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Choose a Page:Which is the largest country in th...What was the Soviet Union?Where is the Wailing Wall?When was Israel founded?What made the Gulf States rich?What is the taiga?Which famous railroad crosses Russia?Which is the world's deepest lake?Where is the 'Land of the Nomads'?Which country forms a bridge betwe...*What is the Kremlin?*Which rivers flow right across Russia?Where is the Empty Quarter?Why is the Aral Sea shrinking? What is the Kremlin? Moscow, Russia's capital, lies on the Moskva River, from which it takes its name. It was founded in 1147, and nine years later a Russian prince built a wooden stockade or fort, called a Kremlin, there. In 1712 Peter the Great moved the capital to St. Petersburg, but the Communists made Moscow the capital again in 1918, when the Kremlin became the seat of the Soviet government.   Previous: Back Book: 1001 Section: Human World Chapter: Russia and the Middle East