WashingtonisastateinthePacificNorthwestregionoftheUnitedStates.ThestateisnamedafterGeorgeWashington,thefirstPresidentoftheUnitedStates.ItistheonlyU.S.Statenamedafterapresident. 　　WashingtonwascarvedoutofthewesternpartofWashingtonTerritoryandadmittedtotheUnionasthe42ndstatein1889.In2006,theCensusBureauestimatedthestate'spopulationat6,395,798.Residentsarecalled"Washingtonians"(emphasisonthethirdsyllable,pronouncedastone).WashingtonissometimescalledWashingtonstatetodistinguishitfromWashington,D.C.,theUScapital. 　　WashingtonisthenorthwesternmoststateofthecontiguousUnitedStates.Itsnorthernborderliesmainlyalongthe49thparallel,withtheCanadianprovinceofBritishColumbiatothenorth.WashingtonbordersOregontothesouth,withtheColumbiaRiverformingmostoftheboundaryandthe46thparallelformingtheeasternpart.TotheeastWashingtonbordersIdaho,boundedmostlybythemeridianrunningnorthfromtheconfluenceoftheSnakeRiverandClearwaterRiver(about116°57'west),exceptforthesouthernmostsectionwheretheborderfollowstheSnakeRiver.TothewestofWashingtonliesthePacificOcean. 　　TherearethreenationalparksinWashington,MountRainierNationalPark,NorthCascadesNationalPark,andOlympicNationalPark. 　　ThereligiousaffiliationsofWashington'spopulationare: 　　·Christian–60% 　　oProtestant–29% 　　§Lutheran–6% 　　§Baptist–6% 　　§Methodist–4% 　　§Presbyterian–3% 　　§OtherProtestantorgeneralProtestant–10% 　　oRomanCatholic–20% 　　oOtherChristian–11% 　　oLDS;3% 　　·OtherReligions–5% 　　·Refused–6% 　　·Noreligion–25% 　　AswithmanyotherWesternstates,thepercentageofWashington'spopulationidentifyingthemselvesas"non-religious"ishigherthanthenationalaverage.Thepercentageofnon-religiouspeopleinWashingtonisthehighestofanystate,anditsChristianpopulationisthelowestofanystate. 　　Moscow(Russian:Москва́,romanized:Moskva,)isthecapitalofRussiaandthecountry'sprincipalpolitical,economic,financial,educational,andtransportationcenter.ItislocatedontheMoskvaRiverintheCentralFederalDistrict,intheEuropeanpartofRussia.Thenameofthecityisusuallypronounced[ˈmɒskəʊ]inBritishEnglish,andeither[ˈmɑskaʊ]or[ˈmɑskoʊ]inAmericanEnglish.Thecity'spopulationof10.4millionconstitutesabout7%ofthetotalRussianpopulation.Likewise,itisthemostpopulouscityinEurope.Historically,itspositionwascentralintheRussianhomeland.ItwasthecapitaloftheformerSovietUnionandMuscoviteRussia,thepre-ImperialRussianstate.ItisthesiteofthefamousKremlin,whichnowservesastheceremonialresidenceofthePresident. 　　Moscow'sarchitectureandperformingartscultureareworld-renowned.MoscowisalsowellknownasthesiteofSaintBasil'sCathedral,withitselegantoniondomes,aswellastheCathedralofChristtheSaviorandtheSevenSisters.ThePatriarchofMoscow,whoseresidenceistheDanilovMonastery,servesastheheadoftheRussianOrthodoxChurch.Moscowalsoremainsamajoreconomiccenterandishometoalargenumberofbillionaires;itisperenniallyconsideredoneofthemoste