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'''Red Square''' ({{lang-ru|Красная площадь}}, {{transl|ru|Krasnaya ploshchad}}) is the most famous [[city square]] in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]. The square separates the [[Kremlin]], the former royal [[citadel]] and currently the official residence of the [[President of Russia]], from a historic merchant quarter known as Kitay-gorod (China-Town). As major streets of Moscow radiate from here in all directions, being promoted to major highways outside the city, the Red Square is often considered the central square of Moscow and of all Russia.

Red Square and the [[Moscow Kremlin|Kremlin]] are a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]].

[[Joseph Stalin]]'s body was preserved near Red Square, in Lenin's [[mausoleum]]. It was later moved and reburied deep behind the [[Kremlin Wall]] without any ceremony.

Red Square is a popular [[tourism|tourist attraction]] in Russia.

[[File:Panorama 360 Red Square.jpg|thumb|center|600px|Red Square]]

== Red Square Media ==
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File:Plan of Hrasne Polosje.jpg|Map of Red Square from 1917

File:Башни Московского кремля.jpg|[[Moscow Kremlin]] (finished 1495)

File:Москва. Красная пл. и памятник. (цв.отк.8856 PZ). 1896 t446901.jpg|A view of the Red Square in 1896.

File:Museo Estatal de Historia, Moscú, Rusia, 2016-10-03, DD 49.jpg|State Historical Museum, as seen from Red Square

File:Воскресенские (Иверские) ворота (1).jpg|Resurrection Gate, facing southeast

File:Moscow Red Mint asv2018-09 img1.jpg|Former Red Mint in Moscow, Russia: outer view (Provincial Government building)

File:Kazansky Cathedral in MSK.jpg|Kazansky Cathedral in Moscow

File:0169 - Moskau 2015 - Roter Platz (25795529393).jpg|0169 - Moskau 2015 - Roter Platz (25795529393)

File:Middle Trade Rows Moscow 06-2015.jpg|The former Middle Trade Rows (façade towards Red Square) in Moscow

File:Place of Skulls (Лобное Место) - panoramio.jpg|Lobnoye Mesto at the center
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== Other websites ==
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* [http://thewotme.com/2012/11/plaza-roja-de-moscu-el-lugar-mas-importante-del-pais-mas-grande/ Red Square in Moscow, the most important place in the country's largest.] - Thewotme Travel Blog
* [http://www.moscow-life.com/moscow/red-square Moscow-Life: A guide to Moscow's Red Square]
* [http://vizerra.com/en/portfolio/red_square 3D model of Red Square] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107082525/http://vizerra.com/en/portfolio/red_square |date=2013-01-07 }}
* [http://www.moscow.info/red-square/index.aspx Visiting Red Square] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505145827/http://www.moscow.info/red-square/index.aspx |date=2013-05-05 }} – Useful information for visitors to Red Square and the Kremlin
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzQ5iFER_aA Red Square and surrounding area] [[Time-lapse photography|time-lapse video]]

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