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Moscow Governorate was established in 1708, by Tsar Peter the Great's edict. There were 38 cities besides Moscow in this Governorateat the time of its establishment. It was finally abolished in 1929, paved the way to modern Moscow Oblast.
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90 years ago, in December 1922 Moscow was declared the capital of the newly emerged Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
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Since 1905, several strikes and armed risings in Moscow paved the way to the October Revolution. In 1918 the Bolsheviks moved the seat of government from Saint Petersburg back to Moscow.
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Occupational composition of the city's labor force was generally diverce, despite the heaviest concentration in textiles.
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In the beginning of 20th century Moscow was the Russia's second urban and manufacturing centre after Saint Petersburg.
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100 years ago, in 1912 there were 1 617 157 inhabitants in the city.
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In January 1905, the institution of the City Governor, or Mayor, was officially introduced in Moscow, and Alexander Adrianov became Moscow's first official mayor.
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In 1813 a Commission for the Construction of the City of Moscow was established. It launched a great program of rebuilding, including a partial replanning of the city-center.
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200 years ago, in 1812, the city was almost destroyed during the Napoleon invasion. All the Moscovites were evacuated.
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But after 1750, the population grew more than tenfold over the remaining duration of the Russian Empire, reaching 1.8 million by 1915.
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After being ruled it from the status of capital, the population of Moscow at first decreased, from 200,000 in the 17th century to 130,000 in 1750.
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300 years ago, Moscow ceased to be Russia's capital when Peter the Great moved his government to the newly-built Saint Petersburg on the Baltic coast in 1712.
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400 years ago, in 1612, the people of Nizhny Novgorod and other Russian cities rose against the troops of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which were occupied Moscow for two years. Russians besieged the Kremlin, and expelled them.
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Moscow was stable and prosperous for many years. In 1340 it was declared the capital instead of the city of Vladimir.
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The first reference to Moscow dates from 1147. At the time it was a minor town on the western border of Vladimir-Suzdal Principality.
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The city of Moscow gradually grew around the Moscow Kremlin, beginning in the 14th century. It was the capital of Great Russia, also known as Muscovy, from 1340 to 1712.
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