Another innovation in Soviet-American relations is in the making: a live radio call-in show linking Washington and Moscow.

Trans-Siberian has been a name to conjure with ever since rails linked Moscow with Vladivostok in 1901.

In 1842 planning began for the building of Russia's first important railway; it linked Moscow and St Petersburg.

Other routes link Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev, the Soviet Union's three largest cities.

The Russian route M4 (also known as the Don Highway) is a major trunk road that links Moscow to Rostov-on-the-Don.

The Oktyabrskaya Railway linking Moscow and St. Petersburg crosses the city.

The major M10 motorway linking Moscow and St. Petersburg also crosses the city.

Penza is major railway junction and lies on the M5 highway linking Moscow and Chelyabinsk.

It was he who supervised the construction of the Severnaya Railway linking Moscow with the Russian North.

The highway is an important road/railway connection linking Moscow and Leningrad.