The royal observatory, greenwich(formerly the royal greenwich observatory or rgo), in london played a major role in the history of astronomyand navigation, and is best known as the location of the prime meridian. it is situated on a hill in greenwich park, overlooking the river thames. the observatory was commissioned in 1675 by king charles ii, with thefoundation stone being laid on 10 august.[1] at that time the king also created the position of astronomer royal, to serve as the director of the observatory and to "apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying of the tables of the motions of the heavens, and the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so much desired longitude of places for the perfecting of the art of navigation." he appointed john flamsteed as the first ar. the building was completed in the summer of 1676.[2] the building was often given the title "flamsteed house", in reference to its first occupant. the scientific work of the observatory was relocated elsewhere in stages in the first half of the 20th century, and the greenwich site is now maintained as a museum.
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1) geographical location climate russian language three capitals landmarks nature mentality 2)there is three capitals in russia, that fact often surprises foreigners: moscow, st. petersburg and sevastopol. russian language is extremely difficult to study by foreigners: the complexity of the cases, conjugation, declension, punctuation and the construction of word order, depending on the meaning of the utterance. russian people speak slowly and fairly quiet, love private space and appreciate the sincerity. orthodox churches look quiet weird in the eyes of a foreigner: they are colorful, unusual layout and have bright gold domes 3) foreigners traveling to russia should remember a few rules of communication received here: should not be smiling for no reason, you may find inappropriate do not speak loudly in public places try to save someone else's private space for example in public transport in russia appreciate patriotism and love of mother-country