November 7, 1941. Soviet troops parade past the Kremlin and march on to the front line. TASS/Samary Gurary/TASS
Oleg Yegorov, Russia Beyond The Headline: Moscow turns 870: how the white-stoned Third Rome changed over centuries
It started as a small village located deep on the East European Plain. Today, 870 years later, Moscow is one of the largest European capitals, with a population of 12 million. Here is a list of the most important events in the long history of Russia’s capital.
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WNU Editor: I go to Russia at least 2 times a year .... Saint Petersburg still has its old city charm .... but Moscow is changing all the time. I have a lot of Moscow pictures back in Russia .... so on my next trip I will scan the old ones and show how much the city has changed over the years by comparing ti with new pictures. As for the picture below, I have posted it before but that was taken on Red Square a few days before the parliament building was bombed by the military in 1993. They had closed off Red Square and I was with my cousin about to see my uncle. My mother took that picture thinking it would be the last time that she would see me. And yes .... that is a United Nations ICAO hat that I am wearing .... which helped me more than once to cross roadblocks and checkpoints. Sighhhh .... I look so young in that picture.
