Moscow (rus)

Moscow

Moscow ranks 5th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Paris, London, and Los Angeles. Memorable people born in Moscow include Fyodor Dostoevsky, Peter the Great, and Ivan the Terrible. Memorable people who died in Moscow include Mikhail Gorbachev, Yuri Gagarin, and Boris Yeltsin. Moscow has been the birth place of many politicians and soccer players and the death place of many politicians and writers. Moscow is located in Russia.

Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million residents within the city limits, over 18.8 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in the metropolitan area. The city covers an area of 2,511 square kilometers (970 sq mi), while the urban area covers 5,891 square kilometers (2,275 sq mi), and the metropolitan area covers over 26,000 square kilometers (10,000 sq mi). Moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the most populous city in its entirety in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. Read more on Wikipedia