Moscow

Here's our latest advert for Moscow we will broadcast LIVE from Moscow and here's what we did last year.

Moscow (Russian: Москвa, romanised: Moskva, IPA: [mɐˈskva] (help·info); see also other names) is the capital and the largest city of Russia. It is also the largest metropolitan area in Europe, and ranks among the largest urban areas in the world. Moscow is a major political, economic, cultural, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the world, a global city. It is also the seventh largest city proper in the world, a megacity. Population of Moscow with Moscow Region is 17,001,292 (as of the 2002 Census).

It is located on the Moscow River in the Central Federal District, in the European part of Russia. Historically, it was the capital of the former Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia and the Grand Duchy of Moscow. It is the site of the Moscow Kremlin, one of the World Heritage Sites in city, which serves as the residence of the President of Russia. The Russian parliament (the State Duma and the Federation Council) and the Government of Russia also sit in Moscow.

Moscow is a major economic centre and is home to one of the largest numbers of billionaires in the world; in 2008 Moscow was named the world's most expensive city for foreign employees for the third year in a row.

It is home to many scientific and educational institutions, as well as numerous sport facilities. It possesses a complex transport system, that includes 3 international airports, 9 railroad terminals, and the world's second busiest (after Tokyo) metro system which is famous for its architecture and artwork. Its metro is the busiest single-operator subway in the world.

A person from Moscow is called a Muscovite in English, Moskvich in Russian.

It is just a quick 1:00 Min sample of last years visit to Moscow, to watch all of last years video visit just go to: http://www.livestream.com/geographic

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This is a sample of this years Moscow Guide. We are currently creating our Moscow Guide. So far we are going to go there, then we will edit it and show you it first on WorldGuides on YouTube. We will keep you up to date on GeographicChannel & WorldGuides. This video contains some sights. This is the Documentary and Guide of our Moscow, it is only a one minute video, we will soon make an hour video. Hope you enjoy it. We say discovering the undiscovered.

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