Moscow Fast Facts: Names, Time, Airports & City Scale

These are the facts that help you interpret a booking, map or route. Population rankings, current office-holders and old salary figures are not necessary for most visitor decisions, so they are not used as substitutes for practical information.

Useful facts at a glance

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City scale and similar names

Kolomenskoye is a museum-reserve within Moscow. Kolomna is a separate city in Moscow Oblast. Izmailovo’s visitor complex is different from the historic Kremlin beside Red Square. Recognizing those names avoids a substantial route mistake.

Old Arbat and New Arbat are different street settings. Chistye Prudy, Turgenevskaya and Sretensky Bulvar can refer to parts of a connected interchange. A station name and a hotel’s marketing district are not sufficient to identify the best public entrance.

A useful historical date

1147 is conventionally used for Moscow’s first recorded mention. It should not be turned into a precise claim that the entire city was founded in one recorded event. The Kremlin and surrounding urban fabric developed over centuries; About Moscow connects the history with visit choices.

Facts that need a current check

A fare, operating hour, visa condition, exhibition or annual event date can change. Use the relevant current official source rather than treating this quick-reference page as a live timetable. The transport, entry and event guides explain which details matter.

For an airport booking, write the three-letter code beside the transfer. For accommodation, save the street address and exact entrance. For a museum, save the building and ticket type. These are often more useful than memorizing a citywide statistic.