MOSCOW- the capital of the Russian Federation, a city of federal significance, the administrative center of the Central Federal District and the Moscow Region, which does not belong to. The largest in terms of the population of the city and its subject is 12,380,664 [2] people. (2017), the most populated of cities completely located in Europe, is among the top ten cities in the world in terms of population [5]. Center of the Moscow city agglomeration.
The historical capital of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Russian Empire, the Russian Empire (in 1728-1730), Soviet Russia and the USSR. The city is a hero. (Except for the Constitutional Court), embassies of foreign states, the headquarters of the majority of the largest Russian organizations and public associations.
It is located on the Moscow River in the center of the East European Plains, in the interfluve of the Oka and Volga. As a subject of the federation, Moscow borders on the Moscow and Kaluga regions.
Moscow is an important tourist center of Russia. The Moscow Kremlin, the Red Square, the Novodevichy Convent and the Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List [6]. It is the most important transport hub. The city is served by 6 airports, 9 railway stations, 3 river ports (there is a river communication with the seas of the Atlantic and Arctic Ocean basins). Since 1935 in Moscow works underground.