The red square

1.

THE RED
SQUARE
ZOTOVA VIKTORIYA

2.

The Red Square is the
main square of Moscow.
It kept memory of
Russian history.

3.

For the first time
the square was
mentioned in the
chronicles as a
trading place in
1434. It private
names were
Trinity, Great
Mart, Pozhar. In
the 17th cent.
People gave it a
new name –
Krasnaya that
meant
«beautiful».
Under this name
it is known all
over the world.

4.

The Kazansky Cathedral was
built in 1630-1633 with
money donated by Prince D.
Pozharsky in memory of the
miracle-working Kazan Icon
of the other of God. In 1936
Stalin ordered to blow it up. It
was restored on the initiative
of Moscow mayor Yuri
Luzhkov in 1993.

5.

Initially The
Lenin’s Tomb
was wooden. The
present building
of the mausoleum
was erected in
1930 by the
design of A.
Schusev. From
1953 to 1961
Lenin shared the
tomb with Stalin.

6.

The Savior tower was built by PietroAntonio Solari and Marko Ruffo in 1491. It
is one of the tallest towers in the Kremlin.

7.

In 1851-1852 the
clock, designed by
Butenop brothers,
was installed. This
chime mechanism
occupied 3 floors.
The weight of the
clock mechanism is
about 25 tons.

8.

The Intercession Catheral
on the moat,better known
under the name of St.
Basil’s Cathedral. The
name comes from chapel.
It was built by architects
Barma and Postnik in 15551561 on the orders of Ivan
the Terrible in memory of
the victory over the Khanate
of Kazan.

9.

In front of St. Basil’s stands a monument to Citizen
Minin and Prince Dmitry Pozharsky. It was designed
by I. Martos in 1818.

10.

Lobnoye Mesto is the round structure. It is faced
with stone slabs. Arch. Kazakov designed the
present version of this place in 1790.

11.

The Nikolskaya tower was named so because
Nikolskaya Street starts from it. It has been many
times rebuilt and twice restored after destruction.