When you look at Moscow you see these old traditional, the skyline is dominated by churches, the influence of the Russian Orthodox Church.

在莫斯科,你会看到许多古老的传统教堂,其尖顶高高耸立于天际,即那些受俄国东正教风格影响的教堂

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What's important about the construction of St. Petersburg-- I don't know how many of you have ever been there; I haven't been there for a very, very long time-- this city is not like Moscow at all.

那么修建圣彼得堡到底有什么重要的意义呢,我不知道你们之中有多少人去过那儿,我并没有在那个地方逗留过很久,但这座城市和莫斯科完全不一样

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