Introduction to the urban landscape of Moscow

Geographically, Moscow is located in the central part of Russian Europe, across the banks of moscow river and its tributary Yauza River. With a population of more than 8 million, it is the largest city in Europe. The urban area is surrounded by a ring highway with a circumference of 19 kilometers. The urban area is 4 kilometers from north to south and 3 kilometers from east to west, covering an area of more than 1, square kilometers. The most impressive thing is that Moscow's green area accounts for 4% of the city's total area, including 11 natural forest areas, 89 parks, nearly 8 small parks and street gardens. Walking into Moscow is like walking into a forest. All the streets and houses in Moscow are hidden in the forest.

From the perspective of urban layout, Moscow is centered on Red Square, with more than a dozen streets radiating in all directions, and several ring streets surround the city center layer by layer. There are 11 electrified railways and 13 highways leading to all directions in the city. There are also 9 passenger train stations, 5 airports and 8 subways. The subway network is radial and circular all over the city, some of which are more than 1 meters deep and nearly 2 kilometers long.

Moscow's architecture is not as romantic as St. Petersburg's, and many places highlight the modern style of the former Soviet Union. The towering buildings are almost all "matchbox" structures, which only pay attention to practicality and not to artistry and appreciation. Only a few Stalinist buildings, such as the Ukrainian Hotel, as well as the famous Foreign Ministry Building and the main building of Moscow University, still retain the consistent elegance and luxury embodied in Russian czar-era architecture.

Besides the world-famous Kremlin and Red Square, there is also Victory Square in the center of Moscow. Victory Square was built in 1995 to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the victory of the world anti-fascist war. The square stretches forward in a slow step shape. There are five long and slow steps, each of which represents a year of anti-Japanese war. At the front is a towering monument to the "Victory Goddess". The height of the monument is 141.8 meters, which is equal to the number of days of the Russian patriotic war during World War II. There is a bronze sculpture on the pedestal of the monument, depicting the scene of the magical warrior "Georgy" stabbing a poisonous snake with a spear. The poisonous snake was represented as a alienated German fascist aggressor, and its heroic momentum was inspiring. Groups of children like middle school students rushed to the monument happily and presented bunches of flowers to the monument representing national heroes. This kind of ethnic education is indeed essential, and we should let the next generation root the seeds of national self-improvement in their hearts from an early age. Behind the monument is a semi-circular memorial hall. Looking down from the cloister of the memorial hall, the jungle at the foot has been dyed red by the autumn wind. How many years have passed with time, but history can never be forgotten by future generations.

In the middle of the road in front of the square, there stands a "Arc de Triomphe" symbolizing victory, but this "Arc de Triomphe" commemorates not the victory of World War II, but the brilliant achievements made by Russia when it defeated Napoleon's army. The Arc de Triomphe is 28 meters high, on which is the goddess of victory with laurel wreaths and wings on her back, driving six sets of carriages. The traffic in Moscow flows by the Arc de Triomphe and Victory Square, and history and reality meet in this scene. On one side of the square, there are pillars representing different countries and nationalities of the former Soviet Union, and on the other side is a magnificent fountain. On the edge of the square, of course, there are Orthodox churches with unique styles that can be seen everywhere in Russia.

"Celebrity Cemetery" is a historical mirror of Russia. When all the team members were resting, Patch went to visit the "Celebrity Cemetery" alone. The "celebrity cemetery" is more like a "memorial hall" or even an art exhibition hall. Many historical figures familiar to us in China are buried here. Everyone's tombstone is unique, showing the designer's artistic level, which can be called "the exhibition of famous sculpture works". Such artistic design of a cemetery makes some famous people who have made outstanding contributions to historical development live permanently in another form behind them, which is also an excellent way to commemorate. Here, you can often see many art students carrying easels, lingering and assiduously absorbing the nutrition and edification of art. The tombstone of ulanova, a famous "meritorious actor" in the former Soviet Union and a ballet performance artist who has visited China for many times, is carved in white marble, and his light dance and elegant manner make the characters vivid. Although Yuri Niculin, the founder of the famous "greatest show on earth", "national meritorious artist" and the famous film actor of the former Soviet Union, has left this world, his dog is still with him, and he himself is still a clown who can't help laughing, bringing eternal joy to future generations; Ostrovsky, the prototype and author of the protagonist "pavel korchagin" in the novel How Steel was Tempered, is still the indomitable hero image; Mikoyan, the designer of MIG fighter, is flying in another world with his own model plane. When we stand in front of a tombstone, our admiration arises spontaneously. Almost no one in our country is unaware of this hero. The Story of Zoya and Shula once inspired us to devote ourselves to our country. This tombstone is a bronze statue of the beautiful and strong heroine Zoya ... The leader of the former Soviet Union, who is familiar to us in China, is also a controversial figure in history. Although Khrushchev's tombstone is located in an inconspicuous position, However, it has attracted many people's attention, and its design style is even more concise and different. It is said that it was designed by a famous artist who was persecuted by it in that year. The black marble and white marble are staggered with each other, which shows that the evaluation of its merits and demerits by future generations is "mixed". Here, there are China people who are buried in a foreign country. The owners of the tomb are also controversial figures in the history of our country: Wang Ming, the former leader of the China * * * production party, and his wife Wang Fang. A bronze head of Wang Ming is carved on the tombstone where his husband and wife are buried together, and a few lines of Russian are engraved on the granite pedestal: "Wang Ming-an outstanding activist of China's * * * producer party and the world's * * * producer movement". It can be seen that the former Soviet * * * production party spoke highly of him. In front of the tombstone, there are some flowers that have not withered. It seems that some people often come to pay homage to this former man of the hour. Many times, history can only be judged by future generations.

because of the solemn atmosphere of the "celebrity cemetery", the patch didn't turn on the camera lens.

There is a very famous small mountain in Moscow. It was once called "Lenin Mountain", but now it has been renamed "Sparrow Mountain" with the disintegration of the former Soviet Union. The famous Moscow University is located on Sparrow Mountain, and the main teaching building of the university is towering in the clouds. In front of the teaching building is a wide flat land with flowers, trees and green grass. In front of it is a relatively high platform overlooking the city of Moscow, which is called "observation deck" by locals

Another must-see place for tourists in Moscow is Arbat Street. Arbat Street is also called Culture Street, where many artists sketch and operate, and there are countless handicraft shops such as Russian dolls, street bars and cafes. On the Old Arbat Street, many vendors and salespeople in souvenir shops can almost speak a few words of appropriate Chinese, and they can bargain with China tourists very skillfully. It seems that China tourists should be regarded as the main force of consumption here. It is said that in some casinos located in the New Albat Street, most of the gamblers are from China, which is similar to what we saw in casinos in Alaska and Macau. I wonder why our compatriots are so addicted to gambling.

What impressed us most was that the street wedding of the Moscow couple was very magnificent and romantic. Weddings of young people in the west are usually simple, but most newcomers in Moscow pay attention to the ostentation and extravagance of weddings. Russia's economy has been sluggish for a long time, and people naturally form a mentality of respecting the rich and worshiping the rich. Until the 199 s, Moscow was full of "Rada walking all over the street, working as an old man, covered with snow and grass, and living in a tube-shaped building". In recent years, the economy has begun to recover, and the cars running on the road include world brands. Dozens of wedding cars parked by the Moscow River under the Sparrow Mountain (Lenin Mountain) have aroused our great interest, because all these wedding cars are extended Cadillac, Lincoln and Hummer, with unusual momentum. Countless young people have their wedding activities here. Their wedding activities were very casual, and no elders appeared. Only the bride, groom, bridesmaid, groomsman and groups of friends gathered together, drinking wine and taking photos. There are street performers playing brisk dance music nearby to "seduce" new people.

Moscow's architecture is not as romantic as St. Petersburg's, and many places highlight the modern style of the former Soviet Union. The towering buildings are almost all "matchbox" structures, which only pay attention to practicality and not to artistry and appreciation. Only a few Stalinist buildings, such as the Ukrainian Hotel, as well as the famous Foreign Ministry Building and the main building of Moscow University, still retain the consistent elegance and luxury embodied in Russian czar-era architecture.

Moscow University is well known to China people because of the famous speech made by Mao Zedong, the leader of China, when meeting overseas students. Mao Zedong said to the young students with a radiant smile: The world is yours and ours, but in the final analysis, you young people are full of vigor and vitality, like the sun at eight or nine o'clock in the morning, and your hopes are pinned on you.

The famous news agency Tass news agency building and the well-known KGB building

Another attraction of Moscow is the Kremlin, which has been heard for more than 5 years. When I didn't go to Moscow, I thought the Kremlin was a palace and a building. Actually, it is not. The Kremlin is a building complex, and it is called "the eighth wonder of the world".

The New Virgin Monastery is a classic Russian building in the 16th and 17th centuries. Some daughters of the royal family and famous families used to practice here. Princess Sofia, the sister of Peter I, and Evdokiya Lopnina, the first wife of Peter I, were both imprisoned in this monastery. Princess Zofia was crazy because she often saw her confidant hanging from a tree who was executed here.

There are many street performers and painters in Moscow, and the graffiti wall on Arbat Street

Victory Square was built to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the victory of the world anti-fascist war, and now it has become an outdoor wedding place for many new people in Moscow. They present flower baskets to heroes and wish them a bright future. These are some new couples who met unexpectedly in Victory Square.