Red Square, Moscow

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Ice skating rink and New Year tree on Red Square. If you want , you can skating in the winter on Red Square. Here New Year's show will be too. And on December, 31st many people will meet New Year under peal of bells.

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This was an evening visit to Red square with two colleagues. It was a pleasant walk and the streets were quite full with people - locals and foreigners.

Sadly we missed the opening hours of many of the tourist attractions. However it was well worth going to see the Square; I can now say I have been!!

The odd thing I saw was the fact that the square is in fact not flat, but seems to be on a hill.

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Kazan Cathedral on the corner of Nikolskaya ulitsa, was torn down between the world wars only to be recreated in 1933 using blueprints secretly made decades earlier by Pyotr Baranovskiy, the architect who risked his life to save St Basil`s.

The original Kazan cathedral was built in 1636 and was dedicated to the Virgin of Kazan - the victory over the polish invaders.

In 1936 the cathedral was demolished.

In 1990 the reconstruction according to all existing measurements started and ended in 1993. This is the example of reconstruction of the old cathedral demolished in the Soviet time.

The Red Square, also known as Красная площадь, was built toward the end of the 15th century. The Red Square is known as the center of not only Moscow City, but also Russia itself. Two buildings pinpointed on the Red Square area are The Kremlin Wall (Московский Кремль) and The Saint Basil’s Cathedral (Собор Василия Блаженного). The two monuments stated above are ones that indubitably need to be visited. Although many expect The Red Square to be lively, riotous, and congested, many vacate to be unsatisfied. What some do not understand is that The Red Square is a rather historical, emotional and riveting site.
The Kremlin Wall, Московский Кремль, is a bricked red wall that indicates and borders The Red Square. To the south of the Kremlin Wall is the Moscow River, the Saint Basil’s Cathedral is to the east and the Alexander Garden is to the west. On the four corners of The Kremlin bricked wall, there are towers with golden stars at the peek. At first one comes to think that these four golden stars have no importance behind them, however they come to perceive that the four stars have great historic symbolical meaning that is vital to The Red Square. When walking past The Kremlin walls and inhaling the historical information, there is no other emotion that over comes your body besides shock curiosity and the desire to gain more information.
The Russian Orthodox Church located at the entrance of The Red Square is known as the Saint Basil’s Cathedral. The Saint Basil’s Cathedral is also known as The Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat. This church was known to be one of the towering buildings in Russia, until the Ivan the Great Bell Tower was built. Inside the Cathedral, you will find a substantial amount of Russian Icons. One may obtain a tour guide to reveal the historical information of the different parts within the church. Although some continue to come to this church to pray to god and light candles in front of the icons, the Saint Basil’s Cathedral is mainly congested with tourists eager to sight the inner objects and designs, as well as acquire the historical background and meaning. The outer shape of The Saint Basil’s Cathedral is said to be a bonfire flame rising into the sky.
The Red Square being such a momentous and historical landmark over all, it entitles that visitation and education of The Red Square is needed. The information gained on the visit is not repetitive and uninteresting, but rather life changing and captivating. Also, with The Red Square containing monuments of importance, like The Saint Basil’s Cathedral and The Kremlin Wall, one looses nothing if only gazing at the allure and details of the monuments.

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As ancient chronicles assert, the Red Square appeared at the end of 15th century, when Ivan III ordered to ruin all wooden buildings, surrounding the Kremlin and threatening with the fire, and to allot this area for a market.

That's how the first name of the square - Trade Square ("Torgovaya") appeared. However, in 16th century the Square was renamed into "Troitskaya (Trinity) Square" after the Church of Saint Trinity. Later the Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed was erected at the place of St. Trinity Church.

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Ticket: For adults - 250 RUB
What's good that you can easily found it! Historical museum's location - Red Square!
This museum is large!
And there is an amazing exhibition of gold! Adorable!
Lots of exhibits related with Russian history! Books, clothes, money, weapons and so on..

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This was at the top of my "to do" list. I was a bit disappointed as I thought it was going to be a busy square with a lot going on but it was quiet and laid back.
I sat in a cafe on the square and ordered a latte. After waiting 20 minutes and having to ask twice, I still did not have a latte. I eventually bought one from a small cafe in Gum.

We went back to visit Red Square at night but unfortunately the police had blocked it off. We did not find out why until we went around the other side of St Basil’s to take photos. A tank [I hadn’t seen this until I started to video] moved around and started shooting. I thought it was real ammo and ran away.

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Bove was an author of arranging in 1821-1823 a spacious Alexandrovsky Garden down the Kremlin walls at the scene of Neglinka-river confined in a pipe.

He was a designer of a grotto under a middle Arsenal tower.

Nowadays the Alexandrovsky Garden is full of cafes, pubs and hot-dog and ice-cream wagons.