Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia, located in western Russia on the Moskva River. Moscow has a population of over 12.5 million people, making it among the largest cities in Europe. Moscow serves as Russia's political, economic, cultural, and scientific center and has one of the largest and most expensive urban economies in the world. Moscow features some of Europe's tallest skyscrapers and is also home to iconic landmarks like Saint Basil's Cathedral and the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

2. MOSCOW'S LOCATION AND FACTS
• Moscow is the capital and most populous city of Russia
Situated on the Moskva River in the Central Federal District
of Western Russia, Moscow's population is estimated at 12.5
million.
• Moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the most
populous urban area in Europe, the most populous
metropolitan area in Europe,and also the largest city (by
area) on the European continent.
• Moscow is governed as a federal city that serves as the
political, economic, cultural, and scientific centre of the
Russia and Eastern Europe.
• As an alpha global city, Moscow has one of the world's largest
urban economies, and is one of the most expensive cities in
the world, and is also one of the fastest growing tourist
destinations in the world.
• Moscow is home to the third-highest number of billionaires of
any city in the world,and has the highest number of
billionaires of any city in Europe. The Moscow International
Business Center is one of largest financial centres of Europe
and the world, and features some of Europe's tallest
skyscrapers.
• Moscow is also home to the tallest free-standing structure in
Europe

3. MOSCOW'S URBANISM
Moscow comes under RADICAL URBANISM
Features:
• Inner outer ring roads linked by
Radiating roads
• Allows an unusually wide range of
home-based business start-ups,
including retail, restaurant, services,
and light assembly

5. ELEMENTS OF URBAN DESGIN
• BUILDING
• LANDSCAPE
• TRANSPORT
• PUBLIC SPACES
• STREETS

6. • Moscow's architecture is
world-renowned. Moscow is
the site of Saint Basil's
Cathedral, with its elegant
onion domes, as well as the
Cathedral of Christ the
Savior and the Seven
Sisters. The first Kremlin
was built in the middle of
the 12th century.
• Moscow was dominated by
Orthodox churches. However,
the overall appearance of the
city changed drastically during
Soviet times, especially as a
result of Joseph Stalin's large-
scale effort to "modernize"
Moscow.
1.ARCHITECTURE

7. The building is shaped like the flame
of a bonfire rising into the sky, a
design that has no parallel in Russian
architecture. Dmitry Shvidkovsky, in
his book Russian Architecture and the
West, states that it is like no other
Russian building.
Architectural Examples
Saint Basil's Cathedral
The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour is
a Russian Orthodox cathedral in
Moscow, Russia, on the northern bank
of the Moskva River, a few hundred
metres southwest of the Kremlin. With
an overall height of 103 metres (338
ft),t is the second tallest Orthodox
Christian church in the world
Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

8. 2.TRANSPORT
The Moscow Metro system is famous for its art,
murals, mosaics, and ornate chandeliers. It
started operation in 1935 and immediately
became the centrepiece of the transportation
system.
1.METRO
Lazar Kaganovich was in charge; he designed
the subway so that citizens would absorb the
values and ethos of Stalinist civilisation as they
rode. The artwork of the 13 original stations
became nationally and internationally famous.

9. 3.MASCOW RING
• Moscow's road system is centered roughly on the Kremlin at the heart of the city. From
there, roads generally span outwards to intersect with a sequence of circular roads .
• The first and innermost major ring, The Bulvarnoye Koltso is technically not a ring; it
does not form a complete circle, but instead a horseshoe-like arc that begins at the
Cathedral of Christ the Savior and ends at the Yauza River.
• The second primary ring, located outside the bell end of the Boulevard Ring, is the
Sadovoye Koltso (Garden Ring).
• The Third Ring Road, was completed in 2003 as a high-speed freeway.
• The Fourth Transport Ring, another freeway, was planned, but cancelled in 2011. It
will be replaced by a system of chordal highways.

10. 3.PARKS AND LANDMARKS
There are 96 parks and 18 gardens in Moscow,
including four botanical gardens. There are 450
square kilometres (170 sq mi) of green zones besides
100 square kilometres (39 sq mi) of forests.[108]
Moscow is a very green city, if compared to other
cities of comparable size in Western Europe and
North America; this is partly due to a history of
having green "yards" with trees and grass, between
residential buildings. There are on average 27 square
meters (290 sq ft) of parks per person in Moscow
compared with 6 for Paris, 7.5 in London and 8.6 in
New York.

11. 1.COST OF LIVING
The price of real estate in Moscow continues to rise.
Today, one could expect to pay $4,000 on average per
square meter (11 sq ft) on the outskirts of the cityor
US$6,500–$8,000 per square meter in a prestigious
district. The price sometimes may exceed US$40,000
per square meter in a flat.It costs about US$1,200
per month to rent a one-bedroom apartment and
about US$1,000 per month for a studio in the center
of Moscow.
• In 2008, Moscow ranked top on the list of most
expensive cities for the third year in a row.
• In 2014, according to Forbes, Moscow was ranked
the 9th most expensive city in the world. Forbes
ranked Moscow the 2nd most expensive city the
year prior.
• In 2019 the Economist Intelligence Unit's
Worldwide Cost of Living survey put Moscow to
102nd place in the biannual ranking of 133 most
expensive cities.[2] ECA International's Cost of
Living 2019 Survey ranked Moscow #120 among
482 locations worldwide