Спереводом, : с moscow is the capital of russia. it is one of the biggest and most beautiful cities in the world. moscow is a modern center now. the population of the city is about 9 million people. moscow is a political center, where the government of our country works. moscow was founded in 1147 by yuri dolgoruky. the total area of moscow is about nine hundred square kilometers. we say that moscow is a port of five seas, as the moscow - volga canal links moscow with the baltic, white caspian and black seas and the sea of azov. moscow is an industrial center too. there are many factories and plants in it. one of the best known plants is likhachev automobile plant, which produces many lorries. moscow is the cultural center. one can see the kremlin and red square in the city. there are a lot of theatres, museums, libraries and cinemas in moscow. during the stay in the capital you can get the expositions of the tretyakov art gallery and the pushkin fine art museum or dramas and comedies performed in the bolshoi and the maly theatres. moscow metro began its work in 1935 and there were only 13 stations at that time. now it has 190 stations in style and decoration. there is no end to the story about moscow but the saying goes 'it's better to see once than hear one thousand times".