Science, education: University and many other higher schools. Scientific centres. Various institutes. Presidium of RAS.

Culture and museums: More than 60 professional theatres including Bolshoy Theatre, Maly Theatre, the Chekhov MHAT, the Gorky MHAT, the Vakhtangov Theatre, the Ermolova Theatre, the Mayakovskiy Theatre, the Mossovet Theatre, the Theatre of Satire, the Theatre at Taganka, The Central Theatre of Russian Army, The Central Puppet Theatre. National libraries (Russian State, of foreign literature, Historical, etc.), 74 museums and picture galleries including Historical Museum, Diamond Reserve, Armoury, the Pushkin Museum of fine arts, The State Tret'yakov Gallery, etc.

Architecture and remarkables: The old part of Moscow has radial-circular lay-out. Historical heart of Moscow: Moscow Kreml ensemble, The Red Square close to it, Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed. There are the church of Ascension in Kolomenskoe, arhitectural complexes of monasteries (the Andronikov, the Donskoy, the Holy Danilov, the Novodevichiy, the Simonov and others ones), estate ensembles (Kuskovo, Ostankino, Kuzminki, Tsaritsyno, etc.), churches and separate buildings of the 17th century are among surviving monuments. In 1920-1930 Moscow centre and the largest main roads were rebuilt (so some valuable historical and architectural monuments were dismantled). From the middle of the fifties big city raions are built up by standard designs. New microdistricts and large social edifices were created: high-rise buildings (including the university on Vorobyevy mountains), the Central stadium complex in Luzhniki, The State Kreml Palace, New Arbat ensemble, a number of Olympic objects. The XXIInd Olympic Games (1980). The largest megapolis in Russian Federation formed around Moscow (about 15 mln peoples). There are Khimki reservoir, the Moscow channel in Moscow. National park Losiny ostrov is particularly on the Moscow territory.

Science, education: Institute of hygiene, DL of cable industry, institute of radio-measuring devices, DL of vehicular equipment, SIA "Khimvolokno", etc. Moscow university of consumer co-operation, a branch of Moscow State construction university.

Architecture and remarkables: Churches: Annunciation (1677), Vladimir (1713). There are old estates Taininskoe, Marfino, Nikolsko-Prozorovo, Lipki, Neklyudovo; national park Losiny ostrov (particularly) are on the territory of Mytishchi raion. Next reservoirs are in Mytishchi raion: Klyazma, Pirogovo, Pyalovo, Uchino, Pestovo, Iksha.

Architecture and remarkables: Nikolskaya church (1692-94). There is climate-balneological health resort Tishkino in Pushkino raion.

Architecture and remarkables: There is Muranovo estate where Baratynskiy poet and after Fedor Tyutchev poet lived not far (close by Ashukinskaya platform).

Science, education: Central institute of special engineering industry (devices for warming of saloons of spacecrafts, aircrafts, etc.).

Architecture and remarkables: Ensemble of Veil Khot'kovo nunnery. There is Abramtsevo estate 4 km south of Khot'kovo at Vorya river. There is Radonezh village founded in the 17th cenruryon the place of Old Russian town of the same name where the childhood of Saint Sergiy Radonezhskiy (the founder of Holy Trinity monastery) passed 5 km south-east of Khot'kovo.

Science, education: There are Moscow ecclesiastical academy (from 1814) and a seminary (from 1742) in Sergiev Posad.

Culture and museums: Museum of toys.

Architecture and remarkables: There are more than 50 buildings and structures in architectural ensemble of Holy Trinity Laura - the cathedrals Tinity (1422), Repose (1559-85); churches Dukhovskaya (1476), Vvedenskaya (1547), Pyatnitskaya (1547) etc. Hospital wards with the Zosima and Savvaty church (1635-38), czarist halls (the end of the 17th c.), refectory with the Sergiy church (1686-92), monastery cells pavilions (17-19 c.c.), metropolitan chamber (the main facade 1778) etc. Among civil buildings it's necessary to note specially monastery hotel (1823) built in the classicism style, the Burse (1902). History-artistic museum reserve (1920). It's in the Gold Ring of Russia.

Culture and museums: History-architectural museum-reserve. Museums: artistic, of M. I. Zvetaeva, of writer S. Ya. Yelpatyevskiy. There is a museum of A. I. Musatov in Lizunovo village.

Architecture and remarkables: History-architectural complex of Holy Dormition nunnery: founded in 1654, active one. Cells (1670-80th years), monastery walls with towers kept. Peter I sisters Marfa and Feodosiya are buried on its territory. Monumental trinity cathedral (1513) with two unique copper doors transported by Ivan the Terrible from Novgorod and Tver. There is nature-landscape complex of Nevskaya mountain where in 1689 young Peter I with general P. Gordon carried out manoeuvres of funny regiments 4 km north-east of Alexandrov.