Moscowis a major administrative center and one of the largest in terms of population, city in
Europe. In addition, Moscow is the largest cultural and tourist center of the country. Thanks to the well developed transport structure, which includes 5 airports, 3 ports and 9 railway stations, a huge flow of tourists and vacationers annually flood the city.
Extraordinary pomp and magnificence differs in the temple architecture of the city. One of its great examples is the St. Basil's Cathedral, built by architects Postnik and of Brahma, and performs the functions of the temple and the Museum. Unique silhouette and unique building coating, make it recognizable among thousands. The construction of the temple consists of nine churches, which are built from a single base.
Striking eye monumentality and solemnity of the Christ the Savior Cathedral, which was erected in the late twentieth century on the analogy of the temple, built in the NINETEENTH century, and is the largest temple of the Russian Church. A feature of the construction of the temple are its walls painted with names of the fallen military officers in 1812 and other battles with Napoleonic France. On the temple grounds is a Museum and an observation deck.
One of the most popular sights of Moscow is the largest Museum in the world the state Tretyakov gallery, founded in the mid-NINETEENTH century, a wealthy merchant Pavel Tretyakov, who owns the largest collection of Russian fine art.
In the heart of the city lies the majestic walls of the Presidential residence, whose architectural composition with strong walls, palaces, towers, and old towers and deposited in the memory forever. The architectural ensemble of the Kremlin includes a national-cultural Museum-reserve, the Armoury, and the assumption chamber, the assumption, Annunciation and Archangel churches, the Church of deposition of the robe, Patriarch's Palace, Ivan the Great bell tower and the exposition of the one-pillar chamber in the Patriarchal Palace.
The city has a large number of museums are the State historical Museum, and the Museum of Fine arts, historical-architectural, artistic and landscape Museum-reserve Tsaritsyno, the Museum of the second world war, the Polytechnic Museum, the Museum of Soviet arcade machines and much more.
Moscow State Historical Museum also owns the Novodevichy convent, whose unique collection is the architectural composition of the XVI-XVII centuries and exalted sacristy. The number of exhibits of monastery of the Museum amounts to more than ten thousand. Many of them moved to the monastery from the closed churches and monasteries of the city. In the Museum you can find old fabric and masterpieces of ancient art, made of precious metals and stones, manuscripts and early printed books, icons, tomb iconostases of Peter I.