Ninety-six years ago today, on March 12, 1918, Moscow became Russia’s capital again. The title had belonged to St. Petersburg for over 200 years.
Above is a painting by Fyodor Yakovlevich Alekseyev of Moscow’s Red Square in the early 19th century.Below is the Kremlin in Moscow Russia
Catherine Palace in St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg city
Hermitage Museum in st. Petersburg
Winter Palace in st. Petersburg
Russia President greets senior Military officers
Above an Olympic stadium in Sochi Russia where the Olympic Games were held 2014.Sochi cost $51B, $49B more than Salt Lake City Olympics.Below is Bolshoy Ice Dome which cost $302M to build. The equivalent stadium built for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver cost a mere $51M.
Today in History, March 12
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