UkraineTour invites You to
M O S C O W
Heart of Russia
Moscow,
the capital of the Russian Federation, was founded in 1147 by prince Yuri
Dolgoruky as a fortress on the bank of the Moskva river. Within over 850
years of its history Moscow has developed into the one of the largest
cities of the world with a territory of almost 1000 square kilometers and
a population of about 9 million. It is the economic, political and
cultural center of Russia, the seat of the 
Russian government.
If
St.Petersburg is Russia's imperial crown, Moscow is its familial heart.
It is a city in which one comes face to face with all that is finest and
all that is most frustrating in Russia. The gregarious geniality of its
people is as evident as the extreme tensions of a city coming to terms
with the confusions of rapid social change. More than anywhere else in the
country, it is in Moscow where the Soviet past collides with the
capitalist future.
Moscow
is famous for its architectural and cultural monuments of world
significance: the Kremlin (15th-17th centuries) - the former residence of
the Russian tsars is considered to be one of the most beautiful
architectural ensembles in the world, the St.Basil`s Cathedral (1551-1561)
- the masterpiece of Russian architecture is located on the Red Square.
Moscow is well-known thanks to its theatres and 
museums: the Bolshoy
Theatre (1776) - one of the leading opera and ballet theatres in the
world, the Museum of Fine Arts named after Pushkin, the Tretyakov Gallery,
the Historical Museum, the ancient estate Kolomenskoye (14th century) -
one of the residences of the Russian princes and tsars, the Kuskovo estate
(18th century) are among them.
For the last years new supermarkets,
glass skyscrapers, 
modern
highways were build in Moscow and made it more
western city. Yet, as the new Moscow emerges, it is becoming increasingly
clear that any move into the future will be marked by a strong
appreciation of the city's rich and varied heritage - a heritage that
vastly predates the era of Soviet rule. Indeed, the most striking aspect
of the city today is not Moscow's much-publicized embrace of Western
culture but its self-assured revival of its own traditions. Ancient
cathedrals are being restored and opened for religious services,
innovative theaters are reclaiming leadership in the arts, and traditional
markets are coming back to life.
Moscow is once more assuming its position as the capital and mother city of the ancient state of Russia.
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