Word: moskva
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...bank of the placid Moskva, close to the Kremlin, a prodigious peacetime project was resumed. The project: the erection of the world's mightiest monument, the Palace of the Soviets, dedicated to Soviet Russia's founding father, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin...
Nearly all week the skies over Moscow were dull, dripping, cold. One evening, when damp workers were hurrying home or to night-shift jobs, the familiar voice of Announcer Yuri Levitan boomed at them from loudspeakers in the squares: "Govorit Moskva! [Moscow speaking!] Citizens, today at 7:40 there will be transmitted over the radio important news. Listen! . . . Citizens, listen...
...Moskva! Moskva...
...mostly flat, some of it gently rolling. To the northwest there are numerous swamps, now partly frozen. To the north there are great, patchy forests, which even in winter are good cover because they consist mostly of pine and spruce. All around is a net work of rivers-Volga, Moskva, Oka, Sherna, Protva, Ugra, Ruza, Yauza-which are now mostly frozen...
...long letdown. Moskva finally broke out over a small island. For 45 minutes, wide-mouthed Gordienko circled, looking for a good field. There was none. As night fell he took the best he could find. With wheels up, Moskva porpoised off a knoll, slammed down on her belly just beyond. Kokkinaki came to as the ship shuddered to a stop...