When the sun sets in Moscow, on the eastern side of Russia the sun rises. This is what differentiates this country from its European neighbors. Its farthest regions are on the eastern side further away than China; Sakhalin Island practically touches Japan and on the ice of the Bering Strait, which separates Siberia and Alaska, from time to time an Eskimo crosses from side to side.
Russia has cotton plantations in Central Asia, oil in the Volga and Dagestall, large forests, etc. Russia occupies one sixth of our planet. A country of these dimensions must have a capital that shows the outside world the power of the nation. Tradition says that Moscow, like Rome and Byzantium, was built on seven hills; These hills may not be appreciated, but what can be seen from anywhere in the city are some of the “Seven Candles or Seven Sisters of Stalin”, huge skyscrapers in the Russian Baroque-Gothic style. Among them, the Ukraine and Leningrad hotels, and the Lomonosov University, located on Lenin Hill from where you can see the entire city of Moscow.
One of the things that attracts the most attention upon arrival in Moscow is that the pavement of the city is undulating. Even the Red Public Square, which one imagines flat, is excessively convex, giving a sense of depth. What in Russia is called Krasnaja Ploscard (Krasnaja means red and beautiful, because red was considered the most beautiful color), the republic square where you can see the walls of the Kremlin, the famous Gum Stores, the Museum of History and The magical Cathedral of Saint Basil, is the heart of the city and of all Russia.
Crossed by the extensive curves of the Moskova, before becoming that hive of more than 100 million inhabitants, before housing the fastest and most beautiful “subway” in the world, before giving way to lush tree-lined boulevards, the city limited itself only to the Kremlin. It was said that “above Moscow is the Kremlin and above the Kremlin is heaven”, with its cathedral, palaces and public squares.
