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Moscow is a former featured article candidate. Please view the links under Article milestones below to see why the nomination was archived. For older candidates, please check the archive.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
July 3, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
March 9, 2007	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
April 7, 2014	Good article nominee	Not listed
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on September 14, 2004, March 5, 2005, September 14, 2005, and September 14, 2006.
Current status: Former featured article candidate

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Section sizes

Section size for Moscow (69 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	15,717	15,717
Etymology	6,333	6,333
History	57	29,989
Prehistory	1,204	1,204
Early history (1147–1284)	2,869	2,869
Grand Duchy (1283–1547)	4,660	4,660
Tsardom (1547–1721)	5,132	5,132
Empire (1721–1917)	5,918	5,918
Soviet period (1917–1991)	6,215	6,215
1991–present	3,934	3,934
Geography	14	15,938
Location	1,310	1,310
Time	782	782
Climate	13,832	13,832
Paleontology	2,601	2,601
Demographics	17	16,822
Population	3,136	3,136
Ethnic groups	6,720	6,720
Vital statistics	3,000	3,000
Religion	3,949	3,949
Cityscape	64	24,476
Architecture	14,556	14,556
Parks and landmarks	9,856	9,856
Moscow rings	3,625	4,370
Transport rings in Moscow	745	745
Culture	12	9,716
Museums and galleries	6,236	6,236
Performing arts	3,468	3,468
Sports	8,700	9,645
Football clubs	945	945
Entertainment	2,962	2,962
Authorities	16	6,177
Moscow authorities	1,694	1,694
Federal authorities	1,304	1,304
Safety	3,163	3,163
Administrative divisions	4,936	4,936
Economy	44	19,074
Overview	6,221	6,221
Industry	3,588	3,588
Cost of living	6,633	6,633
Public utilities	2,588	2,588
Education	11,474	11,474
Transportation	54	32,818
Metro	7,464	7,464
Monorail	635	635
Bus, trolleybus and electric bus	3,401	3,401
Moscow cable car	654	654
Tram	2,974	2,974
Taxi	1,694	1,694
Railway	2,627	4,806
Moscow Central Circle	970	970
Moscow Central Diameters	1,209	1,209
Roads	609	609
Air	2,532	2,532
Water	396	396
Sharing system	3,054	3,054
Future development	4,545	4,545
Media	186	3,446
Newspapers	835	835
TV and radio	2,425	2,425
People	640	640
International relations	89	21,713
Twin towns – sister cities	12,801	12,801
Cooperation agreements	2,807	2,807
Former twin towns and sister cities	6,016	6,016
See also	253	253
Notes	26	26
References	28	28
External links	1,901	1,901
Total	241,055	241,055