Published on: 2026-08-26
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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Every day, the Muscovite card helps millions of capital residents pay for travel, receive discounts on goods and services, visit museums for free, make doctor appointments, register for classes in the “project Moscow Longevity” and use other city services. This year the project celebrates 25th anniversary.
In the capital Department of Information Technology reported that over the quarter of a century Muscovite card has transformed from a social support tool into an ecosystem of services and offerings. Today, about five million people use it in a wide variety of places and situations — on the road, at clinics, libraries, stores, and museums. Since 2001, over 32 million copies have been issued.
As Sergey Sobyanin noted earlier, the Muscovite card is one of the most important social projects the capital and one of the most functional social cards in the world.
“Today, the Muscovite card combines transport benefits, targeted social assistance, access to libraries and museums, as well as a loyalty program with discounts from more than nine thousand partners. The card’s features are adapted to the needs of people from various privileged categories — the city understands what residents need and shows care precisely where it is necessary. Annually, about a million people get the card, and practically every city resident becomes a holder — from schoolchildren to representatives of the ‘silver’ age. This summer, in honor of the project’s anniversary, various events are taking place in the capital. We invite city residents to have an interesting time and learn more about the Muscovite card,” she said.
Olesya Kuzmina, the project manager of the “Map of a Muscovite.”
Caring for the family
City care begins with the arrival of a family. You can obtain a Muscovite card pregnant women, who registered at the women’s consultation before the 20th week, as well as members of large families — both parents and children.
To obtain a Moscow resident card, parents with three or more children must obtain or renew status of a large family, and then submit an application for card issuance.
Free travel on the Muscovite card is available to members of large families on Moscow and Moscow Region public transport, suburban electric trains, as well as on Aeroexpress trains (excluding express buses).
In addition, expectant mothers, parents receiving child benefits, and members of large families can enjoy discounts on goods and services from partners of the loyalty card program. This allows them to buy children’s products more affordably, as well as plan leisure and entertainment activities.
At website you can choose the store, cafe, or amusement park closest to home, as well as filter places with accessible barrier-free environments — for example, with ramps, rooms for mothers and children, and other facilities.
Academic support
Preschoolers older than seven years, schoolchildren, students College and university students use the Muscovite card for discounted travel, as well as a unified library card to borrow books from Moscow libraries. For example, young people most often chose classic literature: the novels “Crime and Punishment” by Fyodor Dostoevsky and “Oblomov” by Ivan Goncharov, as well as the plays “The Lower Depths” and “The Summer People” by Maxim Gorky.
With the Muscovite card, school students and college students can visit 125 museum venues for free as part of the project “Museums for Children”. Most often, the kids visit the State Darwin Museum, the Museum of Cosmonautics, the museum-reserves “Kolomenskoye and Izmailovo” and “Tsaritsyno”, the State Biological Museum named after K.A. Timiryazev, and the “Biocluster,” subordinate to the capital’s To the Department of Culture.
Students also use the Moscow resident card to enter the educational institution and pay for meals in the cafeteria. To do this, the “Moskvenok” service must be registered on the card. After that, it can be scanned at the school entrance, and parents will be able to monitor attendance and top up the account to pay for meals.
Caring for the older generation
Pensioners With the Moscow resident card, they use free travel on any city transport, including suburban electric trains. In addition, with the card they can make appointments with doctors in clinic information boards. It can also be used for attendance markings in the project classes “Moscow Longevity”, which features over a hundred types of activities — various sports, educational courses, film screenings, cognitive skills training, languages, drawing, and much more.
People with limited mobility use the Muscovite card to order social taxi rides around the city. To do this, it is necessary to submit an application for registration in the “Social Taxi” register on the portal in advance. mos.ru. Social taxi services are available to city residents registered in the capital who are eligible for benefits. Among them are children with disabilities, adults with first-group disabilities (regardless of the nature of the impairments), as well as those with second and third-group disabilities involving musculoskeletal disorders, and people with second-group visual disabilities. Social taxi can be called by a person with any disability group if they are over 80 years old. The service is also available to war invalids and veterans of the Great Patriotic War.
Partner discounts
The Muscovite card loyalty program unites more than nine thousand retail outlets across Russia. These include stores, pharmacies, cafes, cultural and sports institutions. Discounts reach up to 55 percent. With the Muscovite card, it’s easy to plan leisure activities profitably — for example, take a discounted ride on the “Sun of Moscow” Ferris wheel at VDNH or visit a water park and amusement park. You can also use discounts when buying an apartment, ordering insurance services, or cleaning services.
For the 25th anniversary of the Muscovite card, the loyalty program partners have prepared special offers for all holders.
This summer, various events are taking place in the city, in which anyone can participate. For example, in the Sokolniki Park and at the Vorobyovy Gory observation deck, you can take memorable photos in the “25 Years of Care” photo frame. These city art objects were created specifically for the celebration. Each frame has a QR code, scanning which you can go to the anniversary page and learn more about the history and features of the Moscow Citizen Card.
In addition, on August 29, the “Children’s Sports Festival” will be held at Luzhniki, where guests will find sports zones and a concert program for the whole family. In honor of the anniversary of the Moscow resident card, an interactive zone with an art photo frame will be presented at the festival. Visitors will be able to receive exclusive souvenirs by subscribing to the Moscow resident card pages on social networks and posting photos. Announcements of all events can be found on the page project.
How to get a Moscow resident card
A Muscovite card can be issued to school and college students, university students, pensioners, people with disabilities, children and parents from large families, honorary donors, and others. categories of citizens.
To obtain the card, you need to submit an online application on the portal mos.ru. Children under 14 years old are sent by their parents or legal representatives, all others can apply for the service themselves.
The Muscovite card will be ready within 30 days from the date of application submission. A notification about its availability will be sent to the personal account on the mos.ru portal and to the email. You can track the status of the application and the card, as well as view personal benefits on the Muscovite card in the personal account on the mos.ru portal in the “Documents and Data” section.
You can learn more about the Muscovite card on the project channel at in the messenger “Max”, as well as from the miniseries “Moscow in Digital”.
The portal mos.ru is the core of the capital’s digital ecosystem. Today, it offers more than 460 services and features that help solve virtually any issue online. In a convenient digital format, you can pay bills, check your child’s school grades and schedule, submit meter readings, book a vet appointment for your pet, buy tickets for plays and concerts, and much more. To have reliable access to important digital services, experts recommend using “Yandex Browser” or installing certificates on your device. Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of Russia.
The creation, development, and operation of e-government infrastructure, including the provision of mass socially significant services, as well as other services and provisions in electronic form, correspond to the objectives of the national project “Data Economy and Digital Transformation of the State” and the regional project of the city of Moscow “Digital Public Administration.” You can learn more about Russia’s national projects and the capital’s contribution at special page.
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