Kremlin

Kremlin (

Kremlin Media

View from the House on Embankment.
Kremlin in 1910; many of the buildings were later destroyed by the Soviet government
Grand Kremlin Palace, commissioned 1838 by Czar Nicholas I, constructed 1839–1849, today the official residence of the President of Russia
Россия. Москва. Вид на Кремль c Москворецкого моста. Около 1898 г.
Kremlin in bird's-eye view in 1987
State Kremlin Palace (alias Kremlin Palace of Congresses), built 1959–1961
Dormition Cathedral
Troitskaya Tower 1495, 80 m (260 ft)
Map of the Moscow Kremlin
Helipad in Moscow Kremlin 2014

Russian: кремль) is the Russian word for "fortress", "citadel" or "castle". It is used to refer to fortified central complexes in historic Russian cities. In Moscow it refers to the central square. The word is also used to mean the government of Russia.

The Necropolis for communists is in one of the walls of the Moscow Kremlin. The mausoleum for Vladimir Lenin is outside.

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Moscow Kremlin