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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.

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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)	15,769	15,769
Etymology	6,344	6,344
History	57	30,048
Prehistory	1,216	1,216
Early history (1147–1284)	2,885	2,885
Grand Duchy (1283–1547)	4,660	4,660
Tsardom (1547–1721)	5,141	5,141
Empire (1721–1917)	5,899	5,899
Soviet period (1917–1991)	6,229	6,229
1991–present	3,961	3,961
Geography	14	16,103
Location	1,273	1,273
Time	787	787
Climate	14,029	14,029
Paleontology	2,625	2,625
Demographics	17	17,052
Population	3,300	3,300
Ethnic groups	6,746	6,746
Vital statistics	3,012	3,012
Religion	3,977	3,977
Cityscape	64	24,534
Architecture	14,603	14,603
Parks and landmarks	9,867	9,867
Moscow rings	3,622	4,367
Transport rings in Moscow	745	745
Culture	12	9,719
Museums and galleries	6,232	6,232
Performing arts	3,475	3,475
Sports	8,702	9,647
Football clubs	945	945
Entertainment	2,940	2,940
Authorities	16	6,206
Moscow authorities	1,694	1,694
Federal authorities	1,304	1,304
Safety	3,192	3,192
Administrative divisions	4,942	4,942
Economy	44	19,134
Overview	6,229	6,229
Industry	3,589	3,589
Cost of living	6,679	6,679
Public utilities	2,593	2,593
Education	11,503	11,503
Transportation	54	32,856
Metro	7,475	7,475
Monorail	635	635
Bus, trolleybus and electric bus	3,410	3,410
Moscow cable car	653	653
Tram	2,980	2,980
Taxi	1,690	1,690
Railway	2,617	4,800
Moscow Central Circle	969	969
Moscow Central Diameters	1,214	1,214
Roads	609	609
Air	2,508	2,508
Water	396	396
Sharing system	3,084	3,084
Future development	4,562	4,562
Media	186	3,445
Newspapers	834	834
TV and radio	2,425	2,425
People	640	640
International relations	89	21,967
Twin towns – sister cities	13,001	13,001
Cooperation agreements	2,843	2,843
Former twin towns and sister cities	6,034	6,034
See also	253	253
Notes	26	26
References	28	28
External links	1,898	1,898
Total	242,046	242,046