Moscow. 

Moscow is the capital of Russia, its administrative, economic, political and educational center. It is one of Russia’s major cities with the population of over 8 million people. Its total area is about 900 thousand square kilometers.
     The city was founded by Prince Yuri Dolgoruky and was first mentioned in the chronicles in 1147.
     The present-day Moscow is the seat of the government of the Russian Federation. President of Russia lives and works here; government offices are located here, too.
    Moscow is an important industrial city. Its leading industries are engineering, chemical and light industries.
     Moscow is also a city of science and learning. There are over 80 higher education institutions in the city, including a number of universities.
      Moscow is known for its historical buildings, museums and art galleries, as well as for the famous Bolshoi, Maly and Art theatres. There are more than 80 museums in Moscow, among them the unique Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts and the state Tretyakov Gallery, The Andrew Rublyov Museum of Early Russian Art and many others. The Tretyakov Gallery houses a unique collection of Russian painters. Almost all famous Russian painters are represented there. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts contains a vast collection of antiquities and a well-known collection of modern foreign painters, including Impressionists. The oldest part of Moscow is the Kremlin. This is the main tourist attraction in Moscow. The Kremlin stands at the heart of the city. Twenty towers of the Kremlin wall were constructed in the end of the 17^th century. The Spasskaya Tower with its famous clock is the symbol of Russia and Moscow. The buildings inside the Kremlin wall were built between the 15^th and 17^th centuries. They are the Bell Tower of Ivan the Great and a famous group of churches. The Uspensky Cathedral is the largest one. It was built in 1479: Russian tsars and emperors were crowned there. In the Archangel Cathedral you can see tombs of Moscow princes and tsars. Blagoveshensky Cathedral is noted for its frescoes by Andrew Rublyov and his pupils. Granovitaya Palata is another masterpiece inside the Kremlin walls. The Tsar Bell and the Tsar Cannon are very popular among tourists. Outside the Kremlin wall there is the famous Red Square. Tourists can look at the magnificent Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, the Lenin Mausoleum and the monument to K. Minin and Pozharsky.
      Moscow attracts tourists from all over the world. Once I have been I Moscow and I’d like to visit it again in future because it is wonderful city.

Major-главный;
Area-площадь;
Prince-князь;
Was first mentioned-впервые была упомянута;
Chronicles-летописи;
Present-day-сегодняшняя, современная;
Seat-местоположение;
Government-правительство;
Are located-находятся;
Leading-ведущий;
Light industry-легкая промышленность;
Higher education institutions-вузы;
Unique-уникальный;
Houses-вмещает;
Are represented-представлены; 
Contains-то же, что houses;
Vast-обширный;
Antiquities-древности;
Were constructed-были воздвигнуты;
Tombs- могила, надгробие;
Is noted-примечателен;
Frescoes-фрески;
Masterpiece-шедевр;
Tsar Bell-царь-колокол; 
Tsar Cannon-царь-пушка;
Magnificent-великолепный, величественный,
Attract -привлекать, притягивать.