The Kremlin is at the heart of Moscow, and serves as a center of religious as well as secular power. My local guide took me there on my one day off for a real Russian experience. |
The Kremlin Gate ![]() |
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Red Square ![]() |
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State department store GUM faces onto the square ![]() |
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Kremlin tower ![]() |
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Official building ![]() |
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The Czar Cannon, built in 1586, weighs 85,000 pounds ![]() |
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Bell tower ![]() |
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Cathedral door ![]() |
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'His holiness patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and all Russia' departs a service ![]() |
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The eternal flame on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ![]() |
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What's Russian for "cheese"? ![]() |
Moscow by day
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