Interesting facts about Moscow and Moscow underground

Do you know that:

11. Moscow climate is moderately-continental: strong frosts and scorching heat are rare, but deviations from norm happen often. January is the coldest month of year (its average temperature is -10 degrees), and the warmest is July (average temperature +20 degrees). For a year in Moscow and territories adjoining to it drops out from 582 to 620 mm of an atmospheric precipitation.

12. Moscow is a very large centre of mechanical engineering, including instrument making; black and nonferrous metallurgy (manufacture of aluminium alloys), chemical, light and polygraphic industries.

13. Moscow is one of the most green world capitals - there are such wood and park files like Izmajlovsky park, Timirjazevsky park, Botanicheskiy garden, Neskuchniy garden, the Bittsevsky forest park and etc. There is a part of Natural national park Losinyj island which also runs within a city.

14. For about 70 thousand families and 10 thousand marriages with foreigners are registered in Moscow every year.

15. There are about 4 thousand streets, lanes, the squares, prospectuses, parkways, quays and highways.

16. Crossing of the Svobody street and Volokolamsk highway - one of a few places in the world where all types of transport converge: Railway (the Riga direction), Automobile, Water - under the bridge on Volokolamsk highway passes a ship canal Of Moscow, Aviation - the Tushinsky airdrome.

17. Manezhnaya Square enters into ten of the most expensive business streets of the world by the level of an annual rent.

18. Moscow is on the first place in the world by amount of "Rolls-Royces", "Maybachs", "Lamborghinies", "Ferraries" and etc.

19. 264-metre "Triumph-oriental carpet" on Sokol - the highest in Europe apartment house. Its height is fixed in «Guinness World Records».

20. Ostankinsky television tower - one of the highest towers in the world. Its height is 540 metres.