Facts About : Moscow City

Moscow is the capital and the largest city of Russia with 12.2 million residents within the city limits and 16.8 million within the urban area. It is also a major political, economic, cultural, and scientific center of Russia and Eastern Europe, as well as the largest city entirely on the European continent. By broader definitions Moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the 14th largest metro area, the 17th largest agglomeration, the 16th largest urban area, and the 10th largest by population within city limits worldwide.

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* Gorky Park is a Central Park of Moscow, with an attendance of more 100,000 a day on the weekend.

* Since it's opening, Metro did not work only once – on October 16, 1941. The Germans came very close to the Moscow Metro planning to destroy it. However, by the end of that day the Metro got back on track.

* Moscow boasts the largest number of billionaires in the world. According to the Forbes, there are 84 billionaires in the city with the combined wealth of 367 billion dollars. New York takes second place in this ranking with its 62 billionaire residents.

* Lenin Library is the largest in Europe, with its 43 million objects storage (maps, sheet music, sound recordings, rare books, dissertations, newspapers). In the 70s at the peak of the popularity of "The Beatles", the library was tagged as the “Lennon Bitlioteka”.

* A tram number 3 is the oldest route in Moscow. The first tram started its way on April 6, 1899.

* The Moscow Kremlin is the the world’s largest medieval fortress.

* There are 3,500 historical streets and cute alleys, wide avenues and vast squares, mysterious embankments, endless highways and fast driveways in Moscow.

* Arbat street is one of the oldest in Moscow. It’s 520 years old.

* The highest monument in Moscow is Victory Obelisk, 141.8 meters high. Each 10cm of its height represent one day of the Great Patriotic War. It was opened on 9 May 1995.

* Trains in Moscow metro go more frequently than in any other subway in the world. At peak times the interval between trains is just 1.5 minute.

* Nine million passengers use the Moscow metro daily. This is more than London and New York subways combined.

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