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... Orthodox Church . The capital of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( U.S.S.R. ) until its dissolution in 1991 , Moscow attracted Physical and human geography 350 The landscape 350 Site and relief The human imprint Climate Layout ...
... Orthodox Church . The capital of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( U.S.S.R. ) until its dissolution in 1991 , Moscow attracted Physical and human geography 350 The landscape 350 Site and relief The human imprint Climate Layout ...
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... Orthodox metropoli- tans and patriarchs of the 14th to the 18th century are buried there . Across the square is the Cathedral of the Annunciation ( Blagoveshchensky Sobor ) , built in 1484- 89 by craftsmen from Pskov ; though burned in ...
... Orthodox metropoli- tans and patriarchs of the 14th to the 18th century are buried there . Across the square is the Cathedral of the Annunciation ( Blagoveshchensky Sobor ) , built in 1484- 89 by craftsmen from Pskov ; though burned in ...
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... Orthodox churches in addition to a few other Christian churches and Jewish and Muslim places of worship . Beginning in the late 1980s with the Soviet policy of glasnost and continu- ing with the Russian successor government in the early ...
... Orthodox churches in addition to a few other Christian churches and Jewish and Muslim places of worship . Beginning in the late 1980s with the Soviet policy of glasnost and continu- ing with the Russian successor government in the early ...
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