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Section sizes

Section size for Moscow (69 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	16,601	16,601	477	477
Etymology	7,474	7,474	279	279
History	57	33,383	0	2,819
Prehistory	1,216	1,216	63	63
Early history (1147–1263)	2,318	2,318	247	247
Grand Principality (1263–1547)	7,097	7,097	821	821
Tsardom (1547–1721)	5,693	5,693	577	577
Empire (1721–1917)	6,063	6,063	690	690
Soviet period (1917–1991)	6,543	6,543	139	139
1991–present	4,396	4,396	282	282
Geography	14	16,199	0	813
Location	1,290	1,290	105	105
Time	699	699	59	59
Climate	14,196	14,196	649	649
Paleontology	2,714	2,714	202	202
Demographics	17	16,616	0	231
Population	3,267	3,267	35	35
Ethnic groups	6,743	6,743	0	0
Vital statistics	2,666	2,666	93	93
Religion	3,923	3,923	103	103
Cityscape	64	24,639	0	1,820
Architecture	14,564	14,564	1,266	1,266
Parks and landmarks	10,011	10,011	554	554
Moscow rings	3,477	4,205	192	192
Transport rings in Moscow	728	728	0	0
Culture	12	10,136	0	716
Museums and galleries	6,599	6,599	527	527
Performing arts and cinema	3,525	3,525	189	189
Sports	9,857	9,857	890	890
Entertainment	2,926	2,926	136	136
Authorities	83	6,162	0	528
Moscow authorities	1,722	1,722	220	220
Federal authorities	1,316	1,316	142	142
Safety	3,041	3,041	166	166
Administrative divisions	4,505	4,505	365	365
Economy	44	19,241	0	1,076
Overview	5,983	5,983	213	213
Industry	3,900	3,900	306	306
Cost of living	6,917	6,917	355	355
Public utilities	2,397	2,397	202	202
Education	11,894	11,894	603	603
Transportation	54	34,468	0	2,424
Metro	7,397	7,397	517	517
Monorail	695	695	80	80
Bus, trolleybus, and electric bus	3,415	3,415	293	293
Moscow cable car	569	569	68	68
Tram	3,356	3,356	179	179
Taxi	1,734	1,734	57	57
Railway	2,689	4,940	206	411
Moscow Central Circle	967	967	110	110
Moscow Central Diameters	1,284	1,284	95	95
Roads	597	597	71	71
Air	2,599	2,599	189	189
Water	1,501	1,501	118	118
Vehicle sharing system	3,047	3,047	127	127
Future development	4,564	4,564	314	314
Media	196	3,600	16	111
Newspapers	764	764	43	43
Television and radio	2,640	2,640	52	52
Notable people	703	703	72	72
International relations	89	22,076	0	25
Twin towns and sister cities	12,502	12,502	7	7
Cooperation agreements	2,813	2,813	8	8
Former twin towns and sister cities	6,672	6,672	10	10
See also	253	253	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
References	317	317	0	0
Sources	2,125	2,125	0	0
External links	1,953	1,953	0	0
Total	252,073	252,073	13,779	13,779

"מאָסקװע" listed at Redirects for discussion

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The redirect מאָסקװע has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 July 18 § מאָסקװע until a consensus is reached. ArthananWarcraft (talk) 17:11, 18 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Punctuated equilibrium?

Latest comment: 4 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Can somebody change the punctuation in the "etymology" section? Semicolons after each translation (& no colons) would make which meaning attaches to which language clearer. ~2026-25855-98 (talk) 20:15, 13 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Requested change

Latest comment: 4 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

In Air section, OneWorld should read Oneworld. Smeltstype (talk) 21:41, 4 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 18 September 2026

Latest comment: 15 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

It is requested that an edit be made to the extended confirmed–protected article at Moscow. (edit · history · last · links · protection log)

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Please add |subdivision_type= and restore |subdivision_name= to infobox (without flags), from this unexplained edit. All {{Infobox settlement}} have first subdivision parameters. ~2026-50394-40 (talk) 02:34, 18 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

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"מאָסקװע" listed at Redirects for discussion

Punctuated equilibrium?

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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 18 September 2026