Moscow

In 2010, Baltia plans to inaugurate non-stop service between New York’s JFK airport and Moscow. An inaugural gala is planned for the occasion. Subsequently, Baltia plans to provide additional air service between Moscow and St. Petersburg, linking Baltia's non-stop service to Moscow with its non-stop flight to St. Petersburg. As a result, Baltia will offer two flights daily from JFK to Moscow and St. Petersburg.

City Facts

Founded in 1147, Moscow is one of the world's truly great cities. In addition to being the capital of Russia with nearly 9 million inhabitants, it’s a pre-eminent industrial, cultural, scientific and educational center with so much to see, do and experience.

“Today’s Moscow” is a vibrant, cosmopolitan city that continues to grow and improve by leaps and bounds. You can see and feel the excitement and invigoration on the street, in the subway, in the residents’ faces. Everywhere you look, new construction is blossoming on Moscow’s landscape, from new shopping malls and hotels to restaurants, cafes and cultural attractions.

In the central part of Moscow, you’ll find an eclectic blend of modern architecture with architecture dating back to the 15th century, including: Moscow Baroque style, the Classical period, and the revivalist Old Russian style. Arbat and Kutuzov Avenues remain the city’s most famous streets, embodying much of Moscow’s old-world charm.

A distinctive pattern of rings and radials marks the various stages in Moscow's progression and evolution as an urban hub. At the center is the world-renowned Kremlin with the Red Square, followed by the Boulevard Ring, the Garden Ring, the Little Ring Railway, and the Ring Road. Within the Ring Road area alone, Moscow spans over 386 square miles. Beyond the Garden Ring is a middle zone, dominated by 18th and 19th century buildings, factories, railroad stations and freight yards. Part of the area outside the Garden Ring has been designated a Forest-Park Zone or Greenbelt. In the 20th century, the outer zone has been the site of modern factory development and extensive new housing construction.

Moscow also has a great Metro (subway) system which emulates the city's street patterns and features a remarkable array of architecture in its plethora of stations. Among the city’s most famous educational institutions are Moscow State University, the Timiryazev Academy of Agriculture, Tchaikovsky State Conservatory and the Academy of Sciences. Some of the city’s best-known theaters, museums and galleries are the Bolshoi Theater, Little Theater, Theater of Performing Arts, the Kremlin, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Tretyakov Gallery, and Andrei Rubliov Museum.

Moscow is also Russia’s leading transportation center with railroad lines radiating in all directions to major residential and industrial centers in Russia, the Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic States and the rest of Europe. In addition, Moscow is a major river port served by the Moscow Canal and various Volga canals, which link Moscow to the seas surrounding European Russia.