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Boat
ride on the Moskva-River
Moscow bride in the Red Square |
In
1147, a prince named Yuri Dolgorukiy threw a feast at his hunting lodge
overlooking the confluence of the Moskva and Neglina Rivers. A chronicler
recorded the event, and so Moscow entered history -- perhaps a bit hungover.
At that time, Moscow was nothing like the power center it later became. It was just a village atop Borotivitsky Hill, and Dolgorukiy was one of many feuding lords and princes who shared a region extending from the northeastern Baltic nearly to the Black Sea. Ten years after the feast, the prince built a wall around the lodge and village and turned it into a kremlin, or fortified town. The fortifications, combined with the town's strategic river location, helped Moscow’s rise over the next few centuries. By the 14th century, the growing city was important enough to be chosen by the Russian Orthodox Church as its center. Moscow achieved capital status in the 15th century under Ivan the Great, grandfather of the infamous Ivan the Terrible. Ivan the Great used the city as his base for a rebellion against the Mongols, who had occupied Russia since 1237. Ivan quickly conquered the surrounding regions for himself, and his grandson became the first Russian Tsar in 1547. In 1712, Peter the Great moved the capital to St. Petersburg, but Moscow’s importance remained largely undiminished. The city was reinstated as the capital of the Soviet Union 1918 by the Bolsheviks, and it has now entered a new era as the capital of the Russian Federation. |
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