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| | |co-ordinates =55.7° N., 37.5° E.<ref>{{Cite book|date=1922|title=World Almanac and Book of Facts for 1923|url=https://archive.org/stream/worldalmanacbook1923unse#page/62/mode/2up/search/munich|series=series: World Almanac and Book of Facts|language=English|location=New York|publisher=Press Pub Co. (''The New York World'')|pages=63}} Rounded down toward zero.</ref> | | |co-ordinates =55.7° N., 37.5° E.<ref>{{Cite book|date=1922|title=World Almanac and Book of Facts for 1923|url=https://archive.org/stream/worldalmanacbook1923unse#page/62/mode/2up/search/munich|series=series: World Almanac and Book of Facts|language=English|location=New York|publisher=Press Pub Co. (''The New York World'')|pages=63}} Rounded down toward zero.</ref> |
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| − | [[File:Moscow International Business Centre 2008.jpg|thumb|250px|The Business Center of Moscow]]
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| | '''Moscow''' (Russian: Москва) is the [[Capital city|capital]] and the biggest city of [[Russia]]. | | '''Moscow''' (Russian: Москва) is the [[Capital city|capital]] and the biggest city of [[Russia]]. |
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| | It is located in western [[Russia]], and as of the 2002 census, has a population of over 10.4 million.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07EFDE113FF932A05753C1A9649C8B63 Moscow's Population Passes 10 Million]</ref> | | It is located in western [[Russia]], and as of the 2002 census, has a population of over 10.4 million.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07EFDE113FF932A05753C1A9649C8B63 Moscow's Population Passes 10 Million]</ref> |
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| − | [[File:Moscow 2008.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Moscow, 2008.]]
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| − | [[File:Red square Moscow cityscape (8309148721).jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|[[Red Square]] ]]
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| | ==Victory Day celebrations== | | ==Victory Day celebrations== |
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| | ==Poklonnaya Hill== | | ==Poklonnaya Hill== |
| − | [[File:Moscow Victory Museum NATO equipment.PNG|left|250px|thumb|Captured [[NATO]] war trophies at the Victory War Museum, Moscow.]] | + | [[File:Moscow Victory Museum NATO equipment.PNG|left|300px|thumb|Captured [[NATO]] war trophies at the Victory War Museum, Moscow.]] |
| | Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow's highest point, is the site of the Victory Musuem to victories over [[Napoleon]] and in [[World War II]]. The site also contains an open air museum of war trophies from the [[Great Patriotic War]] and the [[NATO War in Ukraine]]. | | Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow's highest point, is the site of the Victory Musuem to victories over [[Napoleon]] and in [[World War II]]. The site also contains an open air museum of war trophies from the [[Great Patriotic War]] and the [[NATO War in Ukraine]]. |
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| | + | [[File:Moscow International Business Centre 2008.jpg|thumb|250px|The Business Center of Moscow]] |
| | + | [[File:Moscow 2008.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Moscow, 2008.]] |
| | + | [[File:Red square Moscow cityscape (8309148721).jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|[[Red Square]] ]] |
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| | == References== | | == References== |
| | {{reflist}} | | {{reflist}} |