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Through the Ages: The Sights of Moscow a Century Ago and Today

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This gallery allows you to sample the views of Moscow both today and from a hundred years ago, to see how the city has changed; how it looked before the tumultuous events of the Great War and the Great Revolution and how it stands today.

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First electric lamps at the Red Square. 1896
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The view of cyclists on Red Square in Moscow.2015
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Dmitry Solunsky Church at the Strastnaya Square (currently Pushkinskaya Square) and the view of Tverskaya Street in Moscow. 1914
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Traffic at Tverskaya Street in Moscow. 2017
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The view of Yauza River from the Vysokoyauzsky Bridge in Moscow. 1880s
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The view of Yauza River from the Vysokoyauzsky Bridge in Moscow. 2016
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Arbat Street in Moscow. 1888
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Passersby at the (Old) Arbat Street in Moscow. 2016
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The view of the Bolshoi Theater during the 5th All-Russian Congress of the Soviets. July 1918
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The view of the Bolshoi Theater. 2017
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Lubyanka Square in Moscow. 1899
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FSB Headquarters at the Lubyanka Square in Moscow. 2017
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A tram in Moscow. 1925
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Tram at Tverskaya Zastava Square in Moscow. 2017
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Borodinsky Bridge across Moskva River in Moscow. 1925
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Borodinsky Bridge across Moskva River in Moscow. 2016
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