СодержаниеIntroduction 3
1. Moscow as the main city of Russia: general characteristics 4
2. Major reasons for prosperity of Moscow 5
2.1 Economic reasons 5
2.2 Social reasons 8
2.3 Political reasons 10
Conclusion 12
References 13ВведениеThe capital city of Russia, Moscow is a principal Political, Economic, Financial, Exhibition, Educational and Transportation center of the country. Moscow is a major economic center considering the fact that it houses a large number of billionaires and is perennially considered one of the most expensive cities in the world.
The present work is devoted to main social, economic and political reasons for prosperity of Moscow. The principal aim of this work is to describe and analyze the reasons for Moscow's prosperity. In order to achieve this aim the following problems were brought up:
- to give a general overview of Moscow city;
- to describe economic, political and social conditions for the prosperity of Moscow;
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