Moscow Kremlin State Museum-Preserve of History and Culture. - Moscow: Art-Courier, 2002.

The gold-domed cathedrals and churches occupy a special place among the Moscow Kremlin historical monuments. Their history is closely connected with important events in the history of the Russian state. As museums of the Russian painting and decorative and applied arts they are the place where numerous collections of icons, church utensils and items of plastic art are carefully preserved.