Muscovites

Russian capital dwellers

Muscovites are residents or natives of Moscow, Russia's capital city.

The term derives from Muscovy, the medieval Russian principality centered on Moscow.

Muscovites endured brutal winters during the siege.

The word can also refer historically to subjects of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. (Lowercase muscovite is a type of mica mineral.)

residents

Russians

Citizens of largest nation

citizensMembers of a nation
inhabitantsPermanent occupants of place
localsArea's permanent inhabitants

Kremlin · metro · commuters · urbanites · apartments · communal · dachas · queues · winters · Soviet

historical

tsarist

Of Russian emperors

imperialRelating to supreme rule
boyarsFeudal Russian nobles
merchantsThose who conduct commerce

nobility · aristocracy · serfs · cathedrals · Kremlin · Red Square · dynasties · courtiers · guilds · medieval

mineral

mica

Layered silicate mineral

silicateOxygen-bound crystal compound
sheetsFlat expanses of material
flakyCrumbly or unreliable

transparent · insulation · isinglass · potassium · aluminum · cleavage · crystalline · geology · metamorphic · ignite

Categories

European City ResidentsParisians, Londoners, Romans, Berliners, Viennese
MoscowKremlin, Red Square, St. Basil's Cathedral, Bolshoi Theatre, Bolshoi
Regional PeoplesAfricans, Asians, Australians, Europeans, Scandinavians
peoplesAmericans, British, Chinese, French, Germans
Eastern EuropeansRussians, Poles, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Czechs
Slavic peoplesPoles, Russians, Czechs, Ukrainians, Serbs

Opposites

russian city identity

MuscovitesSiberians

Eastern Russian inhabitants

urban vs rural russia

Muscovitesvillagers

Inhabitants of small settlements

national/ethnic identity

MuscovitesUkrainians

Natives of Kyiv's homeland

Londoners · Parisians · Berliners · Washingtonians · Beijingers

Family

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Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G