Moscow is the biggest center and the capital of russia. the city has a long history. the first mention about moscow refers to the 12th century ad. the founder of the city is the prince yury dolgoruky. the name moscow derives from the name of the river that flows through the city. during the long history of the city, it was repeatedly invaded, burned, but always reborn and rebuilt. it’s difficult to overestimate the beauty of moscow. its magnificent decoration was admired by many writers and poets. its picturesque streets and areas have become an integral part of many literary works. architecture of moscow strikes with its variety and uniqueness. many old buildings and constructions have preserved till our days. a number of monuments are included to the unesco world heritage list. the most outstanding are - red square and the moscow kremlin, novodevichy and donskoy monasteries, tsaritsyno, ostankino, kuzminki estates. also we should name the world famous bolshoi theatre. but it’s impossible to list all the monuments of this beautiful city. moscow is full of parks, museums, theaters and art galleries. it is a center of cultural and economic life of russia. large number of famous russian institutes and universities, banks and companies is situated here. many tourists enjoy visiting moscow. the city has great number of hotels and restaurants. moscow is also the center of political life. here is situated the residence of the state duma and the president of the russian federation. today moscow is a modern european city with a multi-million population. it is rapidly evolving and becoming more and more beautiful.read more:
Riding a bicycle is very useful. But people don't always take a bicycle for the following reasons. One of the reasons is the absence of bicycle lanes. Let's look an adcantages and disadvantages of riding a bicycle and building bike lanes. The most important advantage is more simplier and safer riding for bikers around the city. The disadvantage is that there isn't enough place for bike lanes in the city. So, it will be necessary to allocate part of road or pavement. As a result, there will be no place for pedestrians and road capacity will be reduced. Besides, many pedestrians ignore road signs and go along the bike lanes. This impedes bike traffic and increases the probability of accidents. In addition, a lot of money is required for building of bike lanes since it is necessary to put asphalt, draw markings and place road signs. I believe that in future the bike lanes will be an integral part of roads and a bicycle will become an important part of our life.
