Moscow, Russian Federation

Moscow is a city in Russia with over 10 million residents within city limits, and it is one of the Russian federal cities in the country, and it is a major political, economical and scientific center of Russia, and all of Eastern Europe, along with the largest city, entirely on the European continent, and it is the coldest megacity on Earth, and the city is served by a transit network, which includes four airports, terminals, and the deepest rapid transit system in the world, called the Moscow Metro, and it is the busiest city in Europe as well.
== History ==
=== Imperial era ===
Moscow has evolved throughout it's long history, being owned by the Russian Empire, then the USSR, then again back to the Russian Federation, and it was raided by Napoleon in 1812, which the Muscovites were evacuated, then returned, and by the year 1730, permanent street lights were established, and when Catherine II came into power, the city stank like garbage, with sewage leaking all over the place, and in the wake of the failures of the Russian empire within the Crimean War, demands of improved public health put filthy garbage back on the agenda.
The Russian Empire was economically weak, which the Russian Revolution ruined the empire, which the soviets deposed the Monarchy, forming the USSR.
=== Soviet Era ===
Vladimir Lenin, who was afraid of a possible invasion by another country, moved the capital to St. Petersburg, to Moscow in 1918, and the Kremlin became the seat of power in the new state.
During World War II, the state commitee of defense and the staff of the Red Army were located in Moscow in 1941, and 16 divisions of local volunteers across Russia, with battalions and regiments were formed upon the people in Moscow, and during the war, German and Soviet deaths and injuries has been a subject of debate, and various sources provided different estimates.
Controversially, Nikita Khrushchev began his opposition of religion, while many churches and monasteries were demolished, or closed permanently, and in 1965, the title of "Hero City" was awarded to the city of Moscow, and it became the capital of Russia after the fall of the USSR in 1991.
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