Moskva River near the Moscow Kremlin in 19th century.

Moskva River (Russian/Cyrillic: Москва-река) is a river in the Moscow and partially Smolensk Oblasts in Russia, left tributary of the Oka River. The length of the river is 503 km. The area of its basin is 17,600 sq km. It freezes up in November - December and stays under the ice until late March - April. Its main tributaries are the Ruza, Istra, Yauza, Pakhra, and Severka. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x762, 169 KB) 19th-century postcard of the Moskva River in Moscow. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x762, 169 KB) 19th-century postcard of the Moskva River in Moscow. ... The Moscow Kremlin The Moscow Kremlin (Russian: Московский Кремль) is the best known kremlin (Russian citadel). ... Russian (Russian: русский язык, russkiy yazyk, (help· info)) is the most widely spoken language of Eurasia and the most widespread of the Slavic languages. ... Moscow oblast (Моско́вская о́бласть) is an administrative subdivision of Russia officially established on January 14, 1929. ... Categories: Stub | Oblasts of Russia | Smolensk Oblast ... A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ... Oka (Russian: Ока́) is a great river in Russia, the biggest right confluent of the Volga. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... For the term related to television programmes, see watershed (television). ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Ruza River (Руза in Russian) is a river in the Moscow Oblast in Russia, left tributary of the Moscow River. ... Istra (И́стра) is a river in Moscow Oblast, Russia. ... Yauza River is a confluent of the Moskva River, the second in size river in Moscow (after the Moskva River). ... The Pakhra River (Пахра in Russian) is a river in the Moscow Oblast in Russia, a right tributary of the Moskva River. ...

Moscow (Москва́), the capital of Russia, is situated on it, also the river flows via Zvenigorod, Voskresensk, Kolomna, Zhukovsky, Bronnitsy, and Mozhaysk. Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: (help· info)) is the capital of Russia and the countrys principal political, economic, financial, educational and transportation center, located on the river Moskva. ... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... One of Rublevs icons from Zvenigorod. ... Voskresensk (Воскресе́нск) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia. ... Kolomna (Russian: Коломна) is an ancient Russian city, founded in 1177 on the Moskva River and Oka River. ... Zhukovsky (Жуковский in Russian) is a city in the Moscow Oblast in Russia. ... The Archangel Cathedral (1696–1704). ... Mozhaysk (Можа́йск) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, 110 km to the west from the Russian capital, on the historic road leading to Smolensk and then to Belarus. ...

Moskva and Moscow are two different transliterations of the same Russian word Москва. The city is named after the river. The origin of the name is unknown, several theories exist [1]. One of the theories is that the name comes from an ancient Finnic language, meaning "dark", "turbid". According to other theories, the name may come from Komi language meaning "cow-river" or from Mordovian language meaning "bear-river". Finnic peoples (Fennic, sometimes Baltic-Finnic) refer, particularly in present-day English usage of Finland and Estonia, to what are perceived as culturally related ethnic groups, i. ... . Komi language edition of Wikipedia The Komi language, also known as Zyrian, or Komi-Zyrian, is a language spoken by the Komi peoples in the northeastern European part of Russia. ... The Republic of Mordovia (Moksha: Мордовскяй Республикась; Erzya: Мордовской Республикась; Russian: ) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). ...