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List of largest agglomerations in the world

As I already wrote above, an agglomeration is a large number of cities and other settlements fused together, without clear boundaries, smoothly flowing with each other. The largest agglomerations in the world are located in the Asian region. The leaders among agglomerations are Tokyo-Yokohama; the population of this agglomeration is (just think about it) more than 38 million people . The largest agglomeration in Europe is Moscow, with a population of about 16.8 million people. Below is a list of the top 50 largest agglomerations in the world for 2022 :

Sevastopol

Sevastopol was founded at the end of the 18th century. This city is located on the coast of the Black Sea, so for residents of Russia this place is often a resort, and many even dream of living here.

This place is also interesting because it is on the territory of the city that the main naval base of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation is located.

It is on the territory of Sevastopol that the main naval base of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation is located. Photo: Pixabay.ru

A little history

Sevastopol is a city imbued with the spirit of history. As soon as Crimea (then Sevastos) was annexed to Russia, it became the base for ships of the future Black Sea Fleet. In all wars, Sevastopol played a very important role; first of all, it performed strategic and defensive functions. During the Great Patriotic War it was destroyed almost to the ground!

By the way, what there is a lot of in Sevastopol is inner-block courtyards, hills, descents, stairs, ascents - it is because of this that the city looks completely different from each new point.

Sevastopol is famous not only among Russian citizens. For example, one of the central streets of the French city of Paris is called Sevastopol Boulevard.

If you came to this beautiful city just to stay, then you should definitely visit 3 attractions:

• The ancient city of Chersonesus (or rather its remains). By the way, we recommend taking a full guided tour. Then you will definitely be very impressed!
• Monument to sunken ships. This monument clearly reflects many historical pages of the city, revealing Sevastopol as the main naval base.
• Count's pier. It’s just a very picturesque place where not only tourists, but also city residents want to get to.

Good environment, but expensive housing

If we consider this place to live, then the definite advantages of living here include the sea, the sun and the comfort of the city. Wide streets, favorable geographical location for traveling along the entire coast, active efforts to restore roads. It is worth noting that Sevastopol ranks 14th in terms of living standards among all cities of the Russian Federation. Due to its favorable geographical location, this city is perfect for lovers of good environmental conditions.

Due to the fact that the city is a subject of the Russian Federation, a large amount of money is invested in it: this money does not go away just like that - active work is being carried out on the reconstruction of cultural objects, work on the development of new buildings and roads. Every year more and more new parks, embankment designs, beautiful terraces, etc. appear.

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True, you can’t do without minuses either. Very expensive housing and minimal choice of jobs. High prices for food, comparable to Moscow.

Transport accessibility

It has long been no secret that the Russian capital is a complex and problematic city for organizing transport traffic. Therefore, it is especially pleasant that the international marketing research agency Kantar, in its ranking of transport systems, highly appreciated the work of the Moscow authorities in developing urban transport infrastructure, awarding Moscow third place among 31 global metropolises. Everything that expands the opportunities for Muscovites in terms of transport accessibility was taken into account: the development of car sharing and bicycle rental, and the modernization of the ground public transport system. In addition, this year the Moscow Transport ticket system won the “Best Smart Ticketing System” category at the Transport Ticketing Global Awards.

But we must honestly admit that, despite such serious achievements in the development of the capital’s transport infrastructure, complete victory is still far away - the capital is still among the cities with the largest traffic jams. Although it managed to leave the top 5 busiest cities in the world in the TomTom ranking this year, much more needs to be done to completely solve the problem.

Coats of arms of federal cities

The type of coat of arms of Moscow that you can see now was approved in 1993. This is a dark red heraldic shield, which depicts St. George the Victorious on horseback. He pierces the black serpent with a golden spear. The serpent symbolizes the conquerors who tried many times to seize Russian land. The rider is a fighter for the country’s freedom and justice.

The coat of arms of Sevastopol is also a shield in shape, but two-colored. It consists of two fields, blue and white. They are connected by a golden laurel branch, symbolizing the defenders of Sevastopol. In the lower left corner of the coat of arms there is a monument to sunken ships. And at the top right is the Gold Star medal.

The shape of the coat of arms of St. Petersburg also resembles a red shield. This color was not chosen by chance. It symbolizes the blood shed in the Northern War. The shield depicts two anchors, two-bladed (sea) and four-bladed (river). And in the center is a golden scepter. Attribute of imperial power.

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Toponymy from N.I. Shishkina

But the hypothesis had its followers. In 1947, N.I. Shishkin turned to this version. He went further than Berg in the sense that he considered both components (both Mosk- and -va) to belong to the so-called Japhetic languages, which supposedly makes it possible to translate the hydronym Moscow as “Moskhov river” or “Moshov tribal river.” Shishkin did not present a single new linguistic or historical fact or argument. But in etymology, in identifying the original meaning and form of a word, the most important thing is an accurate, almost mathematical explanation of each letter, each change in the word. Without a thorough linguistic analysis, confirmed by historical facts, it is impossible to identify the origin and meaning of the toponym.

Hybrid “version” of the origin of the name Moscow

In the 20-30s of the XX century. under the influence of the Japhetic theory of N. Ya. Marr (a teaching that was fashionable at that time), attempts were made to explain the root of the moscow on a different basis. Academician L. S. Berg suggested a hybrid origin of the name Moscow: the element -va, in his opinion, belongs to the Finno-Ugric linguistic environment, and the root mosk- is associated with the name of the Caucasian people Moskhi and has a common origin with such ethnonyms as Abkhaz and Basque. To prove this, L. S. Berg did not conduct any linguistic analysis, but was based only on the external similarity of the words he used with the hydronym Moscow, mainly on the similarity in the sound of the words mosk and mosk. He did not find a single historical fact of the appearance of this southern tribe in the Moscow River basin.