Moscow region - Obwód moskiewski

Moscow region
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Main information
Capital city	Moscow
Currency	ruble
Surface	45 799
Population	6 628 100
Tongue	Russian
Time zone	2 Russian time zone, Moscow time, UTC 3
Time zone	2 Russian time zone, Moscow time, UTC 3

Moscow region - an administrative unit Of the Russian Federation, located in the western part of the country, around the state capital - Moscowwhich, however, does not belong to the circuit and constitutes a separate entity of the Federation.

Orthodox church of Dolgoprudny

Characteristic

Orthodox church of Aprielewce

Geography

Moscow Oblast covers an area of ​​45,800 km². The region is located in Eastern Europe, in the central part of the East European Plain, between the Oka and Volga rivers. It extends between 54 ° and 57 ° north latitude, 35 ° and 40 ° east longitude.

The area of ​​the perimeter is predominantly flat, only in the western part the terrain is more hilly, and the heights reach 160 m above sea level.

The walls of the Kremlin in Kolomna

Climate

The Moscow region has a temperate, cool continental climate, characterized by short, hot summers and long, cold winters. The continental features of the local climate increase as you move south-east of the oblast.

History

In the mid-12th century, the region became part of the Włodzimierz-Suzdal Duchy. At that time, a number of castles were founded, including: Wołokołamsk (1135), Moscow (1147), Zvenigorod (1152), Dmitrów (1154) and others. In the first half of the thirteenth century, Włodzimierz-Suzdal Ruthenia, like other areas of Ruthenia, was conquered by the Mongols (Tatars).

In the thirteenth century, small areas around Moscow became the nucleus of the Duchy of Moscow, which in the future significantly enlarged its territory and became the main force fighting for the liberation of Ruthenian lands from the Tatar-Mongol yoke, and then united all Ruthenian lands. In 1340, the Duchy of Moscow became the Grand Duchy of Moscow. The first big victory over the Tatars was achieved by the Ruthenians in 1380 in the Battle of Kulikovo Pole on the Don, under the command of the Duke of Moscow and Vladimir - Dmitri, later called the Donski.

In 1480, Ivan III became completely independent of the Tatar domination of the Golden Horde - he stopped paying tribute to the Tatar khan, and then fought off several retaliatory expeditions. During Ivan III, the principality was enlarged by the Principalities of Jarosław and Nowogrodzkie and became a unified nation-state; its capital, Moscow, was expanded. Formally, the Grand Duchy of Moscow existed until 1547, when Grand Duke Ivan IV the Terrible assumed the title of Tsar of Russia.

The history of the Moscow Oblast as a separate administrative entity began in 1708, when Peter I created the Moscow Governorate, covering most of the present-day Oblast. The region was established on January 14, 1929. Since 1993, the region has been one of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

Policy

Economy

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Cities

• Kolomna
• Krasnogorsk
• Możajsk
• Mytiszczy
• Noginsk
• Odincowo
• Pawłowski Posad
• Podolsk
• Pushkino
• Sergeyev Posad
• Serepukhov
• Troick
• Balashych
• Khimki
• Elektrostal
• Lubierce

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