Population: 9,299,000
Average Temp Range: -13 - 24
Average Precipitation High: 80-85 (Jun-Aug)
Average Precipitation Low: 30-35 (Mar)
Top 3 Singles:
1. "Maybe" by Brainstorm
2. "19-2000" by Gorillaz
3. "Butterfly" by Crazy Town
Top North American Single: "Butterfly" by Crazy
Town
Music Info Source: Maximum Top 40, 13-Aug-01
Currency Used: Russian Rouble (RUB)
Major School: Moscow State University
Place to Have Fun: Gorky Park
Major Landmark: The Great Kremlin Palace

- largest city, capital
- long, cold winters
- mild summers
- 90% Moscow's approximately 3 million housing
units built after 1955
- mostly multistory apartment blocks
- Russians largest ethnic group, sizeable number of
Jews, Ukrainians, Belarusians & Tatars
- Orthodox Christianity is the predominant religion
- 30% of Moscow territory is occupied by parks &
public gardens
- More than over 50% of highly skilled industrial
workforce in engineering & metalworking industries
- Crime grew enormously during early to mid 1990's
due to rise of organized criminal groups
- Drug trafficking also on rise

- 1 in every 15 Russians live in Moscow