Moscow Kremlin Tour
Guided transfer
for 1-2 pax auto "Volga"
for 3-20 pax - minibus
more then 20 pax - bus
(Except May 01, 09; Sep.1st SA,
Nov.07)
(Approx.3 hours)
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Red Square,enjoy a unique
architectural ensemble of the 4th
largest square in the world, the
Cathedrals of St.Basil and Our
Lady of Kazan, the biggest History
Museum of Russia, Kremlin tours
and the Trading Arcades of GUM,
Lenin’s tomb and necropolis.
-St.Sofia’s Embankment, photo
stop with a splendid panoramic
view of the Kremlin.
-The Cathedral of Christ the
Saviour, Russia ’s spiritual
revival.
-New Maiden Convent, a fortress
and monastic ensemble of the 16th
century, a world-famous
cemetery.
-Moscow State University campus
a panorama platform on Sparrow
Hills.
-The White House of the Russian
Federation, a landmark of
post-reformed Russia.
-Moscow’s boulevards, a
historical and cultural centre of
Moscow with its museums,
theatres and memorial places.
-Theatre square, the world
famous Bolshoi, exclusive hotels
situated nearby.
Moscow Kremlin
The Moscow Kremlin is the heart of
the Russia capital: major
thoroughfares of the city either
converge on the Kremlin, or form
series of concentric circles
around it. The Kremlin Great
Palace and Palace of Congresses
are the meeting places of sessions
of the congresses of people's
deputies of the Russia. A small
settlement in the twelfth century,
the residence of the ruler of a
feudal principality and, finally,
the capital of the united Russian
state at the end of the fifteenth
century, Moscow grew and developed
around the Kremlin. With time it
became a symbol of the whole
country. Today the Kremlin is the
main political centre and artistic
ensemble in the capital, the seat
of the supreme bodies of state
power. Situated on the high left
bank of the River Moskva the
Kremlin was from the very outset a
fortress defending Muscovites from
numerous incursions. The first
chronicle reference to Moscow is
under the year 1147 when Prince
George the Long-Armed (Yuri
Dolgoruky) of Suzdal received
Prince Svyatoslav Olgovich of Nov-gorod-Seversky
here. At the time the concept of
the kremlin did not exist,
however. It appeared during the
fourteenth century. Until
then the citadel was called a
grad, i.e. town, townlet or
citadel. So, in 1147 two Russian
princes met on the bank of the
River Moskva. The result of this
meeting, historians believe, was a
military alliance and the building
on Prince George's orders of a
number of fortresses, including
that of Moscow in 1156. This was
not a town, but merely a detinets,
a log stockade. In the end of
fifteenth century the splendid
ensemble of the Kremlin took
shape. The new political
importance of Moscow as the
capital of the united Russian
state and the development of
bodies of state administration
demanded that Ivan Ill's residence
should be particularly majestic
and impressive, in keeping with
Russia's enhanced international
status. The dilapidated
white-stone Kremlin did not fit
these new requirements. Over a
period of thirty-five years the
Kremlin walls, towers, cathedrals,
bell-tower and palace were
completely rebuilt. This building
of the Kremlin at the end of the
fifteenth century was carried on
at a time when the idea of Moscow
as the Third Rome, the heir to the
political and ecclesiastical
authority of Rome and Byzantium,
was widespread.
Consequently Ivan III sought
to give his residence a
corresponding splendour and
magnificence. The Kremlin was to
become a fitting place for
impressive court processions,
official ceremonies, receptions
and religious festivals. Invited
by the Grand Prince, masters from
Pskov, Novgorod the Great,
Vladimir and other Russian towns
flocked to the capital of the
young Russian state, a fact which
clearly reflected the unifying
tendencies characteristic of this
age. At the same time, influenced
by his wife Sofia Palae-ologos
(the niece of Emperor Constantine
XI of Byzantium) the Tsar also
invited masters from Italy which
was famous for its architects and
engineers. While taking part in
the formation of a single Russian
style, distinct from the local art
schools, these masters of the
Italian Renaissance introduced
Italian proportions and forms into
Russian architecture. At the same
time the art born in the Kremlin
was enriched by the fine creations
of such popular masters as Andrei
Ru-blev, Dionysius and Prokhor
from Gorodets. But the Kremlin is
not just Russia's finest artistic
monument. It is also an historical
monument. Each building here, each
nook and cranny, is redolent of
history. The Moscow Kremlin with
its ancient towers, cathedrals and
palaces is associated with some of
the most dramatic and stirring
pages of Russian history: fierce
battles against invaders, popular
uprisings and joyous banquets to
celebrate military victories.
DIAMOND TREASURY
The exhibition opens with
showcases of natural diamonds,
mined in Soviet times. These
include the largest, named
Friendship of Peoples. Builder,
Yuri Gagarin. Valen-tina
Tereshkova and Maria (named after
a woman who worked for many years
in diamond mining). The largest
gem-quality diamond found in the
Soviet Union is the Star of
Yakutia (232.1 carats).
The historical section of the
exhibition contains the "Seven
Wonders" of the Diamond
Collection, precious stones which
are world famous.
ARMORY
The Armory is housed in a
two-storey building on a high socle. In plan it is a long
rectangle with semicircular halls
at the ends and a circular hall in
the middle. The main facade echoes
that of the Great Kremlin Palace
(about which more is said later),
also designed by Konstantin Thon.
The history of the Armoury
goes back to the dim and distant
past. The oldest repository for
the treasures and jewels of the
grand princes of Moscow was the
Treasury, or Treasury Court, known
to have existed in the fifteenth
century. It contained richly
decorated arms, ceremonial robes,
icons, gold and silver plate,
ambassadorial gifts, and also the
emblems of political power used
during coronations, solemn
processions of the grand princes
and tsars and receptions for
foreign envoys
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