Travel blogs- Moscow

Today We bring you to … Moscow

Capital and most populated city of Russia

The city is home to several UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Moscow metro stations are the most beautiful in the world, it seems to enter in a museum, rather than inside the metro.

Historic buildings such as the Saint Basil’s Cathedral, the Red Square, and the Moscow Kremlin.

The Kremlin was rebuilt in the 15th century. Its towers and some of its churches were built by Italian architects, lending the city some of the aurae of the renaissance. From the end of the 15th century, the city was embellished by masonry structures such as monasteries, palaces, walls, towers, and churches.

The Bolshoi Ballet and Bolshoi Opera are the oldest and most renowned ballet and opera companies in the world. It is by far the world’s biggest ballet company, with more than 200 dancers.The theater is the parent company of The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, a world-famous leading school of ballet.

The city of Moscow gradually grew around the Kremlin, taking shape during his history timeline:

Early history (1147–1283)
Grand Duchy (1283–1547)
Tsardom (1547–1721)
Empire (1721–1917)
Soviet era (1917–1991)

Following the success of the Russian Revolution 1917, Lenin, fearing possible foreign invasion, moved the capital from Petrograd to Moscow on March 12, 1918. The Kremlin once again became the seat of power and the political centre of the new state.

Famous Russian dishes are Pirozhki and Olivier salad, don’t miss to try them.

Clear distilled alcoholic beverage with different varieties originating in Poland and Russia, composed primarily of water and ethanol, but sometimes with traces of impurities and flavorings VODKA is the most known Russia drink. According to a legend, around 1430, a monk named Isidore from Chudov Monastery inside the Moscow Kremlin made a recipe of the first Russian vodka.