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Glasgow - the largest city in Scotland and the fourth largest population in the UK (after London, Birmingham and Leeds). Is the administrative center of Glasgow. Located in west central Scotland, on the River Clyde, 32 km from its mouth.

Founded in the middle of the VI century, in the Middle Ages, Glasgow was one of the important religious and educational centers in Scotland. The industrial revolution of the XVIII century turned it into one of the largest industrial centers of the United Kingdom (especially in the field of shipbuilding), and in the next century heyday of the city's economy has taken such proportions that Glasgow in those days was considered the second city of the Empire (after London). At the end of the XX century, after experiencing the 1920 - 1970 crisis, the ensuing sharp decline in the population and the decline in living standards, the authorities of Glasgow has been successfully implemented a number of programs aimed at cultural and economic revitalization of the city