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The Lomonosov's Moscow State University is one of the oldest universities in the country.
In 1953 the Moscow state University received a new building - high-rise 36 floors on the Sparrow Hills. There are many interesting facts and rumors related to this building. So, originally the house was supposed to be crowned by not the spire but the gold statue of Stalin. However, shortly before the end of construction, the Soviet leader died, and it was decided to replace the statue on the spire.
Huge funds were allocated for this project, the best scientists and architects designed it, that's why she is held firmly on the shaky ground of the hills. The strength of the structure is due to the large foundation constructions: the building dates back almost as much as it rises above the ground. Interesting is the fact that for the construction of the building were paroled a number of prisoners well-versed in the building.
The watch on one of the side towers of the Main building is considered to be the largest in Moscow. The dial diameter is 9 meters. Their Minute hand with a length of 4.1 meters is twice as long as the Kremlin Chimes.
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Just in case you mistakenly heard that it was all ice and snow in Russia, take a peek at the Big Bikini Exposition. This is right on the river Moskva in Moscow!Moscow has been the capital of Russia for almost its entire history. The exception is during the period of the Russian Empire, which lasted from 1721 until the Russian Revolution 1917. For these two centuries the capital was St. Petersburg. The Russian Empire was the second largest contiguous Empire in world memory; only the Mongol Empire had been greater.Check out what's happening north of Mongolia these days, in ChitaAlthough you may not have heard of Sochi, on the Black Sea, they're building up quickly and hope to host the 2014 Olympics.Other periods of Russian history include the Tsardom of Russia, from Ivan IV to Peter the Great, and the Grand Duchy (14th-16th centuries).The earliest period of Russian history was ruled by the Novgorod Republic and Kievan Rus, which was the first Russian state dating back to 800AD in Kiev.Modern Russia remains one of the world's superpowers. They launched the earth's second satellite, called Sputnik 1, and were the first country to put a human being into orbit around earth. (The first one is called the Moon.)After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia became a federal republic of 83 states.Text by Steve Smith.
