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Moscow (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 55 45 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 55.7500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 037 42 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 37.7000 decimal degrees |
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Note: First noted as village 1147; grew around 13th-cen. Kremlin; sacked and rebuilt several times; expanded culturally and economically under Peter the Great in 17th cen., Catherine the Great in 18th cen. and Soviet government in 20th cen.; bombed during WW II. |
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| Moskva (preferred,C,V,O,Russian)
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| Moscow (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Moscou (C,O)
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| Moscú (C,O)
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| Москва́ (C,V,Russian-P,U)
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| Moskau (C,O)
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| Moskou (C,V,Dutch-P,U)
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| Moskwa (C,U)
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| Москва (C,U,Russian)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Moscow (autonomous city) (P) |
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Moscow (inhabited place) (P) |
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Moscow (inhabited place) (P) |
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settled since Neolithic times |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of the United Soviet Socialist Republics and the Russian Soviet Socialist Republics from 1917-1991 |
| national capital (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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Russia .......... (nation) |
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(World, Asia) [7002435] |
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