MOSCOW
The best way to see a strange city is to buy a map and a guide-book. If
you want to learn, more about a city, it is useful to walk along the
streets and look around to see historical places, buildings and monuments.
There is no doubt that you should visit art galleries and museums.
Moscow, the capital of Russia, is one of the largest cities in the
world. It stands on the bank of the Moskva River. About 10 million people
live in the city. Moscow is famous for its historical and architectural
monuments that were built by outstanding architects and sculptors: Kazakov,
Bazhenov, Martos and others.
The best starting point of the tour around the city is Red Square, the
central and the most beautiful square in Moscow. It is the place of
parades, meeting and demonstrations. Here one can see the Cathedral of
St.Basil the Blessed, or St.Basil’s cathedral, erected by architects
Postnik and Barma to commemorate Russia’s conquest of the Kazan Kingdom in
1552. It is a masterpiece of Russian architecture. Tourists can see the
monument to Minin and Pozharsky designed by Ivan Martos in 1818 in
memory of the Russian victory over the Polish invaders, the History Museum.
The heart of Moscow is the Kremlin, a wonderful architectural ensemble with
3 magnificient cathedrals, the Bell Tower of Ivan the Great palaces,
fortress walls and 20 towers. The most famous of the towers is the
Spasskaya Tower with a big clock. The Kremlin with golden domes and tower
makes a strong impression on tourists. The Alexander Garden with the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier is the place of memory. Some Skyscrapers decorate
Moscow Including Moscow University, a palace of knowledge and students.
Moscow is a scientific and cultural centre where there are a lot of
institutes, universities, libraries, museums. The city leads a varied
cultural life. It has a lot of cinemas, clubs, concert halls, more than 40
drama and musical theatres, including the Bolshoi Theatre, the Art Theatre.
The Maly Theatre. The Vakhtangov Theatre.
Muscovites are proud of their museums : the Tretyakov Gallery, Pushkin
Museum of Fine Arts, literary museums.
Crowds of people visit the Tretiakov Gallery admiring beautiful pictures of
Russian painters.
Moscovites are fond of going in for sports so, there are a lot of stadiums,
swimming-pools, courts and sports ground.
The citizens of Moscow enjoy spending their weekends in parks and gardens -
the Park of Culture and Rest, Izmailovo, Sokolniki.
Moscovites do their best to create the atmosphere of the old Moscow with
its unique monuments. Before the 850th anniversary of Moscow the Cathedral
of Christ the Savior was completed.
Moscow is the place where things are happening in all spheres of life.
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