Moscow (изд. 2004 г. )

For centuries Moscow has been a treasure house of carefully preserved national tradition. All the Russian tsars and emperors were crowned here in Russia∠s main cathedral, the ancient Dormition Cathedral, and both Peter the Great and Catherine the Great came to Moscow to celebrate their military victories. In 1812 the city was a sacrifice on the altar of the war, yet precipitated the inglorious demise of Napoleon∠s great army. In May 1945 it greeted the victorious Russian troops coming back from Germany. Moscow has changed greatly! You∠ll see other sights, different from those of the past. Still there is something eternal and everlasting in its look. History is alive in it and we can∠t forget it. Tradition says that in the 9th century Prince Oleg founded a town on the River Smorodinka (now the Moscow River). Excavations in the Kremlin have testified to the fact that a settlement existed on the site in the ancient time. In the 12th century there were some villages owned by a boyar...ISBN:5-93893-243-2