cl.tex

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper, final]{moderncv}

\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\moderncvtheme{classic}

% the (custom) color which will be used in the cv
\definecolor{color1}{RGB}{1, 52, 64}

% scale the page layout
\usepackage[scale=0.75]{geometry}

% change width of the column with the dates
\setlength{\hintscolumnwidth}{2.5cm}

% required when changing page layout lengths
\AtBeginDocument{\recomputelengths}
\usepackage{xunicode}
\usepackage{xltxtra}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

% insert dummy text (used in the letter)
\usepackage{lipsum}

% used for \begin{comment}...\end{comment}
\usepackage{verbatim}

% Minion Pro is used as the main font, if you don't
% have it installed uncomment this line or choose another pretty font
%\setmainfont{Minion Pro}

% the moderncv package will populate a lot of the pdf meta-information.
% this can be used to change some of these infos.
\AfterPreamble{\hypersetup{
  pdfcreator={XeLaTeX},
  pdftitle={Cover Letter of Alexey Rodiontsev}
}}

% for the icons (telephone, globe). i found the icons provided by the
% fontawesome package prettier than the standard moderncv icons.
\usepackage{fontawesome}

% personal data
\firstname{Alexey}
\familyname{Rodiontsev}
\address{ADDRESS}{ZIP_CODE, CITY, The Netherlands}

% i use the extrainfo command for additional information, since i
% want to use custom icons and have finer control over spacing.
\extrainfo{
	\faPhone\hspace{0.3em}PHONE_NUMBER\\
	{\small\faEnvelope}\hspace{0.3em}alex.rodiontsev@gmail.com\\
	\faGlobe\hspace{0.3em}http://mylifeecho.com
}

% picture, resized to a height of 84pt
\photo[84pt]{picture/photo}

% spacing before (sub)sections
\newcommand{\spacesection}{\vspace{0.4cm}}
\newcommand{\spacesubsection}{\vspace{0.2cm}}

%===========================
\begin{document}

\recipient{Human Resources}{Some Company Ltd.\\Some Street 123\\12345 Some City}
\date{\today}
\opening{Dear Sir or Madam,}
\closing{Sincerely yours,}
\enclosure[Attached]{curriculum vit\ae{}}

\makelettertitle

\lipsum[1-3]

\makeletterclosing


\end{document}