Historia ya Urusi
Tsar Petro I (1689-1725) alitambua ya kwamba nchi yake ilikuwa nyuma upande wa teknolojia na elimu kulingana na mataifa ya Ulaya. Alianzisha mabadiliko mengi ya kuiga mfano wa Ulaya ya Magharibi akahamisha mji mkuu kutoka Moscow kwenda mji mpya aliounda sehemu ya magharibi ya milki yake akauita Sankt Peterburg.
Kanda ya Shirikisho la Urusi
b. According to Article 24 of the Charter of Moscow Oblast, the government bodies of the oblast are located in the city of Moscow and throughout the territory of Moscow Oblast. However, Moscow is not officially named to be the administrative center of the oblast.