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Central Russia is in the country's extreme west, but it casts the main role in Russian history and economics. Pioneer cities were established here more than 1000 years ago.
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Since its founding in 1147, has been at the crossroads of history as the capital of empires and a frequent target for invaders. As the capital of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and, today, the Federation, it has played a central role in the development of the largest country in the world.

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The Moscow include areas from 's 3rd Ring to Moscow Ring Road.

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is the second largest city in comparable to such regional centers, as or . The city built out of high-rise buildings makes a quite melancholy impression, but this feeling is deceptive.

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is the region surrounding the city of in the heart of Central Russia. For this proximity to the capital of is often called Podmoskovie.

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is a region in Central Russia, which borders to the west, to the northwest, to the north, to the east, and to the south.

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is a region in Central Russia, which borders to the southwest, to the west, to the north, to the east, to the southeast, and to the south.

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is a region in Central Russia, which borders to the southwest, to the west, to the northwest, to the north, to the east, and to the southeast.

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is a region in Central Russia, bordered by to the southwest, to the northwest, to the northeast, to the east, and to the southeast.

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is a region in Central Russia, which borders to the west, to the north, to the east, and to the south.

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is a region in Central Russia; it borders to the southwest, to the west, to the north, to the east, and to the southeast.

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is a region in Central Russia, which borders to the southwest, to the west, to the north, to the northeast, to the east, and to the southeast.

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is a region in Central Russia, which borders to the southwest, to the west, to the northwest, to the north, to the northeast, to the east, to the southeast, and to the south.

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is a region in Central Russia, which borders to the southwest, to the west, to the north, to the east, and to the southeast.

Central Russia

Latitude of center
54.533° or 54° 31′ 59″ north
Longitude of center
37.617° or 37° 37′ 1″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q4504093
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Central Russia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وسط روسيا”
  • Chinese: “中俄罗斯”
  • Chinese: “中俄羅斯”
  • Chinese: “中央俄羅斯”
  • Chinese: “俄罗斯中部”
  • Dutch: “Centraal-Rusland”
  • Esperanto: “Centra Rusio”
  • French: “Russie centrale”
  • French: “Russie Centrale”
  • German: “Zentralrussland”
  • Greek: “Κεντρική Ρωσία”
  • Hebrew: “מרכז רוסיה”
  • Italian: “Russia centrale”
  • Japanese: “中央ロシア”
  • Latvian: “Viduskrievija”
  • Portuguese: “Central”
  • Portuguese: “Rússia Central”
  • Romanian: “Rusia centrală”
  • Romanian: “Rusia Centrală”
  • Russian: “среднерусский регион”
  • Russian: “Средняя полоса России”
  • Russian: “Центральная Россия”
  • Slovenian: “Osrednja Rusija”
  • Ukrainian: “середня смуга Росії”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральна Росія”
  • Yue Chinese: “中俄羅斯”
  • Yue Chinese: “中央俄羅斯”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Central Russia”. Photo: Heuschrecke, CC BY-SA 3.0.