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The Moscow Central Circle or MCC designated Line 14 or just Encircle Line (Окружная линия) and marked in a strawberry red/white color is a 54-kilometre-long (34 mi) orbital urban/metropolitan line that encircles historical Moscow. The line is rebuilt from the Little Ring of the Moscow Railway and opened to passengers on 10 September 2016 and is operated by the Moscow Government owned company MKZD through the Moscow Metro, with the state-run Russian Railways selected as the
operation subcontractor. The infrastructure, trackage and platforms are owned and managed by Russian Railways while most station buildings are owned by MKZD.
Questions
1. What is a rapid transit system in Moscow?
2. How many stations are there in the metro?
3. What was the first metro station built in the Moscow region?
4. When was the Moscow Monorail opened?
5. When was the MCC opened? How important is this new line for carrying passengers?
1. С 15 мая 1935 года в Москвеработает метрополитен, являющийся основным средством передвижения в пределах столицы. По протяжѐнности линий Московский метрополитен занимает пятое место в мире.
2. Всего в московском метро 206 станций и 13 линий, без учѐта монорельса и МЦК.
3. Московская монорельсовая транспортная система — монорельсовая дорога, построенная в Северо-Восточном административном округе.
4. Московское центральное кольцо (МЦК) — маршрутная линия железнодорожного пассажирского транспорта в Москве. Представляет собой городской электропоезд, курсирующий по Малому кольцу Московской железной дороги (МК МЖД).
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5. На линии устроен 31 остановочный пункт с пересадками на 10 линий метро и 9 радиальных направлений.
Water transportation
Moscow has two passenger terminals, (South River Terminal and North River Terminal, on the river and regular ship routes and cruises along the Moskva and Oka rivers, which are used mostly for entertainment. The North River
Terminal, built in 1937, is the main hub for long-range river routes. There are three freight ports serving Moscow.
Moskva River
The Moskva River, also known as the Moscow River, is a river of western Russia It rises about 90 miles west of Moscow, and flows roughly east through the Smolensk and Moscow Oblasts, passing through central Moscow.
About 70 miles south east of Moscow, at the city of Kolomna, it flows into the Oka River, itself a tributary of the Volga, which ultimately flows into the Caspian Sea.
Moskva and Moscow are two different renderings of the same Russian word Москва. The city is named after the river. The origin of the name is unknown, although several theories exist.
Moscow is situated on its banks. The river also flows through the towns of Mozhaysk, Zvenigorod, Zhukovsky, Bronnitsy, Voskresensk, and — at the confluence of the Moskva and Oka — Kolomna.
As of 2007, there are 49 bridges across the Moskva River and its canals within Moscow city limits; the first stone bridge, Bolshoi Kamennyi Bridge, was erected in 1692. Within the city, the river is 120–200 metres wide, the narrowest point being under the Kremlin walls. Drinking water for the city of Moscow is collected from five stations on the Moskva River and from the Upper Volga reservoirs (north and north- west of the city). Canals, built within Moscow city limits, have created a number of islands. Some of them have names in Russian, some have none. Major, permanent islands (west to east) are:
· Serebryany Bor. Separated from the mainland in the 1930s.
· Tatarskaya Poima, commonly known as Mnyovniki. Separated from the mainland in the 1930s
· Balchug Island, also known as Bolotny Ostrov, lying just opposite the Kremlin. The island was formed by the construction of the Vodootvodny Canal in the
1780s, and has no official name in Russian. Moscow residents informally call it
―Bolotny Ostrov‖ (Bog Island) while members of Moscow's English-speaking community refer to it as Balchug.
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· One uninhabited island north of Nagatino.
· Three uninhabited islands east of Nagatino, connected by the Pererva dam and lock system.
Since winter 2009—2010 on the Moskva River new entertainment is entered: walk on the winter river on the ice breaker. There are five walking river ice breakers which ply on a route from a mooring Hotel Ukraine to the Novospassky Monastery and back. Duration of walk will make about 2 hours.
Questions
1. Where does the monorail line run?
2. How many river terminals are there in Moscow?
3. Which terminal is the main hub for long-range river routes?
4. How many freight ports serve Moscow?
1. Благодаря системе каналов Москва с советских времѐн была известна как
«порт пяти морей» - Балтийского, Белого, Каспийского, Азовского и Черного
2. От Северного и Южного речных вокзалов ходят круизные теплоходы, соединяющие Москву с Санкт-Петербургом, Астраханью, Ростовом-на- Дону и другими городами России.
3. В период навигации на Москве-реке работают несколько маршрутов речного трамвая.
YouTube video
1. Moscow travel guide (Russia)
2. Moscow Vacation Travel Guide – Expedia
3. The Beautiful Moscow Metro
Lecture 6 Moscow Overview – 2
