Moscow
is the capital and the largest city of Russia. It stands on the banks
of the Moskva River. More than nine million people live in the city now.
The prince Yuri Dolgoruky founded Moscow in 1147. The Kremlin and the Red Square are in the center of Moscow. The Great Kremlin Palace, built in 1849, is the most impressive structure inside the Kremlin. A recent addition to the Kremlin is the Palace of Congresses, completed in 1961.
St. Basil's Cathedral, a masterpiece of Russian architecture was built in 1561 to celebrate Russian victory over Kazan kingdom.
Other
places of interest in Moscow include the Central Lenin Stadium and the
tail Ostankino TV tower, which has a revolving restaurant. Moscow has a
modern railway underground system (Metro) famous for its marble-walled
stations.
Moscow is a scientific and cultural center with a lot of institutes, universities, libraries and museums. Muscovites
are proud of their museums: the Tretyakov Art Gallery, the A. S.
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts and the State Historical Museum.
There
are a lot of big plants and factories in Moscow. Among the products are
aircraft, high-quality steel, ball bearings, cars and other
motorve-hicles, machine tools, electrical equipment, precision
instruments, chemicals, textiles, shoes, paper, furniture. Food processing, printing, and the repair of rail equipment are important industries.