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Moscow downtown - Christmas drive along major streets and squares

Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits and over 21.5 million residents in its metropolitan area. The city covers an area of 2,511 km2 and the metropolitan area covers over 26,000 km2. Moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the most populous city in its entirety in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. Living conditions, the economy and culture of the capital are very different from the rest of Russia. Even in the closest suburbs of Moscow and in other largest cities of the country, people are unfamiliar with much of what is an everyday routine to Muscovites. This year, winter did not please us with beautiful Christmas landscapes. The whole of December and early January looked and felt more like late autumn. During the New Year holidays there were two days when there was no rain or snowfall in the morning, and the sky was relatively clear. It was during these days that we managed to drive around Moscow. The streets and roads are almost empty - this rarely happens in Moscow. New Year's holidays in Russia are an officially established long weekend in early January, similar to the Christmas holidays. New Year is the main winter holiday in Russia, and Christmas is celebrated a week later, on January 7th. 0:05 Preview 4:00 Start 14:35 Vykhino-Zhulebino District 16:30 Kuzminki District 23:30 Tekstilshchiki District 30:30 Tagansky District, located between the Moscow and Yauza Rivers. 34:20 Island (Zamoskvorechye) - an artificial island, located right across from the Kremlin between the Moskva River and its old riverbed. It does not have any historical, official or established name. There are four localities on the Island: Bersenevka, Boloto (swamp), Balchug, Sadovniki (the gardens). 38:35 The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour - a Russian Orthodox cathedral, the third tallest Orthodox Christian church building in the world. 46:15 Gagarin Square. Named after Yury Gagarin, the first person in space. Here Moscow residents met the first astronaut in 1961, but the name of the square was given 7 years later. 57:50 The Third Ring Road is a beltway around central Moscow, located between the Garden Ring in the city centre and the Moscow Ring Road. The Third Ring is 35 km in length and about 10 km in diameter. The Third Ring can be used to get from areas such as Sokolniki Park to Sparrow Hills, on the other side of the city. Completed in 2004. 1:01:35 The Moscow International Business Center, also known as Moscow-City. Located on the Presnenskaya Embankment of the Moskva River. The first tower was built in 2001. Currently, more than half of the twenty-three planned facilities of the MIBC have been built, the rest are planned to be completed by 2030. Some designs have been changed in process. 1:11:30 New Arbat Avenue. А major street in Moscow running west from Arbatskaya Square on the Boulevard Ring to Novoarbatsky Bridge on the opposite bank of the Moskva River. The modern eight-lane avenue, along with two rows of high-rise buildings, was constructed between 1962 and 1968, and was literally cut through the old, narrow streets of the Arbat District. 1:18:35 Zaryadye Park, a landscape urban park on the site of the former Zaryadye district. Opened in 2017. The Soaring bridge - a thin airy V-shaped structure with a large outward extension above the water. The bridge protracts 70 m without a single support. The construction withstands a load of 240 tons corresponding to three to four thousand people. 1:19:30 The Moscow Kremlin - a fortified complex located in the centre of the capital. Includes five palaces, four cathedrals, and the enclosing Kremlin Wall along with the Kremlin towers. Within the complex is the Grand Kremlin Palace, it was the royal residence of the Emperor of Russia and now is the official residence of the President. The Kremlin overlooks the Moskva River to the south, Saint Basil's Cathedral and Red Square to the east, and Alexander Garden to the west. 1:20:00 Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building - one of seven Stalinist skyscrapers completed in 1952. The main tower has 32 levels and is 176 m (577 ft) tall. At the time of construction it was the tallest building in Europe. This is a residential building, which was the home of many Russian and Soviet celebrities. 1:27:30 The Garden Ring - a circular ring road avenue around central Moscow, used to be the city ramparts surrounding Zemlyanoy Gorod in the 17th century. The Ring consists of seventeen individually named streets and fifteen squares. It has a circumference of 16 km (9.9 mi). At its narrowest point, Krymsky Bridge, the Ring has six lanes. After finishing reconstruction, all sections of the Ring will not have more than 10 lanes. Support the channel's author: https://www.donationalerts.com/r/cent...