ have won theMosgortrans tender for delivering 200electric buses 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.[238]
Moscow has an extensive tram system, which first opened in 1899.[239] 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 betweenUniversitet station ofSokolnicheskaya Line (#1 red line) andProfsoyuznaya station ofKaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line (#6 orange line) or betweenVoykovskaya andStrogino.
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 one kilometre (fifty chains) 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 androute taxis are in widespread use. In the mid-2010s, service platforms such asYandex.Taxi,Uber andGett displaced many private drivers and small service providers and were in 2015 servicing more than 50% of all taxi orders in Moscow.[240][241]
Russian tech firm Yandex is testing self-driving taxis in Moscow.[242]
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.[243] 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 theTrans-Siberian Railway, which traverses nearly 9,300 kilometres (5,800 mi) of Russian territory toVladivostok on thePacific coast.
Suburbs and satellite cities are connected by commuterelektrichka (electric rail) network. Elektrichkas depart from each of these terminals to the nearby (up to 140 km or 87 mi) large railway stations.
During the 2010s, theLittle 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 10 September 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.
TheMoskovskaya 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.
Another system, which forms "genuineS-Bahn" as in "suburbia-city-suburbia"-designed railway, is theMoscow 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)[244] 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.
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 theThird Transport Ring and the canceled Fourth Transport Ring, is one of only three freeways that run within Moscow city limits. Several other roadway systems formconcentric circles around the city.
Sheremetyevo International Airport is the most globally connected of Moscow's airports, handling 60% of all international flights.[245] It is also a home to allSkyTeam members, and the main hub forAeroflot (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 forS7 airlines, and most ofOneWorld andStar Alliance members use Domodedovo as their international hub. Vnukovo International Airport handles flights ofTurkish 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 22 km (14 mi); Vnukovo is 11 km (7 mi); Sheremetyevo is 10 km (6 mi); and Ostafievo, the nearest, is about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from MKAD.[245]
There are a number of smaller airports close to Moscow (19 in Moscow Oblast) such asMyachkovo Airport, that are intended for private aircraft, helicopters and charters.[246]
Water
Moscow has two passenger terminals, (South River Terminal andNorth River Terminal), on the river and regular ship routes and cruises along theMoskva andOka rivers, which are used mostly for entertainment. TheNorth River Terminal, built in 1937, is the main hub for long-range river routes. There are three freight ports serving Moscow.
Moscow has different vehicle sharing options that are sponsored by the local government. There are severalcar 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 mayorSergey Sobyanin said Moscow's car sharing system has become the biggest in Europe in terms of vehicle fleet.[248] 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.[249] Another sharing system isbike sharing (Velobike) of a fleet formed by 3000 traditional and electrical bicycles.[250] TheDelisamokat is a new sharing service that provides electrical scooters.[251]
Future development
The 2020 development concept ofMoscow International Business Center and its adjacent territory implies the construction of even more skyscrapers during the period of 2020–2027.[252][253]
In 1992, the Moscow government began planning a projected new part of central Moscow, theMoscow International Business Center, with the goal of creating a zone, the first in Russia, and in all of Eastern Europe,[254] that will combine business activity, living space and entertainment. Situated inPresnensky 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 one square kilometre (250 acres). 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.
TheFederation Tower, completed in 2016, is thesecond-tallest building in Europe. It is planned to include awater park and other recreational facilities; business, office, entertainment, and residential buildings, a transport network and anew 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.
Three metro stations were initially planned for theFilyovskaya Line. The station Delovoi Tsentr opened in 2005 and was later renamedVystavochnaya in 2009. The branch extended to theMezhdunarodnaya station in 2006, and all work on the third station, Dorogomilovskaya (betweenKiyevskaya and Delovoi Tsentr), has been postponed. There are plans to extend the branch as far as theSavyolovskaya station, on theSerpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line.
The cellphone service provider MTS announced on 5 March 2021, that they would begin the country's first pilot5G network in Moscow.[255]
English-language media includesThe Moscow Times.[256]The Moscow News was the oldest English-language weekly newspaper Russia.Kommersant,Vedomosti andNovaya Gazeta are Russian-language media headquartered in Moscow.Kommersant andVedomosti are among the country's oldest Russian-language business newspapers.
Other media in Moscow include theEcho of Moscow, the first Soviet and Russian private news radio and information agency, andNTV, one of the first privately owned Russian television stations. The total number of radio stations in Moscow in the FM band is near 50.
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