Moscow, Moskva River: Topographic Views

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Title	Moscow, Moskva River: Topographic Views
View	View looking east, with the Kremlin at right and the Rossiya hotel in the distance
Work Type	visual works photographs visual works topographical views
Style/Period	Twenty-first century
Creator Name	Gilchrist, Scott
Creator Nationality	Canadian
Date.Creator Birth	1960
Subject.work	cityscapes City planning Rivers
Subject.image	embankment parking
Country	Russia
City	Moscow
State/Province	Rossiya
Architectural Material	digital photographs
Technique	photography
Dates	2007 (creation)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Subject Information	Moskva and Moscow are two different renderings of the same Russian word. The city is named after the river. The origin of the name is unknown, although several theories exist. The Moskva is a river that flows through the Moscow and Smolensk Oblasts in Russia, and is a tributary of the Oka River. The length of the river is 503 km.
Information.source	Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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