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Moscow at a glance
Moscow—a mixture of Tsarist opulence contrasting with Soviet drabness—is home to Red Square, the Kremlin, St Basil's Cathedral, Spartak Moscow & Lenin's Mausoleum. Feast your eyes on a city of golden onion domes & Stalinist Gothic skyscrapers!
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Moscow history
At some point in the year 1147, Prince Dolgoruki invited a bunch of nobles from Novgorod to a grand feast at his lodge overlooking the Moskva river. That location became the Kremlin—the power centre of an emergent Russian state—and the surrounding area gradually evolved into a vast metropolis and one of the world's great capital cities.
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Moscow local information
Country:
Russia

Moscow by the Numbers:
Population: 11.2 million

Elevation: 623 feet

Average Annual Rainfall: 23.6 inches

Average Annual Snowfall: 18 inches

Average January Temperature: 16 degrees F

Average July Temperature: 63 degrees F

Quick Facts:
Major Industries: machine building, metalworking, oil refining, publishing, brewing

Ethnic Mix: Russians 79.8%, Tatars 3.84%, Ukrainians 2.04%, Bashkir 1.16%, Chuvash 1.13%, Chechens 0.9%, Armenians 0.79%, other 10.34%

Electricity: 220 V, 50 Hz, two pin thin European plugs

Time Zone: GMT +3

Country Dialing Code: 7

Area Code: 95 ( 7 and the area code must be dialed even for local calls )

Did You Know?
Moscow is the capital of Russia and one of the largest populated cities in the world. Moscow has more billionaires living in the area than any other city in the world. With a total of 33 billionaires, Moscow beats New York City's statistic by two.

Orientation:
Moscow is located in the central-western portion of Russia, on the Moscow River. Moscow is northeast of Ukraine and southeast of Finland.
Moscow weather
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Average Annual Rainfall:
19.9" / 50.4 cm
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Top Rated Activities
Tsaritsyno
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Metro (The)
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Tretiakov Gallery (Tret'iakovskaia Galereia)
Prestigious Russian art
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (The)
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Top Rated Places To Stay
The Ritz-Carlton Moscow
Most expensive hotel in town
Swissotel Krasnye Holmy
Modern Russian Tsar-style living
Ararat Park Hyatt
Five-star luxury amenities
7th Floor
Located just outside city centre
Aeropolis (Aeroflot) Hotel
Moderately-priced, well-equipped
 
Top Rated Restaurants
Starlite Diner
American territory in the heart of Russia
Pushkin
19th century style Russian food
Scandinavia
Scandinavian meals at Scandinavian prices
Mama Zoya
Inexpensive food and good service
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Top Rated Nightlife
Solyanka
The first indie elite dance club in Moscow
Project OGI (Proekt OGI)
Arty hang-out
35mm
Actor and director presentations
Thursday nights at Propaganda
The best Thursday nights in Moscow
Tema
Cocktail mania