Moscow
Capital and most populous city of Russia
Also known as Moscow, Russia · Moskva Federal City, Russia · Moscow, USSR · Moskva, Russia · City of Moscow · Moscow, Russian Federation
- Country
- Russia(since 1991)
- , Duchy of Moscow(1213–1263)
- , Grand Principality of Moscow(1283–1547)
- +5 more
- Located in
- Russia(since 1991)
1
- , Moscow Governorate(1708–1929)
- , Moscow Oblast(1929–1931)
- +1 more
- Russia(since 1991)
- Population
- 13.3M(January 1, 2025)
- , 13.1M(2024)
- , 13M(October 1, 2021)
- +57 more
- Area
- 2,562 km²
- Elevation
- 156 m
- Head of government
- Sergey Sobyanin(since 2010)
- , Gabriel Popov(1991–1992)
- , Yury Luzhkov(1992–2010)
- Founded
- unknown
- Postal code
- 101001–135999
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
718 statements · 30% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Native label
- Москва transliteration or transcription: Moskva · ala-lc romanization: Moskva · pronunciation audio: Ru-Москва.oga
- Contains the administrative territorial entity
- Central Administrative Okrug
- Northern Administrative Okrug
- North-Eastern Administrative Okrug
- Eastern Administrative Okrug
- South-Eastern Administrative Okrug
- Southern Administrative Okrug
- South-Western Administrative Okrug
- Western Administrative Okrug
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- North-Western Administrative Okrug
- Zelenograd
- Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug(since 2012)
- Troitsky Administrative Okrug(since 2012)
- Akademichesky District
1
- Alexeyevsky District
1
- Altufyevsky District
1
- Arbat District
1
- Aeroport District
1
- Babushkinsky District
1
- Basmanny District
1
- Begovoy District
1
- Beskudnikovsky District
1
- Bibirevo District
1
- Bogorodskoye District
1
- Butyrsky District
1
- Veshnyaki District
1
- Vnukovo
1
- Voykovsky District
1
- Vostochnoye Degunino District
1
- Vostochnoye Izmaylovo District
1
- Vostochny District
1
- Vykhino-Zhulebino District
1
- Gagarinsky District
1
- Golovinsky District
1
- Golyanovo District
1
- Dmitrovsky District
1
- Dorogomilovo District
1
- Zamoskvorechye District
1
- Zapadnoye Degunino District
1
- Ivanovskoye District
1
- Izmaylovo District
1
- Kapotnya District
1
- Koptevo District
1
- Kosino-Ukhtomsky District
1
- Krasnoselsky District
1
- Krylatskoye District
1
- Kryukovo District
1
- Kuzminki District
1
- Kuntsevo District
1
- Kurkino District
1
- Levoberezhny District
1
- Lefortovo District
1
- Lianozovo District
1
- Losinoostrovsky District
1
- Lyublino District
1
- Marfino District
1
- Maryina Roshcha District
1
- Maryino District
1
- Matushkino District
1
- Metrogorodok District
1
- Meshchansky District
1
- Executive body
- mayor of Moscow(since 1991) main regulatory text: Executive Order of the President of Russia
- Government of Moscow(since 1991)
- Shares border with
- Moscow Oblast
- Kaluga Oblast(since 2012) main regulatory text: expansion of the territory of the city of Moscow in 2011-2012
- Twinned administrative body
- Berlin(since 1991)
- Delhi(since 2002)
- Madrid(since 1979)
- Tel Aviv(since 2001)
- Tehran(since 1996)
- Beijing(since 1995)
- Valenciennes(since 1991)
- London(since 2000)
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- Ljubljana(since 2000)
- Buenos Aires(since 1990)
- Astana(since 2000)
- Athens(since 2001)
- Düsseldorf(since 1992)
- Vienna(since 1956)
- Bangkok(since 1997)
- Belgrade
- Zagreb
- Ankara(since 1992)
- Ulaanbaatar(since 1957)
- Bishkek(since 1997)
- Seoul(since 1991)
- Havana
- Sevastopol(since 1995)
- Dubai(since 2006)
- Tokyo(since 1991)
- Pyongyang(since 2002)
- Baku(since 1997)
- Manila
- Chicago(1997–2022)
- Kraków(1997–2022)
- Warsaw(1993–2022)
- Tallinn(2004–2022)
- Luhansk(since 2022)
- Debrecen(since 2018)
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Sources- 1.debrecen.hu/hu/debreceni/testvervarosok/moszkvaRetrieved 2022-10-23
- Kyiv(1992–2016)
- Eindhoven
- Ingolstadt(since 1995)
- Bratislava(since 1999)
- Krasnoyarsk(since 1998)
- Cusco(since 1993)
- Banja Luka(since 2003)
- Tirana
- Vilnius
- Ramallah(since 2010)
- Quito(since 2006)
- Anthem
- Moya Moskva(since 1995)
- Legislative body
- Moscow City Duma(since 1993) main regulatory text: Executive Order of the President of Russia
- Mossovet(1917–1993) main regulatory text: Executive Order of the President of Russia
- Named after
- Moskva River statement supported by: Stefan Ivanovich Kuchka
- Local dialing code
- 495(since 2005)
- 499(since 2005)
- 095(until 2005)
- Party chief representative
- Yury Anatolyevich Prokofiev(1989–1991) positions held: First Secretary of the Moscow Communist Party
- Lev Zaykov(1987–1989) positions held: First Secretary of the Moscow Communist Party
- Boris Yeltsin(1985–1987) positions held: First Secretary of the Moscow Communist Party
- Time of earliest written record
- April 4, 1147
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Sources- 1.Stated in Hypatian Codex
- 2.dlib.rsl.ru/viewer/01003543120#?page=23
- April 4, 1147
- Vehicle registration plate code
- 77
- 97(since 2002)
- 99(since 1998)
- 177(since 2005)
- 197(since 2010)
- 199(since 2007)
- 777(since 2013)
- 799(since 2017)
- Capital of
- Russia(since 1918) statement is subject of: move of the capital of Russia from Petrograd to Moscow · identity of object in context: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
- Moscow Oblast(since 1929)
- Central Federal District(since 2000)
- Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic(1918–1991)
- Soviet Union(1922–1991)
- Russian Empire(1728–1730)
- Grand Principality of Moscow(1263–1547)
- Tsardom of Russia(1547–1712)
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- Moscow Governorate(1708–1929)
- Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic(1917–1922)
- Moskovsky Uyezd
- Moscow region (1917-1918)
- Moscow Province(1719–1775)
- Demonym
- москвичи applies to part: plural · transliteration or transcription: moskviči, moskvichi · ala-lc romanization: moskvichi
- Muscovite
- москвич applies to part: masculine · transliteration or transcription: moskvich, moskvič · ala-lc romanization: moskvich
- москвичка applies to part: feminine · transliteration or transcription: moskvichka, moskvička · ala-lc romanization: moskvichka
- Moscovite applies to part: masculine singular, feminine singular
- мәскәүлеләр
- Moskauer applies to part: masculine
- Moskauerin applies to part: feminine
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- moscovita
- moscovita
- Moskvano
- moscovita
- moskovčan applies to part: masculine
- moskovčanka applies to part: feminine
- moscoviti applies to part: masculine plural
- مُسْكِيٌ
- مُسْكِيَّةٌ
- Official name
- Москва transliteration or transcription: Moskva · ala-lc romanization: Moskva
- Moscow
- Moskva
- Moszkva
- Geoshape
- Data:Russia/Moscow.map
- Social media followers
- 11,583(May 25, 2023) subreddit: moscow
- 98,943(January 2, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 4170971176
- 93,017(June 16, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 4170971176
- Related category
- Category:Moscow-related lists category contains: Wikimedia list article
- Coordinates of northernmost point
- 56.0167°N, 37.1833°E
- Nickname
- Третий Рим
- Өченче Рим
- Third Rome statement is subject of: Moscow, Third Rome
- The First Throne
- Significant event
- 850th Anniversary of Moscow(until 1997)
- 1980 Summer Olympics(1980)
- Q4303937(1941–1941)
- evacuation in the Soviet Union(1940)
- Siege of Moscow(1618)
- Tushino Camp(1608)
- Siege of Moscow(1606)
- Fire of Moscow(1591)
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- death by burning(1571) participant: Devlet I Giray · part of: Fire of Moscow
- Fire of Moscow(1547)
- Crimean invasion of Russia(1521)
- Q28667906(1488)
- Siege of Moscow(1439)
- Edigu's campaign against Moscow(1408)
- Siege of Moscow(1382)
- siege(1370) part of: Muscovite–Lithuanian War of 1368-1372
- siege(1368) part of: Muscovite–Lithuanian War of 1368-1372
- conflagration(1365) title: Всесвятский пожар
- plague epidemic(1353)
- sack(1238) part of: Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'
- Siege of Moscow(1238)
- Polish-Lithuanian occupation of Moscow(1610–1612)
- Fire of Moscow(1812–1812)
- French occupation of Moscow(1812–1812)
- Plague Riot(1771–1771)
- General Plan for reconstruction of Moscow released: July 10, 1935
- Moscow Metro(since 1935)
- Battle of Moscow(1941–1942)
- Entry in abbreviations table
- М. used by: GOST Р 7.0.12—2011
- Hashtag
- Moscow
- Number of viewers/listeners
- 6,240,313(November 25, 2025) youtube channel id: UC8LxioSmfOHmCSbWHjMOIJw · youtube handle: mos_ru
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- 6,240,313(November 25, 2025) youtube channel id: UC8LxioSmfOHmCSbWHjMOIJw · youtube handle: mos_ru
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On other databases
202 identifiers linking Moscow across the web's reference databases
- AllTrails trail IDrussia/moscow/moscow
- Alvin IDalvin-place:1475
- ArchINFORM location ID1448
- Armeniapedia ID4854
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Onlinemaskva-1
- AusStage venue ID11731
- Australian War Memorial IDPL503474
- BabelNet ID00015634n
- Baidu Tieba name莫斯科
- Bashenc.online ID88250
- BBC News topic IDcq265lx4rvpt
- BBC Things IDdf1aa70e-a415-4633-906a-3e10b649a41a
- BHCL UUID4652d88f-f550-4fd0-a7f5-747c5d6e3904
- Biblioteca Nacional de México ID000042936
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID11933531v
- Biblissima authority IDQ30546
- BNMM authority ID000045806
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDmoskau-30
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf12006258
- CANTIC ID981058611370206706
- CCAB ID000196517
- CERL Thesaurus IDcnl00006223
- CNA topic IDmoscow
- Comic Vine ID4020-56378
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/Russia/Administrative_Regions/Moscow/
- Data Commons IDwikidataId/Q649
- DeCS ID9222
- DR topic IDmoskva
- Drevo Encyclopedia ID161
- Dzen IDmos.ru
- Early Modern Letters Online location ID1862e624-761a-4274-80a5-4c78a57c5b60
- Edition humboldt digital IDH0009006
- El Moudjahid topic IDmoscou
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Moscow
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDmoscou
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)33oB1X
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)577608
- Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ID69384
- Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine IDMoskva
- Encyclopedia Tatarica (ru) Online IDrazdely/rossijskaya-federaciya/moskovskaya-oblast/moskva
- Encyclopedia Tatarica (tt) Online IDrazdely/rossijskaya-federaciya/moskovskaya-oblast/moskva
- Enzyklopädie des europäischen Ostens IDe498
- Euronews topic IDmoscow
- Facebook location ID115085015172389
- Facebook usernamemoscowgov
- FactGrid item IDQ10425
- Fandom article IDrussia:Moscow
- FAST ID1205741
- Filozofia jezuitów w Polsce w XX wieku IDmoskwa
- FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)RS48
- Forbes Russia profile ID238874-moskva
- Foursquare City Guide venue ID4bfc9df283bbd13aa4d462c5
- France 24 topic ID (French)moscou
- Freebase ID/m/04swd
- GADM IDRUS.43_1
- GeoNames ID524894
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7012974
- Giant Bomb ID (former scheme)3035-351
- Giant Bomb Wiki IDLocations/Moscow
- GitHub topicmoscow
- Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online IDMoscow (Russia)
- GND ID4074987-3
- Golden ID (archived)Moscow-YAPY
- Google Maps Customer ID4414889707856973644
- Google News topics IDCAAqIQgKIhtDQkFTRGdvSUwyMHZNRFJ6ZDJRU0FuSjFLQUFQAQ
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDmoscou-0
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0044546
- Great Encyclopedia of Cyril and Methodius entry IDМосква (город)
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDMoskva
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)5694472
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal IDmoskva-a34bd2
- Grove Art Online IDT059795
- Gyldendals Teaterleksikon IDMoskva
- Gynopedia IDMoscow
- Harper's tagmoscow-russia
- HASCRU.MC
- Hiking Project area ID8018429
- Hikr waypoint ID22026
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) IDMOSKAUKO85TS
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID42064
- Hungarian National Namespace place ID (new)568831
- Hungarian National Namespace place ID (old)197468
- ICPSR Geographic Names Thesaurus ID30700
- IDAI.gazetteer ID2091741
- IdRef ID027252124
- IMDb keywordmoscow
- INaturalist place ID97179
- Instagram usernamemoscowgov
- Interlingual Index IDi83991
- ISO 3166-2 codeRU-MOW