- In Moscow Metro, when trains move to the city center, announcements are made in a male voice, and from the center - in a female voice. This is done to make it easier for the blind to navigate.
- In Moscow, there is a bus route number "0", which runs between ‘Belaruskaya’ and ‘Rizhskaya’ train stations.
- If not for financial difficulties, the ‘Seven Sisters’ (7 very similar high-rise buildings) would have been ‘Eight Sisters.’ Initially 8 buildings were planned but the eighth was never completed due to shortage of funds. Foundation of these buildings was laid on the same day - 7 September 1947 to commemorate the 800th anniversary of Moscow.
- Several generations of stray dogs have learned to enter Moscow Metro and take trains to specific destinations. Once a terrified passenger stabbed a stray dog to death in 2001. The incident upset the city residents. The dog was posthumously named Malchik and memorialized with a statue in the Mendelevskaya station.
- In Moscow, there really is a law prohibiting dogs from barking at night. This decision was made in 1994. Dogs can’t bark from 23:00 to 07:00. The owners, whose dogs break the law, can be fined.
- Moscow has its own emblem, flag and anthem.