On March 12, 1918, Moscow became the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for 215 years. See the Russian capital caught on camera a century ago
Voyage into the past: Сentury-old photos of Russian capital
On March 12, 1918, Moscow became the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for 215 years
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Customers queue outside a food shop close to Belorussky railway station, Moscow, 1918
© TASS Amo-F-15 automobiles making their way from the Moscow automotive plant to Red Square, 1924
© TASS A cast iron bridge in Moscow, 1920
© TASS View of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour built in 1883 to commemorate Russia's victory over Napoleon's army in the Patriotic War of 1812
© TASS A general view of Moskvoretskaya Embankment during construction of the future Gorky Park. Pictured in the back is the old Krymsky Bridge
© Naum Granovsky/TASS View of the Sukharev Tower in Sretenka street, 1927
© TASS Village carpenters trying to earn money in Moscow, 1920
© TASS People stand in a queue to canteen №1 of the Public Catering Committee, 1921
© TASS A woman selling cigarettes in a street, 1925
© Alexander Rodchenko/TASS Homeless children march in a pioneer column during a Labor Day demonstration in Moscow, 1927
© TASS Strastnaya Square, 1925
© TASS A general view of Red Square before reconstruction, 1920
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