Moscow is shaped like a large wheel, with highways, or "ring roads," circling the city and a series of smaller streets stretching outward from the city center like spokes. Moscow is further divided by ...

So how do you show off the fact that you are Russia's largest private bank and at the same time curry a little favor with Moscow's ruling elite? You entertain 800,000 Muscovites with a world-record 25 ...

Russia’s leading search engine Yandex has announced that its now building its own maps courtesy of its purchase of mapping data provider GIS Technologies and associated licenses last year. The first ...

The motherland of constructivist architecture, Moscow is home to many of the world’s best examples of the former hallmark Soviet style. However, many constructivist buildings such as the Narkomfin and ...

FastCompany.com: Why redesign the subway map? Is the official one really that terrible? Artemy Lebedev: We’ve decided to redesign the map because the official map didn’t show any symptoms of getting ...

MOSCOW MAPS. For the first time in 50 years the government is producing accurate maps of the capital, the official Tass news agency said Monday. In the past, maps of the city were deliberately ...

Some remarkable buildings were built in the early years of the Soviet Union, guided by dreams of a socialist utopia. These structures were inspired by cubism and other modern art movements, and they ...

Experienced travelers say good maps of Moscow have always been scarce, but with increasing interest in traveling to the Soviet Union, any map is now hard to find. When I was in London in the middle of ...

[UPDATE: Through a translator, we managed to secure an interview with Artemy Lebedev, the elusive founder of Art. Lebedev Studio] London is classic, NY is nice, Tokyo is nightmare. We’ve had them all.