Monument to Cyril and Methodius (Moscow)
Russia /
Moscow /
Moscow /
Slavyanskaya ploshchad
World
/ Russia
/ Moscow
/ Moscow
, 2 km from center (Москва)
World / Russia / Moscow City / Central
monument, interesting place
Erected in 1992, the sculpture is in honor of Saints Methodius and Cyril, the missionaries who invented the Cyrillic alphabet about 863 by adapting Greek letters. Their goal was to conduct the church service in Moravia in the local Slavonic language.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saints_Cyril_and_Methodius
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Coordinates: 55°45'16"N 37°38'2"E
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