26-30 Moscow Facts

26. Many believe that under Moscow’s Metro system lies another, secret system for government use, that is dubbed “Metro 2”. – Source

27. A 1935 party at the U.S. ambassador’s home in Moscow featured a large number of animals loaned for the evening by the Moscow Zoo. By the end of the party, a bear became drunk on champagne and 100 zebra finches escaped from an aviary, perching all around the home. – Source

28. The Twin Stars Diner in Moscow, Russia is staffed entirely by identical twins. – Source

29. Moscow had once the largest swimming pool in the world, measuring twice the size of a soccer field. – Source

30. Tallest cylindrical aquarium is located in shopping mall in Moscow. The aquarium is 75 feet tall and you can regularly see divers cleaning it from the inside. – Source

31-35 Moscow Facts

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31. The reason Four Seasons Hotel in Moscow has two designs because the architect was afraid of informing Stalin that he had failed to select a design. – Source

32. In 1939, in Moscow building called Savvinskoye Courtyard was moved from one place to another during the night without residents realizing that. – Source

33. 10% of Russian population live in Moscow. – Source

34. In Moscow, bodies discovered when snow thaws are called Snow Drops. – Source

35. Moscow’s Hotel Rossiya was once the largest hotel in the world. It had 3,200 rooms, a post office, a health club, a nightclub, a movie theater and a police station with jail cells. It was demolished in 2006 and remains a construction site today. – Source

 

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Last Update: April 9, 2018