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Mar 9, 2016 · 5:18 Reporter Alina Simone has always been curious about the origins of all the Moscows in the United States. There are 26 Moscows. 6:39 Ren Vasilyev decided to tackle the riddle of America’s many Moscows as a graduate student in 1986. 7:01 Most Moscows didn’t have much to do with Moscow. In fact, they weren’t even pronounced Moscow
Jun 23, 2024 · There are over 20 places named “Moscow” in the United States. Two of them are in Alabama, two in Wisconsin, two in Ohio, and the rest are one per state. It’s quite remarkable to think that a small town in Russia has inspired the name of so many cities across America. It just goes to show the global influence and connection that cities can ...
Mar 18, 2016 · There are 26 identically named Moscows scattered across the US. Why is that? Image: A railroad track in Moscow, Arkansas. Courtesy of Erjan Aisabay. 18 March 2016.
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Despite the fact that Russia owned this land for less than a century, there are Russian roots at nearly every step. The Alaskan Cathedral of Saint Michael still stands in Sitka (Novo-Arkhangelsk), which was the capital of Russian-America. In Dillingham (Novo- Alexandrovski Redoubt), there is the Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov. The relics of Americ...
Just over 200 years ago this lush archipelago in the middle of the Pacific almost became part of the Russian Empire and could possibly be called today, say, the Hawaiian Autonomous Regionof the Russian Federation. In 1804, explorers Ivan Krusenstern and Yuri Lisyansky were the first Russians to reach these islands, but they learned that the America...
While Alaska was rich in furs, (gold mining only began when the Americans took control), its harsh climate made it difficult to grow food. Faced with the task of providing settlers with grain, Rezanov decided to establish an agricultural colony somewhere in the south and set off for Spanish California. The local authorities, however, were in no hur...
One of the central districts in the city is called Russian Hillbecause in the mid-19th century there was a cemetery here where Russian sailors were buried. That was when the first Russian Orthodox church and the first settlers appeared. In the early 20th century, San Francisco became home to Molokans, a Christian sect that rejected the dogmas of th...
This part of New York City has become the stuff of legends, as well as the backdrop to numerous films. While many people consider it to be a Russian district, in fact, it is home to people from all the republics of the former Soviet Union. The first to settle here were Soviet Jews, who had been allowed to leave the USSR in the 1970s. They were foll...
There are more than three million Russian-speaking immigrants living in the U.S., and many large cities have Russian communities and locations. In Seattle, Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, Detroit, Washington, Milwaukee and more, there are shops, cafes, and Russian-language media. The U.S. also has many cities with Russian names: For example, there ...
- Anna Sorokina
Abstract. Abstract. Since 1800, at least forty-seven populated places in the United States have borne the name Moscow. The reasons for having been so named fall into four classes of placename type: commemorative, anticipatory, transfer, and mistake. The stories of these communities and their namings tell much about the growth of this country ...
- Irina Vasiliev
- 1989
There are more than 20 identically named cities scattered across the country. There's a Moscow in Idaho near the border with Washington, another up north in Maine and one down south in Texas.
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Why? – Alina Simone. There are more than 20 towns in America called Moscow. Why? The mystery of the Moscows of America also intrigued Erjan Aisabay, who set out to visit all of them and write a book about his experience. Aisabay, who was born in Kazakhstan but attended college in the original Moscow, launched his project hoping that America ...
