History of Moscow History of Moscow The Battle of Moscow refers to the defense of the Soviet capital of Moscow and the subsequent counter-offensive against the German army, between October 1941 and January 1942 on the Eastern Front of World War II. ...more on Wikipedia about "Battle of Moscow"
Bely Gorod (ru: Белый Город - "White Town") is a part of Moscow which was surrounded by white stone fortification wall which was built in the end of 15th century and demolished in the end of 17th century. It was replaced by several boulevards, comprising Boulevard Ring. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bely Gorod"
The Copper Riot, also known as the Moscow Uprising of 1662 ( Russian: Медный бунт, Московское восстание 1662 года) was a major riot in Moscow, which took place on July 25 of 1662. ...more on Wikipedia about "Copper Riot"
Prince Dmitry Vasilyevich Ukhtomsky ( 1719– 1774) was the chief architect of Moscow during the reign of Empress Elizabeth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dmitry Ukhtomsky"
Dyakovo culture ( Russian: Дьяковская культура, from the excavated monument at Dyakovo - Дьяково) is an Iron Age culture which occupies the significant part of the Upper Volga, Valday and Oka River area. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dyakovskaya culture"
As with most medieval settlements, early Moscow required fortresses to defend it from invaders such as the Mongols. In 1156, the city's first fortress was built (its foundations were rediscovered in 1960). A trading settlement, or posad, grew up to the east of the Kremlin, in the area known as Zaradye (Зарядье). In the time of Ivan III, the Red Square, originally named the Hollow Field (Полое поле) appeared. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the three circular defences were built: Kitay-gorod (Китай-город), the White City (Белый город) and the Earthen City (Земляной город). However, in 1547, two fires destroyed much of the town, and in 1571 the Crimean Tatars captured Moscow, burning everything except the Kremlin. The annals record that only 30,000 of 200,000 inhabitants survived. The Crimean Tatars attacked again in 1591, but this time were held back by new defense walls, built between 1584 and 1591 by a craftsman named Fyodor Kon'. In 1592, an outer earth rampart with 50 towers was erected around the city, including an area on the right bank of the Moscow River. As an outermost line of defense, a chain of strongly fortified monasteries was established beyond the ramparts to the south and east, principally the Novodevichy Convent and Donskoy, Danilov, Simonov, Novospasskiy, and Andronikov monasteries, most of which now house museums. ...more on Wikipedia about "History of Moscow"
The Khodynka Field (Khodynskoye Pole) is a large open space in the north-west of Moscow, at the beginning of the present day Leningrad Prospect. It takes its name from the small Khodynka River which used to cross the neighbourhood. Major constructions on the field included the 19th century military barracks and the Botkin Hospital, the largest in Moscow at the time of its inauguration in 1910. ...more on Wikipedia about "Khodynka" Whatever You're Into, Get Into shortopedia. shortopedia
Kremvax was originally a fictitious Usenet site at the Kremlin, named like the then large number of Usenet VAXes with names of the form foovax. Kremvax was announced on April 1, 1984 in a posting ostensibly originated there by Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko. The posting was actually forged by Piet Beertema as an April Fool's joke. Other fictitious sites mentioned in the hoax were moskvax and kgbvax. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kremvax"
Plague Riot (Чумной бунт in Russian) was a riot in Moscow between September 15 and September 17 of 1771, caused by an outbreak of bubonic plague. ...more on Wikipedia about "Plague Riot"
The Salt Riot, also known as the Moscow Uprising of 1648 (Соляной бунт, Московское восстание 1648 in Russian), was a riot in Moscow in 1648, triggered by the government's substitution of different taxes with a universal direct salt tax for the purpose of replenishing the state treasury, which, in turn, made salt a much more expensive commodity. ...more on Wikipedia about "Salt Riot"
The Young Pioneers Stadium ( Russian: Стадион "Юные пионеры") was a sports complex in the USSR, intended exclusively for children and youth training, the largest in Europe of this kind. It was located in Moscow at . Built in 1932 - 1934, the complex consisted of a football stadium surrounded by a 6- lane 400 m athletics track, two volleyball grounds, five tennis courts, a cycling track, an indoor skating rink, as well as indoor gyms, choreography halls and chess school apartments. Besides that, an Indoor Athletics Area was built there in 1968. The site was reconstructed in 1980 to comply with Olympic standards and the football stadium (capacity 5,000) was used as a venue of the hockey tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics. After that, the complex was again the seat of the Central Children's Training and Competition Complex with more than 2,000 children regularly practising sports. ...more on Wikipedia about "Young Pioneers Stadium"
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