Amazing facts about Moscow

1. Moscow Population. Moscow is the biggest city in
Europe. Moscow population is 10.5 million. Statistic says
that Moscow population is expecting to be 16 millions by
2020. Amount of Russians became less - from 90 to 84%
for last 20 years. Part of Ukrainians decreased as well
from 2.8% to 2.4%; same for Belarusians (from 0.8% to
0.66%) and Jews (from 2% to 0.7%). But part of
Armenians and Georgians is increased for 3 times, Azeri
increased for five times. Besides that there are 300
thousand people from China, Afghanistan, Vietnam,
Serbia and Turkey.

2. Weather in Moscow. There is big myth about brutally
cold weather in Moscow, Russia. This is not correct.
The climate is temperate. October sees still-mild
temperatures but shorter days. The real Russia-
buried in snow - is best in February and March.
Summers are gorgeous, and in June it stays light until
nearly midnight.

3. The Russian State Library is the biggest in Europe and second in
the World after Library of Congress in the USA. The Russian
State Library is located in Moscow and was founded in 1862. It
comprises of the hundred and fifty million books,magazines and
manuscripts.Some historical documents are also preserved in
this Library.

4. Lomonosov Moscow State University is among the world's 100 best
universities.
Moscow State University is one of the leading and oldest universities in
Russia. It has been named after Mikhail Lomonosov since 1940. MSU
comprises 15 research institutes, 40 faculties, 300 departments and 6
affiliate branches in CIS countries. The university has a total of about
50,000 students, including 35,000 undergraduates, graduates and
specialists and 5,000 graduate students and doctoral candidates. The
faculties and research centers employ 4,000 faculty members and 5,000
researchers. Since 1992, the rector of Moscow State University has
been Viktor Antonovich Sadovnichy, Dr. of Physical and Mathematical
Sciences, academic and Vice-President of the Russian Academy of
Sciences.

5. 10 Interesting Facts About Moscow
 The Kremlin wall length is 2235m.
 The Moscow River is 65km long.
 The Moscow Metro opened in 1935 and is the second most busy
subway system in the world only beaten by Tokyo subway system in
Japan. On average 6.6 million people use the Moscow Metro daily.
 With a population of over 10million people Moscow is the 7th largest
city in the world.
 Yuri Dolgoruki is the founder of Moscow city
 During World War II, 150 babies were born in the Moscow metro
stations. The metro stations were used as air-raid shelter during this
period.
 The Red Square was originally used as a market place in the 15th
century.
 The Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow houses the largest depository of
Russian fine art in the world. The gallery was established in 1856
and contains more than 130 000 exhibits.
 In 1908 Moscow experienced its biggest flood. The waters rose 9m
and immersed 1600 hectares of the city.
 Gorky Park, a leisure and amusement park was opened in 1928 and
was named after Maxim Gorky.

6. The square separates the Kremlin, the former royal citadel and currently the
official residence of the President of Russia. Red Square is often considered the
central square of Moscow and all of Russia, because Moscow's major streets—
which connect to Russia's major highways—originate from the square.
The name Red Square does not originate from the pigment of the surrounding
bricks (which, in fact, were whitewashed at certain times in history) nor from the
link between the color red and communism. Rather, the name came about
because the Russian word красная (krasnaya) can mean either "red" or
"beautiful"