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Moscow

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Moscow

Moscow ranks 9th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Rome, Tokyo, and Liverpool. Memorable people born in Moscow include Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Ivan the Terrible, and Peter the Great. Memorable people who died in Moscow include Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Lenin, and Ivan the Terrible. Moscow has been the birth place of many Political Leaders and Writers and the death place of many Political Leaders and Writers. Moscow is located in Russia.

Moscow is the capital and most populous city of Russia, with 13.2 million residents within the city limits, 17 million within the urban area and 20 million within the metropolitan area. Moscow is one of Russia's federal cities. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1099 and 2008, Moscow was the birth place of 375 globally memorable people, including Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Ivan the Terrible, and Peter the Great. Additionaly, 543 globally memorable people have passed away in Moscow including Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Lenin, and Ivan the Terrible. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Moscow than were born there.

People Born in Moscow

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Over the past 100 years the top profession of globally memorable people from Moscow has been Soccer Player, including Lev Yashin, Igor Akinfeev, and Roman Shirokov. Whereas throughout history the profession with the most memorable people from Moscow has been Political Leaders, including Peter the Great, Ivan the Terrible, and Alexander II of Russia.

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