MoscowExplores Moscow's history, cultural heritage, demographics, geography, economic and natural resources, and place in the world. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 11
Page 35
... buildings , houses , stores , and factories . On September 6 , 1947 , the govern- ment of the Soviet Union awarded Moscow the Order of Lenin , in appre- ciation of its people's courage during the Great Patriotic War . People filled the ...
... buildings , houses , stores , and factories . On September 6 , 1947 , the govern- ment of the Soviet Union awarded Moscow the Order of Lenin , in appre- ciation of its people's courage during the Great Patriotic War . People filled the ...
Page 53
... buildings included ornate towers and archways and steep , tent - shaped roofs . Buildings from these early years are decorated with tile and brick designs . Many examples of this style of archi- tecture still stand , having survived the ...
... buildings included ornate towers and archways and steep , tent - shaped roofs . Buildings from these early years are decorated with tile and brick designs . Many examples of this style of archi- tecture still stand , having survived the ...
Page 54
... buildings have tall pillars , broad steps , rounded domes , and grand en- trances . The Bolshoi Theater is one neoclassical building in Moscow . Ex- amples of this kind of building can also be seen in Washington , D.C. Moscow is also a ...
... buildings have tall pillars , broad steps , rounded domes , and grand en- trances . The Bolshoi Theater is one neoclassical building in Moscow . Ex- amples of this kind of building can also be seen in Washington , D.C. Moscow is also a ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
The Defeat of Napoleon 18 Years of War and Revolution 22 Early Years of Commu | 36 |
Apartment Life 43 Women and Young Children 44 Going to School 44 Family | 52 |
Copyright | |
Common terms and phrases
Afghanistan apartment architecture army artists Ballet Baltic Sea Basil's Cathedral Battle of Borodino became Bettmann Archive Inc Bolsheviks Bolshoi Theater buildings built called capital CHAPTER WORLD CITIES Chicago Ltd city's civil Click cluded Communist Party countries Czar Alexander defeat domes Duma Europe faces Red Square factories farms Gamma-Liaison German glasnost Gorbachev grade Hitler hundred icons Ivan III Ivan IV Ivan the Terrible James Pozarik Joseph Stalin Khrushchev Kuchka land Lenin Leningrad live ment Metro Mikhail Mikhail Gorbachev miles million Mongol-Tatar Mongols and Tatars monument Moscow River Moscow State University Moscow University Muscovites Museum Napoleon nation Novosti/Gamma-Liaison Park peasants Peter population Prince Yuri Dolgoruki Pushkin revolution Romanov Russian Orthodox Church serfs sian Siberia soldiers Soviet leader Soviet Union Station streets subway Summer Olympics SYGMA television Today towers trade troops Winter Palace women workers Yuri Dolgoruki