a city like no other

the capital city of Russia; located in western Russia.

Founded in 1147. Now capital of the Russian Federation. Previously the capital of Muscovy, Russia and the Soviet Union. From the 18th to the early 20th centuries, it was no longer the nationâ€(tm)s capital, but it remained the place where Russian tsars were crowned.

Treaty of Signed in March 1921 between Soviet Russia and Kemalist Turkey, it established a new Turkish-Soviet border and partitioned independent Armenia.

Moscow (, Romanized: Moskva, IPA: ) is the capital of Russia and the country's principal political, economic, financial, educational, and transportation center, located on the Moskva River in the Central Federal District, in the European part of Russia. The name of the city is usually pronounced "Mos-koh" (rhyming with "toe") in British English and "Mos-kow" (rhyming with "now") in US English. The city's population of 10.4 million permanent inhabitants within the city boundaries constitutes about 7% of the total Russian population.