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Red Square/Kremlin: Red Square
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    • HORSCHECK
  • Updated By HORSCHECK on September 22, 2009
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    • Red Square from the south - Moscow
    Red Square from the south
    by HORSCHECK, 4 more photos
    The famous Red Square (Krasnaya Ploshchad) has always been a place of great public events like political rallies, demonstrations and military parades.

    The square has a slight curvature and dimensions of about 400 m length and 150 m width.

    It is surrounded by many worthseeing sights like the Lenin Mausoleum, St. Basil's Cathdral, Kazan Cathedral, the Lobnoe Mesto, the GUM Department Store, the Kremlin Walls and the State Historical Museum.

    For detailed information about some of these sights, please have a look at my "Things to Do Tips".

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    Red Square/Kremlin: Bell Tsar
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  • By bugulma on July 6, 2004
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    • Bell Tsar - Moscow
    Bell Tsar
    by bugulma
    It was founded in 1733 -1735 and it's the biggest bell in the world: weight 202 tons, height 6.14 meters, diameter 6.6 meters. But! Like Gun Tsar, Bell Tsar never tolled in its history! The melting began in 1733 in digged hole and finished in 1735. But it stayed in the hole during 2 years in uncertain cause till the fire of 1737. While fire was putting out the piece of 11.5 tons piece was broken away from the bell. Many tries to heave the bell from the hole were failed during 100 years and only in 1836 the bell left its "jail". It was been situated near of Ivan the Great Bell Tower complex as an example of founding arts.

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    Red Square/Kremlin: Riza Laying Church
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  • By bugulma on July 6, 2004
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    • Wooden Icon - Moscow
    Wooden Icon
    by bugulma
    The church was built in 1484-1485 as a sign of legend, refered to V century, when riza (clothes) of God's Mother was moved from Palestina to Konstantinopol and this event was a celebration in Orthodox church. The church was a home for Russian Patriarch. In the church there is iconostasis of 1627, painted of Tsar's painters of those times. Now Riza Laying Church is museum where it's possble to see wooden sculpture of Russian regions of XV-XIX century. To the picture you see a wooden icon of XVI from Northern region of Russia. It's a bit different from icons of Moscow or central regions of Russia, I mean, the faces are different and rather similiar to Scandinavian people.

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    Red Square/Kremlin: Uspensky Cathedral
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  • By bugulma on July 5, 2004
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    • Uspensky Cathedral - Moscow
    Uspensky Cathedral
    by bugulma
    The main symbol of Kremlin. It's the most ancient cathedral of Kremlin, which was laid in 1326 by the first Moscow patriarch Peter. In 1475-1479 the cathedral assumed the present-day view when Ivan III joined all Russian fields under Moscow power. Wall painting inside is of the middle of XVII century. Uspensky cathedral was burial-vault of Russian patriarch in XIV-XVII centuries. Nowadays the temple, as other cathedrals in Kremlin, are mainly touristic sight-seeing but there are still ceremonies and rites (since 1990), devoted to memory of patriarchs who was buried here.

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    Red Square/Kremlin: ''The Kremlin, The Annunciation Cathedral
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  • By kris-t on January 18, 2006
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    • Red Square/Kremlin - Moscow
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    The usual name of the Annunciation Cathedral in documents and papers of XVI-XVII centuries was ?on the Prince?s court?, ?in the Anteroom?, i.e. at the entrance to the palace.

    The cathedral was set for royal family ceremonies. As a rule, the Protopope of the Annunciation Cathedral was the the Great Prince?s confessor and the custodian of the Prince?s stamp

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    Red Square/Kremlin: The Kremlin, The Ivan the Great Bell Tower complex
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  • Updated By kris-t on June 21, 2006
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    • The Ivan the Great Bell Tower complex - Moscow
    The Ivan the Great Bell Tower
    complex
    by kris-t, 1 more photos
    The Ivan the Great Bell-Tower complex is the key of the Moscow Kremlin's composition. It separates Cathedral Square from Ivanov Square. The ensemble had been constructed for over than three centuries - from 1505 till 1815. It includes three objects of different time: the pillar of the Ivan the Great Bell-Tower, the Uspenskaya (Assumption) Belfry and the Filaret's Annex.

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    Red Square/Kremlin: The Water Supplying (Vodovzvodnaya) Tower
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  • By kris-t on February 18, 2006
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    • The Water Supplying (Vodovzvodnaya) Tower - Moscow
    The Water Supplying
    (Vodovzvodnaya) Tower
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    The tower stands at the south-west corner of the Kremlin. Built in 1488 by Anton Fryazin it had a specific importance in the Kremlin’s fortification system as it protected shallow waters near the Neglinnaya River’s mouth. The tower’s name is linked to the boyar Sviblo’s name, who was in charge of its construction.

    The Vodovzvodnaya Tower had a well and a secret underground passage towards the Moskva River. In 1633, Christopher Galloway installed a water-pumping machine inside the tower to take water from the Moskva River and send it along lead-coated pipes to the Kremlin Gardens. After that, the tower was called the Vodovzvodnaya, i.e. Water-Supplying.

    In 1672-1686, the tower was overbuilt with an extra stone level and a marquee. In 1770, architect Vassiliy Bazhenov suggested to dismantle the tower, but the suggestion was refused. However, it was dismantled in 1805-1806 and later reconstructed anew on the project of I. Yegotov.

    During the Napoleon’s invasion of 1812, the tower was blown up. Later it was rebuilt under the supervision of architect Ossip Bove.

    In 1937, the Vodovzvodnaya Tower was crowned by a ruby star.

    Its height without the star is 57,7 m, with the star – 61,25 m.

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    Red Square/Kremlin: The Kremlin, The Assumption Cathedral
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  • By kris-t on January 18, 2006
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    • The Kremlin, The Assumption Cathedral - Moscow
    The Kremlin, The
    Assumption Cathedral
    by kris-t
    For six centuries the Assumption Cathedral had been the state and cultural center of Russia: Great Princes were set for reigning and local princes swore fealty, inaugurations of Tsars and coronations of Emperors took place here. Bishops, Metropolitans and Patriarchs were inaugurated, statements and ceremonial documents were publicly read, church services before military campaigns and in case of a victory were held at the Assumption Cathedral.

    The first stone cathedral?s foundation was laid in 1326 by the first Moscow Metropolitan Peter and Prince Ivan Kalita (Money-bag). In late XV century, Great Prince Ivan III who had consolidated all Russian princedoms under the power of Moscow, began the construction of the new residence from rebuilding of the Assumption Cathedral. It was erected by a specially invited Italian architect in 1479.

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    Red Square/Kremlin: Arkhangelsky Cathedral's Iconostasis
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  • By bugulma on July 6, 2004
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    • Cathedral gates - Moscow
    Cathedral gates
    by bugulma
    Iconostasis was made in 1679-1681 in Fedor Alexeevich Tsar times. Golden gates in the middle of Iconostasis is named "Tsar Gates", you can see it in the picture. To the right of the gates there is the main icaon of the Cathedral, which shows the saint deeds of Mikhail Archangel and it was painted in 1399 in honour of the victory in Kulikovskaya battle (against Tatars).

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    Red Square/Kremlin: Blagoveshensky Cathedral. Southern Gallery.
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  • By bugulma on July 6, 2004
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    • Column in the Southern Gallery - Moscow
    Column in the Southern
    Gallery
    by bugulma
    Southern Gallery of the Cathedral is a kind of museum where you can see icons of the main iconostasis in the ancient times. The museum was open in 1989. Besides there is an interesting interior of that times. Don't know why but i like the column you see in the picture.

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