Interesting facts about Moscow for children and adults
Moscow is interesting not only as the capital of Russia, a fount of historical monuments and architectural structures, but also a number of interesting facts that are not only interesting but also useful to know. Vse-Sekrety.ru will tell about the most interesting of them:
Historical facts
- Until now, it has not been established reliably, where the name "Moscow" came from. It is believed that the capital of Russia adopted its name from the Moscow River. But the river could be so named for two versions: because of the Finnish tribes living there at the time, from the Finnish "mosk" - the bear and "wa" - water, or from the Slavs, according to the ancient Slavonic "moscow" - dampness, wet.
- The Assumption Cathedral is the oldest church in the city, it was built at the end of the XV century.
- After in 1812 Moscow was burned by Napoleon's troops, according to different historical data, then about 80% of all buildings suffered, it took more than 30 years to revive the city after this fire.
- Moscow was awarded the title Hero City with the awarding of the Gold Star medal and the Order of Lenin, for outstanding services to residents and towns during the Great Patriotic War.
- There are more than a dozen rivers and streams in Moscow itself and in the vicinity. Most of them, in the conditions of modern reality, are in collectors.
Less and less indigenous
- Moscow is considered one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, and the largest in Europe. In the capital of our country there are about 12 million people, and this figure is inexorably growing.
- Native residents in Moscow are only 8%.If we assume that the fourth generation of the descendants of the fourth generation are considered to be full-fledged indigenous people( when each representative from the generation was born and lived permanently in Moscow), then only 2% will be.
- The capital of Russia is considered to be one of the most multinational cities in which Russians live in addition to Russians: Ukrainians, Tatars, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Jews, Georgians, Tajiks, etc.
- Over the past two decades, the number of Russians in Moscow has dropped from 91% to 83%.The number of Armenians and Georgians living in Moscow has increased three-fold, while the number of Azerbaijanis and Tajiks has increased 5-fold!
- By the way, according to the center for the study of public opinion, 59% of Russians do not like Muscovites, considering them arrogant and greedy.
Transport connection of Moscow
- The first tram in Moscow went at the end of the XIX century.
- The transport infrastructure of Moscow includes: 5 airports, 9 railway stations, 3 river ports and a large number of bus stations.
- The famous Moscow metro has a length of 278 km, every day it carries around 9 million passengers - this is a world record.
- Announced the station in the subway in a special way: the routes heading to the center and along the circular route clockwise - the male voice, and heading from the center and counter-clockwise along the roundabout - with a female voice. Thus, people with poor eyesight can easily navigate when traveling.
It's interesting to know
- Moscow is considered the most polluted capital of Europe, but not of the world( in the world index it takes only 14 place).
- The capital of Russia is really immense, the total length of all the streets is 4350 km. It is estimated that in order to bypass the whole of Moscow, an average walking speed will take 36 days.
- The Ostankino TV tower is the highest TV tower in Europe( its length is 540 meters), it was built in 1967.The TV tower provides broadcasting of radio and TV channels. In addition, mobile operators and radio-Internet operators are actively using the structure - more than 30 companies have their own equipment on it. The tower includes 7 elevators and a restaurant, and the part in which it is located - rotates in a circle.
- Moscow is a city of billionaires, there are already 74 people there, when in the city of New York they left only 71.