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Moscow


Capital and largest city of Russia, located in the west-central region on the Moscow River; Russia’s economic and cultural center.	1
‡ The Kremlin, Russia’s political and administrative headquarters, is at the center of the city. Adjoining the Kremlin is Red Square.	2
‡ Its landmarks and institutions include the tomb of Lenin, the University of Moscow, Gorki Central Park, and the Bolshoi Ballet Theater.	3
‡ In 1991, hundreds of thousands of Muscovites, led by Boris Yeltsin, rallied against a coup that had overthrown reformist president Mikhail Gorbachev, resulting in the defeat of the coup plotters, the end of the communist system, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union.	4

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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