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Флаг и герб России
The capital of Russia is Moscow. It is one of the largest cities in the world. It was founded in 1147 by prince Yuri Dolgoruky. Moscow stands on the banks of the Moskva River. About eight million people live in the city.
Moscow is famous for its historical and architectural monuments. The Red Square is the central and the most beautiful square in Moscow. It is the place of parades, meetings and demonstrations.
The Cathedral of St. Vasily the Blessed was built in 1552 on the Red Square. It is a masterpiece of Russian architecture.
The heart of Moscow is the Kremlin. There is a wonderful architectural ensemble with three cathedrals , the Bell Tower Ivan the Great, palaces, fortress walls and twenty towers inside the Kremlin.
On the stone pedestal at the foot of the Bell Tower there is a Tsar-Bell – the largest bell in the world. Not far from it one can see a Tsar-Cannon.
One of the well-known Kremlin museums is the Armoury Chamber. It was built in 1851.
The famous golden cap of Monomach, carriage of Catherine II and many other precious historical items are exhibited there.
Moscow is a scientific cultural centre with a lot of institutes, universities, libraries and museums. There are many cinemas, concert halls, theatres in Moscow, such as: the Bolshoi Theatre, the Art Theatre, the Maly Theatre, the Vakhtangov Theatre.
And also you can visit the Tretyakov Gallery. This gallery is named after its founder Peter Tretyakov. He began to collect Russian paintings in 1856. You can see pictures by such painters as Serov, Repin, Ivanov, Levitan and others.
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
The Moscow State University
Moscow Metro has more than 190 stations now. The metro began its work on the 15-th of May 1935. Now each day, the Moscow Metro carries 9 million passengers.
The Ostankino Television Tower is one of the architectural symbols of Moscow and the symbol of Russian television. It has fourty-five floors. The total area is about fifteen thousand square meters.
There is the largest stadium in Moscow – Luzhniki. It was built in 1956 and reconstructed in 1979 (beforehand the Summer Olympic Games in 1980 which held in Moscow)