THE UNIVERSITIES in IRELAND

The Capital of Our Country - Moscow

Moscow is situated in the European part of Russia. The area of Moscow is almost 900 square kilometer, if we talk only about the area inside the “Moscow Circular Road”, which was constructed in 1961 and marked the borders of Moscow of those days. But there are already many Moscow districts outside this border.
Moscow was called after the Moskva-river which flows round the city. Now a channel connects the Moskva-river with the largest river in Russia – Volga. There are also many small rivers and ponds in the city with quiet and cozy parks on their banks.
The beauty, the hugeness and the importance of our capital is a theme of numerous folk and modern poems and songs. And this is easy to explain, because Moscow has been playing the leading role in the life of our large country for many centuries.
There are many cities in the world which by the will of fate became the capitals of modern states, the megapolises, gigantic urban areas with millions of people living there. Moscow is one of them.
The year of 1147 is considered to be the date of the foundation of Moscow, because an ancient document, where Moscow is mentioned for the first time, dates back to this year. A small settlement grew very fast and in the middle of the 14th century it occupied the area seven times bigger than two centuries before.
During many wars and attacks of Tatar hordes Moscow was destroyed and burnt to ashes together with the city. But every time it was reconstructed and surrounded by walls, first wooden, later they were made of stone. In the 14th century the first stone cathedrals were erected here.
From the very beginning Moscow developed according to the radical-circular pattern. And later, when Moscow enlarged its borders further and further, another walls appeared, which were built on the same principle – with towers and gates on the crossings with the most important roads. And this structure is represented now by the main thoroughfares of the city – the Boulevard Ring and the Garden Ring as well as the Ring Line in the Moscow underground.
In 1712 the capital was transferred to St. Petersburg, and life in Moscow became very quiet without any important events. No big construction happened here up to the 20th century. Only after the Revolution Moscow got back the title of the capital of Russia (or of the USSR). Since that time it was very much enlarged and surrounded by new rings, which were more important for traffic. They are the so-called “third transport ring” (is being consructed now, ca 40 km) and the “Moscow Circular Road”.

Two good ways to get the larger picture of New York are to circle it in a bout and to hover over it in helicopter. In the financial district, thogh, there`s anouther way to see New York. The twin towers of  the World Trade Centre rise 1,350 feet above the city. There`s an observation deck on the 107th floor of one of the towers.

   Theatres are very much the same in London as anywhere else; the chief theatres, music-halls and cinemas are in the West End. If you are staying in London for a few days, you’ll have no difficulty whatever in finding some-where to spend an enjoyable evening. You’ll find opera, ballet, comedy, drama, revue, musical comedy and variety. Films are shown in the cinemas during the greatest part of the day.  
   The best seats at theatres are those in the stalls, the circle and the upper circle. Then comes the pit, and last of all the gallery where the seats are cheapest . Boxes, of course, are the most expensive. Most theatres and music-halls have good orchestras with popular conductors.