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Near Moscow, Ayrshire

Moscow Moscow is a hamlet in Ayrshire, on the A719 road some four miles east of Kilmarnock. The village has no direct connection with the Russian town which shares its name; whether it is an ancient name or one adopted in modern times is unknown, but whatever the origin, the spelling of the name is widely thought to have been formalised in 1812 to mark Napoleon I's retreat from Moscow in Russia. A stream called the Volga Burn flows through the village, named in a nod to the hamlet's eastern namesake. The burn is a tributary of the River Irvine. In 2008 a personal airstrip was established in a field near the village for light aircraft. (Read more)