Moscow - the capital of Russia, today is a large human anthill, the largest city in the country. This is truly a historical, cultural and political center, with all the necessary infrastructure, the focus of financial and transport flows. But this was not always Moscow.
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Founded in the XII century by Suzdal Prince Yuri Dolgoruky, the city of Moscow for a long time remained a provincial province, given over to small specific princes, and only by the end of the XV century it became the center of the Moscow principality, around which those who no longer wanted to submit to the Kiev princes united their lands. Due to its convenient location at the crossroads of trade routes, Moscow was chosen as the capital, and its grand dukes became known as sovereigns. Sleepy boyar and merchant Moscow remained the capital until the beginning of the 18th century, when Peter I left it and, together with the court, moved to the newly founded St. Petersburg. Again Muscovites became metropolitan residents only in 1918, when it was decided to move the capital away from the western borders, for the safety of the government and the state.
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Against the background of secular St. Petersburg, Moscow for a long time remained a large village, where each street, built up by merchants and landlords' mansions, surrounded by greenery, had its own church or monastery. This history of the city also determined the historical structure of its indigenous inhabitants unhurried, God-fearing, hospitable. However, there are almost no descendants of those Muscovites in today's Moscow - the wind of the October Revolution and the ensuing Civil War swept them all away.
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Today's “indigenous” Muscovites are the descendants of those who began to populate the capital in the 1920s. Moscow was becoming an industrial center, it needed working hands, so a lot of people flocked here from neighboring villages, and from all over the country, creative intelligentsia came here, new and old educational institutions, research centers and institutes opened here. In the 30s, that urban layer was formed that began to call itself "Muscovites", but at the same time feeling a special responsibility. These were amazing people who, along with the whole country or even a half step ahead, were able to discard the Nazis and protect not only the capital, but the whole country.
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Even before the mid-90s of the last century, Moscow had that unique charm and only its inherent way of life and rhythm of life, which made it a large but cozy city inhabited by simple and friendly people. But they, however, have already begun to be squeezed by the "limiters" - people who arrived in the city for new buildings and factories did not have enough workers. Today, when any person who has come from anywhere can become a metropolitan, there are very few real Muscovites.
