.::The List of National Capitals::.

[Kel-Elysia]

Kel-Elysia--Kasr Derth

[West Syloria]

Name: The Democratic States of West Syloria
Capital: City 52

[The Cold Place]

The Cold Place - Ice City

[Celtic-America]

Celtic-America--Celtica DC

[Slayteria]

Slayteria-Arcadia

[Parhe]

Parhe-Paaoma

[Hittanryan]

Hittanryan-Paradise City

[Lioh]

Romulanium

[Arcologia]

Arcologia-Green Zone 6

[Dagnia]

We have changed our Capital's name from GenZhon to Medinat al-Masdar.

[New Ceausist Romania]

New Ceausist Romania - Bucharest

[-Sardonia]

Sardonia-Sardonii

[The International Soviet Union]

Moscow, our capital.

Moscow is the financial and political centre of the Soviet Union, with a population of around 2.49 billion, and covers an area of around 1080 km². One-tenth of all Russian citizens live in the metropolitan area. Moscow is in UTC+4 time zone.

For many years since the break up of the Soviet Union, the economy has improved, and the modern era has brought upon a wide variety of construction projects, including the Moscow Monorail, modern architecture and newer transport systems replacing the derelict ones during the soviet times.

Moscow's long time mayor, Yury Luzhkov initiated these changes during his time in office, but was fired in September 2010 for allegedly insulting the president through a scathing letter.


Geography:

Moscow is a large metropolis on the Moskva River, which bends its way through the city. Most of the main sites are on the northern bank of the river. The other major waterway is the Yauza River, which flows into the Moskva east of the Kremlin.

Average of Moscow:

Much of Moscow's geography is defined by the numerous 'Ring Roads' that circle the city at various distances from the centre, roughly following the outline of the walls that used to surround Moscow. With Red Square and the Kremlin forming the very centre, the innermost ring road is the Boulevard Ring (Bulvarnoye Koltso), built in the 1820s where the 16th century walls used to be. It runs from the Christ the Savior Cathedral in south-west central Moscow, to the mouth of the Yauza in south-east central Moscow.

The next ring road, the Garden Ring (Sadovoe Koltso), derives its name from the fact that landowners near the road in Tsarist times were obligated to maintain gardens to make the road attractive. In Soviet times, the road was widened, and curently you will find no gardens there.

The recently constructed Third Ring is not much use for tourists but is a heavily used motorway which absorbs a bit of Moscow's traffic. It roughly follows the outline of Kamer-Kollezhsky val, the customs boundary of Moscow in the 18th-early 20th century. The outer edge of Moscow is largely defined by the Moscow Ring Road (widely known by its abbreviation: MKAD-Moskovskaya kolcevaya avto doroga), a motorway which is 108 km long and encircles the entire city (similar to London's M25 and Paris' Périphérique). Finally, a Fourth Ring is due to be built between the Third Ring and the Moscow Ring Road in the next years, using in places the right-of-way of the freight rail loop.


By metro:

Central Moscow is best to be explored on foot, but as the distances are huge, it's easiest to use the famous Metro system. It is comprehensive, boasts some great architecture, and is relatively cheap. As of June 2011, a single trip costs 28 RU. Payment does not depend on the length of the trip. The tickets are sold at manned booths within the stations ("kassa") only.

Some stations are equipped with the tickets vending machines. A convenient way to avoid queuing is to buy a multi-trip RFID card for 5, 10, 20 or 60 trips (10 at 265 RU) valid for 45 days, or a monthly pass for up to 70 trips; the latter costs almost the same as 60x pass, but is valid for a calendar month, not the 30 days from the date of purchase. Details of prices and multiple purchase discounts are on the official website.

There are no day tickets or similar offers tailored to visitors, but for those who do use Metro really often and for an extended period of time (90 trips per month or more), there is a rechargeable unlimited trips smart-card (small refundable deposit is required), which can be recharged for a period from one month up to one year. However, if you lose it, you will not get any refund or replacement.

You can easily find any station you need on the map.

The Metro is open from 5:30 a.m - 1:00 a.m. Station entrances are closed at 1:00 a.m., this is also the time, when last trains start from all of the termini stations of the lines. No one is allowed to start their journey by metro after 1:00 a.m., although trains are still running. Service on the ring line extends for crossing passengers to 1:30 a.m., though entrances are still closed at 1. Short-length escalators and all escalators, running down, are also locked at 1:00 a.m. (although crossings are not closed while there are trains running) and passengers have to step them. However, long escalators running up work to the last passenger. Before 7:00 a.m. and after 9:00 p.m., the Metro is rarely busy. Between these times on workdays, however, it can be a real squeeze, especially within the ring. Some escalators are a two minute ride as the stations in the city center are very deep. On the escalators, stand on the right.

Know that colors in the underground's signs don't necessarily correspond to the ones on the maps, so the green line is not necessarily indicated by a green sign (that could be the sign for the gray line). It is less confusing to refer to the numbers (for example, line 3 is line 3 whatever colour is on the sign). There are no English signs inside so have your itinerary ready beforehand or learn to read the Cyrillic alphabet, which is possible. Anyway, you can use a Russian-English plan while you moving inside a Metro train. Do not intimidated by the huge masses of jostling, rushing, cross people. The Russians also take their time to study the tiny signposts to see where to change trains or which exit to take. To find out in which direction a train is going, look at the signs at the platform or in the front window of the train - the one in the rear window may show the opposite direction. Avoid the Metro if you are claustrophobic since the air is thick, especially at rush hour.

[Bangcouver]

Bangcouver - Bangcouver

[Salvarity]

Salvarity - Salvar City

[Glasgia]

Glasgia--Novantae

[Free foundation]

Free Foundation --Trantor

[Maltropian Islands]

Maltropian Islands - Argensborough

[Dystara]

Dystara -- Ar-Rorselii

[The Neorians]

The Neorians -- New Altaira

[Wazkyraque]

Wazkyraque - Sveñegra

[Lazssia]

Lazssia-- Helvan

[Nisryos]

Nisryos - Sunspear City

[Dorlania]

Dorlania-Viehmansburg

[Creselia]

Democratic Republic of Creselia
Capital: New Commons