Why does every person want to visit Moscow?

Благодаря писцов раденью И васнецовскому мазку, Мы знаем год её рожденья И видим старую Москву.

Её отец – князь Долгорукий, А мать – красавица река Создали город на излуке И он стоит уже века.

Там на горе крутого мыса Расположился древний кремль – Любимец княжьего каприза… И ты его таким приемль

А вскоре стены, своды в храме, Дома из камня возвели, Покрылись башенки шатрами, На коих выросли шпили.

В них красота народной силы И вера светлая в добро… Старинных башен образ милый Нам гордость придаёт остро!

Для русского – дороже клада Сия священная земля: И Грановитая палата, И колокольня у кремля…

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• [ðe ‘kremlin]• [ðe tretjΛ’kof ́gæleri]• [,red ‘skweε]• [ðe ,za: ‘bel]• [‘moskeυ]• [ðe ,bol∫oi ‘Ѳiete]• [ðe ,za: kænon]

Read the words• The Kremlin• The Tretyakov Gallery• Red Square• The Tsar Bell• Moscow• The Bolshoi Theatre• The Tsar Cannon

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• Moscow• The Bolshoi Theatre• The Tsar Bell• The Tretyakov Gallery• Red Square• The Kremlin• The Tsar Cannon

• [ðe ‘kremlin]• [‘mρskeυ]• [ðe ,bol∫oi ‘Ѳiete]• [ðe ,za: ‘bel]• [ðe ,za: kænon]• [ðe tretjΛ’kof ́gæleri]• [,red ‘skweε]

Versions of the world «Moskva»

There are several versions of the origin of the world «Moskva». According to one of them this word derived from the names of Mosokha (Мосоха), who was a forefather of the Slavonic – Russian people and his wife Kva (Ква) - hence the name Moskva.

According to V. Tatishchev, the word «Moskva» means a twisted river.

A historian, I. Zabelin, wrote that the word «Moskva» derived from the word «bridge» (мост, мостики), as there were a lot of bridges across the Moskva River .

Chronicles first mentioned Moscow in 1147 when Suzdalian prince Yuri Dolgoruky invited his ally and relative Svyatoslav Olgovich, a Novgorod – Seversky prince, to Mosow which was then a small settlement.

Sights of Moscow

The ArticleБез артикля употребляются названия:• Континентов• Стран• Деревень• Регионов• Островов• Горных вершин• Площадей• Парков• Улиц

Артикль the употребляется с названиями:• Стран, содержащих слова

state, kingdom, federation и т.п.

• Театров• Музеев • Картинных галерей• Гостиниц

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country.• 5. (…) Kremlin is in (…) Red Square.• 6. What is (…) most famous Moscow theatre?• 7. I have never been to (…) Red Square.• 8. (…) clock which we can see today was installed in (…)

middle of (…) 19-th century

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