The official website of the Mayor of Moscow reported that the Russian capital has surpassed other global cultural metropolises in terms of the number of museums, taking first place in the Global Cities Index 2024. Moscow has maintained its leadership in this area for over a decade.
A total of 156 cities worldwide were included in the ranking. Among them are cultural capitals such as London, Paris, Rome, Vienna, and Tokyo.
Moscow boasts a total of 450 museums. These include 145 historical, 133 art, 42 literary, 36 memorial, 31 technical, 28 natural history, and 35 other types of museums.
The Russian capital also ranked in the top 30 of the overall Global Cities Index 2024, which evaluates such areas as "Business Activity," "Human Capital," "Information Exchange," "Cultural Experience," and "Political Engagement".
Industrial tourism is rapidly gaining popularity in the Urals. According to the government of Perm Krai, the number of tourists in this segment has grown 17 times over the past five years
A full count has already been conducted in 112 municipalities of the Republic of Bulgaria. The census of nests in the rest of the country will continue in the summer of this year. According to the Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds, the number of stork nests in the country is increasing. Preliminary results have revealed 4482 nests
A pest was introduced to the Sochi area along with plants as part of the preparations for the 2014 Olympics. As a result, from 2012 to 2015, the box tree moth destroyed almost all plantations of the relict, endangered Colchis boxwood, a plant that survived the Ice Age almost two million years ago. After the pest infestation, 99% of the unique trees died
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