";s:4:"text";s:3670:"Krasnopresnenskoye depot network with the westernmost point at Strogino (depot location) and the easternmost point near platform Dmitrovskaya. During the period of 1920-1930s a great number of churches in Moscow were demolished, including historical Chudov Monastery in the Kremlin, dating from the 14th century, Kazansky Cathedral on the Red Square, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, constructed in the 19th century in memory of a victory over Napoleon's army in 1812, and many more. The early years of the 21st century have brought increased viewership and subsequent prosperity to the industry on the back of the economic revival. [117] The works of famous pre-Revolutionary painters, such as Ilya Repin, as well as the works of early Russian icon painters can be found here. Due to the high number of illegal immigrants, the actual population is thought to be between 13 to 17 million.
[288], In the 2018 results of the Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International, Russia ranked 138th out of 180 countries with a score of 28 out of 100, tying with Guinea, Iran, Lebanon, Mexico and Papua New Guinea. According to ancient chronicles, in 862 legendary Varangian (Scandinavian) leader Rurik came to Ladoga.
Dream Island is an amusement park in Moscow that opened 29 February 2020. Since the Christianization of Kievan Rus' for several ages Russian architecture was influenced predominantly by the Byzantine architecture. The sector is rapidly developing, with an aim of increasing the total share of nuclear energy from current 16.9% to 23% by 2020. Russia has thousands of rivers and inland bodies of water, providing it with one of the world's largest surface water resources. The Russian Armed Forces have been ranked as the world's second-most powerful, and the most powerful in Europe. Napoleon's Grande Armée was forced to retreat and was nearly annihilated by the devastating Russian winter and sporadic attacks by Russian military forces. Opened on November 15, 1933, it is also the world's 6th oldest operating trolleybus system. [235] Russia's Trade Balance recorded a surplus of US$19.7 billion in October 2018, compared with a surplus of US$10.1 billion in October 2017. In the 19th and 20th centuries the country produced a large number of notable scientists and inventors. [28] The East Slavs gradually settled Western Russia in two waves: one moving from Kiev toward present-day Suzdal and Murom and another from Polotsk toward Novgorod and Rostov. Since July 2009 it has been closed. Moscow is home to nearly all of Russia's nationwide television networks, radio stations, newspapers, and magazines. The Soviet rear was also badly damaged by the German invasion. Agriculture suffered from the beginning of the Little Ice Age. In October November and in December 1941, as well as in January 1942 German Army Group Centre was stopped at the outskirts of the city and then driven off in the course of the Battle of Moscow. Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010. Ivan III ("the Great") finally threw off the control of the Golden Horde and consolidated the whole of Central and Northern Rus' under Moscow's dominion. With the change in values imposed by communist ideology, the tradition of preservation was broken. For example, Elektrozavodskaya station was themed solely after nearby lightbulb factory and ceramic ribbed lightbulb sockets);[200] the tradition of "Grand Designs" and, basically, decorating metro stations as single-themed installations, was restored in late 1979.