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Moscow

capital and most populous city of Russia
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Summary

Moscow is a capital of Russia[1]. Moscow draws 68,849 Wikipedia views per month (capital of russia category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Russia[3]
  • Country: Russia[4]
  • Head of government: Sergey Sobyanin[5]
  • Continent: Europe[6]
  • Instance of: federal city of Russia[7], big city[8], megacity[9], largest city[10], city or town[11], federal subject of Russia[12], federal capital[13], human settlement[14], city/town in Russia[15]
  • Official language: Russian[16]
  • Shares border with: Moscow Oblast[17], Kaluga Oblast[18]
  • Anthem: Moya Moskva[19]
  • Main regulatory text: Charter of the city of Moscow[20]
  • Founder: Yuri Dolgorukiy[21]
  • Named after: Moskva River[22]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Central Administrative Okrug[23], Northern Administrative Okrug[24], North-Eastern Administrative Okrug[25], Eastern Administrative Okrug[26], South-Eastern Administrative Okrug[27], Southern Administrative Okrug[28], South-Western Administrative Okrug[29], Western Administrative Okrug[30], North-Western Administrative Okrug[31], Zelenograd[32], Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug[33], Troitsky Administrative Okrug[34], Akademichesky District[35], Alexeyevsky District[36]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Moscow include Moscow Oblast[37], an oblast of Russia[38], in Russia[39], founded in 1929[40]; Moskva[41], a guided missile cruiser[42]; Moskau[43], a musical work/composition[44]; Moscow-Petushki[45], a postmodern literature[46], founded in 1969[47], written by Venedikt Yerofeyev[48]; Moscow Military District[49], a military district of Russia[50], in Russian Empire[51], founded in 1864[52]; Novomoskovsk[53], an administrative divisions of Russia[54], in Russia[55], founded in 1930[56]; Moscow Raceway[57]; and Moscow Mathematical Papyrus[58].

Why It Matters

Moscow has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] Moscow is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

Entities named for Moscow include Moscow Oblast[37], an oblast of Russia[38], in Russia[39], founded in 1929[40]; Moskva[41], a guided missile cruiser[42]; Moskau[43], a musical work/composition[44]; Moscow-Petushki[45], a postmodern literature[46], founded in 1969[47], written by Venedikt Yerofeyev[48]; Moscow Military District[49], a military district of Russia[50], in Russian Empire[51], founded in 1864[52]; and Novomoskovsk[53], an administrative divisions of Russia[54], in Russia[55], founded in 1930[56].

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  33. [35] ↑ . OKTMO. 179/2016.. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · Treisijs · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Cities
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'alt', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'anp', '
    Sitelink count → 337
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Maintained by wikiproject: WikiProject Cities"
  2. 10w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48043|batch #48043]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 13w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Moscow
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Locations/Moscow, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  4. 13w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Punta Baretti
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q30546, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  5. 14w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia tatarica (tt) online id → razdely/rossijskaya-federaciya/moskovskaya-oblast/moskva
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 11042
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 11042, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167482422|MOSCOW (#167482422)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #"
  6. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 33oB1X
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  7. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 78637
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 78637, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  8. 19w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → moscow-russia, moscow
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: moscow, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289943874|moscow (#289943874)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  9. 19w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → moscow-russia, moscow
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: moscow-russia, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289943875|moscow russia (#289943875)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  10. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → g0001875-Moskva-Rusko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0001875-Moskva-Rusko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  11. 21w ago · Difool · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Central Administrative Okrug, Northern Administrative Okrug, North-Eastern Administrative Okrug +161
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||tl, bm, fj, rup, nan, yue, en, vi, pam, id, lld, gn, kcg, gv, mul */ Cleanup: remove self_stated_in refs; merge duplicate values; add mul alias; fix"
  12. 22w ago · Gelli1742 · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Twinned administrative body → Berlin, Delhi, Madrid +42
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Twinned administrative body: Quito"
  13. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ Native label: Москва, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  14. 25w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Great russian encyclopedia portal id → moskva-a34bd2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Great russian encyclopedia portal id: moskva-a34bd2"
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