![]() During the Soviet period 28 of the original 54 buildings within the walled complex were destryoed (click here to read about 10 monuments Russia has lost through the ages). ![]() Basil’s Cathedral came under heavy artillery fire. The 1917 Bolshevik uprising in Moscow took many lives, and the fortified complex next to St. Historic drawing, view from the bell tower of Ivan the Great, 19th century The Kremlin once again became the heart of power. Bolsheviks seized power in 1917 and the northern city was stripped of its capital status – which was passed to Moscow by the Soviet government headed by Vladimir Lenin. The Kremlin has always been the tsar’s residence until Peter the Great’s reign: He had aspirations to found an entire city for himself, hence St.Petersburg was born. Grand Prince Ivan III invited a number of skilled architects from Italy to do the job. The existing fortress walls and towers were built from 1485 to 1495. From 1366 to 1368 Dmitry Donskoy replaced the wooden walls with white limestone. The “grad of Moscow” itself was founded in 1156 by Prince Yuri Dolgorukiy and was made out of oak. The first settlements on the territory belong to the Bronze Age (2nd century BC). ![]() ![]() Get ready to soak up everything you wanted to know about this magnificent complex. There are about 20 kremlins in Russia, but when people hear the word “kremlin” they automatically think about Moscow’s seat of power. ![]()
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