Moscow is Clean: Cleaning Moscow is a challenge when zillion tonnes of snow falls every winter. But the city does a miracle keeping it clean and functional. Sidewalks, side streets, corners are very clean. There is no public defecation that is so common in Paris. Is Moscow a dirty city? Moscow rated Russia’s second most […]

It is a city of long avenues and majestic squares, leafy boulevards, parks and gardens, new luxury housing, bridges, the granite embankments of Moscow River, and the unique cultural and historical sites. The Moscow underground system is one of the most beautiful in the world. Moscow is also a center of recreation. Is Moscow a […]

Like most other Russian towns, Moscow was captured and burned by the Tatars (Mongols) in their great invasion of 1236–40, and its princes had to accept Mongol suzerainty. What countries have conquered Moscow? Which countries have conquered Russia? The Mongol Empire. “The fight of Peresvet against Chelubey,” by Mikhail Avilov, 1943. Lithuania. Lithuanian warriors of […]

Must Have. MoSCoW (Must Have, Should Have, Could Have, Won’t Have this time) is primarily used to prioritise requirements, although the practice is also useful in many other areas. What is Agile MoSCoW? It’s based on the agile method of project management, which aims to strictly establish factors like the cost of a product, quality, […]

It was the capital of the Grand Duchy of Moscow (or Muscovy), from 1340 to 1547 and in 1713 renamed as the Tsardom of Russia by Peter I “the Great” (when the capital was moved to Saint Petersburg).Historical demographics. Year Population 1785 188 700 1800 250 000 1811 300 000 1813 215 000 Who moved […]

Moscow traces its history back to 1147, when it was mentioned in the chronicles for the first time. The early 12th century saw Kievan Rus disintegrate into many separate principalities. During this period, Prince Yury Dolgoruky of Rostov and Suzdal (1090–1157) began to build new towns and communities. Who founded Moscow? prince Yuri DolgorukiyMoscow was […]

Yes, you can drink the tapwater in Moscow, although many people will disagree. Is Moscow tap water safe to drink? On the one hand, you have authorities at water companies vehemently stating that the water is safe, sanitized and perfect for imbibing. On the other, restaurants only serve bottled water, most Russians drink bottled water […]

Moscow was a remote, insignificant river town that increased in importance because its obscurity meant it mostly escaped attention from the invading Mongols.And it became the political center a century later, when Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow, defeated the Golden Horde and began to consolidate Russian territory. Why did Moscow become the most important […]

The Russian ruler vowed support of Napoleon, and for his part, Napoleon believed Alexander had extended him a hand of friendship.Instead, the cunning Russian ruler had bought himself and his country the time they needed to gird themselves against powerful Napoleon. Why did the Russians set Moscow on fire? The fleeing Russian forces adopted a […]

In 2016, the murder rate in Russia was 7 per 100,000 people, according to Rosstat (the Russian Federal State Statistics Service). According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the corresponding figure is a bit higher at 9.2.In 2017, Moscow also recorded the lowest crime rate in over a decade. What kind […]

You can live a very good life, renting a nice flat, going out, learning the language – everything will be very cheap if you live in Moscow! Moscow is especially great for digital nomads who want to stay in a place with good living standards for not so much money and work online at the […]

Today Moscow is not only the political centre of Russia but also the country’s most populous city and its industrial, cultural, scientific, and educational capital. For more than 600 years Moscow also has been the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church. What makes Russia unique? As the world’s largest country, Russia occupies one-tenth of […]

Petersburg and Moscow is size. Boasting a population of about 13 million, Moscow is well over twice the size of St. Petersburg. For scale, New York City has 8 million people, meaning that the Russian capital is significantly larger than New York City, the most populous city in the United States! Which city is better […]

Moscow mostly attracts Russian and foreign youth. According to the social survey for H1 2019 by Moscow Committee for Tourism, most tourists visiting Moscow are young people under 34. So, 77.5% of guests from other regions of Russia are millennials (those born after 1981), 33.3% are young people between 18 and 24. Why people go […]

Russian language. Moskovskoye proiznosheniye, IPA: [mɐˈskofskəjə prəɪznɐˈʂenʲɪɪ]), sometimes Central Russian, is the spoken Russian language variety used in Moscow – one of the two major pronunciation norms of the Russian language alongside the Saint Petersburg norm. What languages are spoken in Moscow Russia? Languages of Russia Official Russian official throughout nation; thirty-five others coofficial in […]