Kremin Map

The Borovitskaya TowerThe Water-Supplying TowerThe Annunciation TowerThe Secret TowerThe First Nameless TowerThe Second Nameless TowerThe Peter TowerThe Beklemishev TowerThe Sts. Constantine and Helen TowerThe Alarm Bell TowerThe Tsar’s TowerThe Saviour’s TowerThe Senate TowerThe St. Nicholas TowerThe Corner Arsenal TowerThe Middle Arsenal TowerThe Trinity TowerThe Kutafiya TowerThe Commandant TowerThe Armoury TowerThe Assumption CathedralThe Archangel’s CathedralThe Annunciation CathedralThe Church of Laying Our Lady’s Holy RobeThe Faceted ChamberThe Ivan the Great Bell-Tower ComplexThe Patriarch’s PalaceThe Armoury ChamberThe Grand Kremlin PalaceThe Terem PalaceThe Church of Our Lady’s Nativity in the AnteroomThe Fun PalaceTsar-BellTsar-CannonThe A.R.C.E.C. Kremlin Military School (office building)The SenateThe Arsenal (office building)The Kremlin’s State Palace

The Moscow Kremlin is a symbol of the Russian state, one of the largest architectural ensembles of the world. It is the richest treasury of historical reliquees and monuments of culture and art. The Kremlin is situated in the center of the capital of Russia on the high Borovitskiy hill above the Moskva River.

The ensemble of the Moscow Kremlin has been formed many centuries. Today it contents the architectural monuments of XIV-XX centuries. The monumental walls of the fortress present the look of the ancient part of Moscow. Talking about the Kremlin’s territory, we can’t pass by the golden-domed cathedrals, old chambers, magnificent palaces and beautiful office blocks. They form the ensemble of Cathedral, Ivan, Senatskaya, Palace and Troitskaya Squares and Spasskaya, Borovitskaya, and Palace Streets of the Kremlin.

In 1990, the architectural ensemble of the Moscow Kremlin and its treasures, Red Square and Aleksandrovskiy Sad (the Alexandrov Gardens) were included into the World Heritage List of UNESCO. The Moscow Kremlin Museums became “The State Historical and Cultural Museum-Preserve “The Moscow Kremlin”.

The unique museum complex of the Moscow Kremlin includes the Armoury Chamber, the Assumption, Archangel’s and Annunciation Cathedrals, the Church of Laying Our Lady’s Holy Robe, the Patriarch’s Palace and the Twelve Apostles’ Church, the Ivan the Great Bell-Tower complex and the collection of artillery arms and bells.