Moscow occupies both banks of the Moskva River in central European Russia. The Kremlin and Red Square, inscribed together on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1990, form the historic and political core of the Russian capital. Beside the square stands Saint Basil’s Cathedral, the 16th-century church commissioned by Ivan IV and recognised for its cluster of vividly patterned domes. Moscow’s cultural life extends from the Bolshoi Theatre to its Metro, opened in 1935 and celebrated for stations designed with marble, mosaics and sculpture. Browse other webcams across Moscow and central Russia to place this capital in a wider geographic context.
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