Moscow is the capital of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the world. Moscow is the most populous city on the continent of Europe and the seventh largest city proper in the world. The population as of  January 2010 was 10,562,099. Since the collapse of communism in 1989 many people have become mega-rich and millions of others have become mega-poor.

The Russian State Library is the national library of the
The Russian State Library is the national library of the
Offices of the Russian version of the FBI
Marx, Engels and Lenin reliefs on office facade
Ornate church in an otherwise banal neighbothood
Exterior of the elegant Pushkin Cafe
Interior of Pushkin Cafe
The loo at Pushkin Cafe
Lunch at Pushkin Cafe--salmon dumplings and mixed salad
Statue of Pushkin
Pushkin Square with casino in background
Casino
Park promenade
Alexander column and new construction
Many upscale cars inMoscow
Many upscale cars inMoscow
Ornate 'brocade' office building
Gilded ballerina statue
Statues of notable people
Russian version of European Architecture
Drinking is a major past-time, as well as littering.
Dostoyevsky hovering above students at the National Library
Statue of Czar Peter the Great as a navigator
Another saintly church
Odd but artistic sign at a bus stop
Railway station cafe sign
Soviet Stalinist architecture and modern traffic
Novodevichy (New Maiden) Convent
Novodevichy (New Maiden) Convent
Korchma Taras Bulba Ukrainian restaurant http://www.moscow-life.com/eat/restaurants_details/16-Taras_Bulba_Korchma
Korchma Taras Bulba Ukrainian restaurant http://www.moscow-life.com/eat/restaurants_details/16-Taras_Bulba_Korchma
Korchma Taras Bulba Ukrainian restaurant http://www.moscow-life.com/eat/restaurants_details/16-Taras_Bulba_Korchma
Taras Bulba
Waitress at Korchma Taras Bulba Ukrainian restaurant http://www.moscow-life.com/eat/restaurants_details/16-Taras_Bulba_Korchma
Statue of an artist (the tall one)
Ministry of Defense
Sweeping the park
Novodevichy (New Maiden) Convent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novodevichy_Convent
Novodevichy (New Maiden) Convent
Novodevichy (New Maiden) Convent
Novodevichy (New Maiden) Convent
Novodevichy (New Maiden) Convent
Novodevichy (New Maiden) Convent
Novodevichy (New Maiden) Convent
Novodevichy (New Maiden) Convent Chapel
Novodevichy (New Maiden) Convent--Smolensk Cathedral
Novodevichy (New Maiden) Convent
Novodevichy (New Maiden) Convent--Smolensk Cathedral
Novodevichy (New Maiden) Convent
Soviet style office tower
Soviet architectural detail
Art display and nanny
Art display on pedestrian street
Young people hanging out
Hawker for an Asian restaurant
Asian restaurant
Assortment of communist T-shirts designs
Equine sculpture in the park near Red Square
Statue of General near Red Square
Details of St Basil Cathedral in Red Square
Red Square with GUM department store on right
Church steeple inside the Kremlin wall
Cleaning the park around the Kremlin
Solyanka soup with a dollop of sour cream
Renovations at the Bolshoi Theatre, a historic theatre designed by
Billboard in front of Bolshoi Theatre
Elegant street with upscale shops
Classic European architecture
Baroque/neo-classic 1895 clock detail of building entrance
Many but not many upscale cars in central Moscow
Traffic jam in the new prosperity of Moscow
Upscale department store
Bolshoi Theatre, a historic theatre designed by the architect Joseph
Upscale TSUM department store
Trolley driver reconnecting her cable arms
Modern design
Park walk with young man listening to music through his
Rush hour traffic with late model cars
Flower shop
Modern condo developments
Clever name for coffee shop
Exterior of Moscow circus building
Bronze statue of a famous circus entertainer (with tourist in
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) is often said to
New and old skyline buildings
The "White House'--construction started in 1965 and ended in 1981.
Front facade of the "White House'--construction started in 1965 and
Russian flag at half mast atop the 'White House' in
Soviet architecture
Heroic patriotic statue
Makeshift memorial to the failed coup of 1993.
Memorial graves from the failed coup of 1993.
Ribbons of remembrance
Memorial to the failed 1993 rebellion
Exterior of a Metro station (no signs in English)
Zoo entrance
Patriotic wall sculpture celebrating the common folk
Modern styles
Hotel Metropol is a historical hotel in the center of
Hotel Metropol is a historical hotel in the center of
Hotel Metropol mosaic
Modern cinema
Billboard for women boxers
Shopping mall
Trendy department store
Train station
Train station
Express train
TSUM store luxury goods
Billboard for the American Pilobolus dance company
Russian and Moscow flags
Moscow airport terminal
Moscow airport

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