Old Square
Location and Origin
Old Square is actually a pedestrian street that stretches from Varvarka to Ilyinsky Gate Square. It represents a green strip on the slope of a hill, where the Kitai-Gorod wall once stood. Originally,…
Grand Kremlin Palace
The new imperial palace was built on the initiative of Nicholas I from 1838 to 1850 on the site where the ancient Grand Duke's palace of Ivan III once stood, and later the palace of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, constructe…
The Faceted Chamber
The Faceted Chamber was founded in 1487 by the Italian master Marco Friazino as a ceremonial throne room for official receptions in the new palace of Grand Duke Ivan III. The construction was completed in 1491 by the Lom…
The Arsenal
The Arsenal building, also known as the Armory, has a rich construction history. Its construction began in 1702 at the initiative of Peter I, who developed a plan to use the building not only as a military warehouse but …
House of the Noble Assembly
In the first half of the 18th century, on Okhotny Ryad, near the now non-existent Church of St. Paraskeva Friday, there was a large estate of Prince V. M. Dolgorukov-Krymsky. Here stood a two-story stone house with a cen…
Provincial Administration
The complex of buildings of the Mint, constructed between 1697 and 1704, included several blocks grouped around internal courtyards. The complex also featured dams, a mill on the Neglinka River, and housing for workers. …
Alarm Tower
The intermediate blind tower on the eastern side of the Kremlin was built in the 1490s. Initially, it was a simple quadrangular volume topped with machicolations and a parapet. From 1676 to 1686, the tower was raised wit…
The Mint
The buildings of the Mint stretch from the Resurrection Gate to the Zaikonospassky Monastery. Being on Nikolskaya Street, it is difficult to appreciate their true size, as they are hidden behind the facades of neighborin…
Zaikonospassky Monastery
This place plays a significant role in the history of higher education in Russia and is often called the cradle of scholarship. The Monastery of the Savior Not Made by Hands was founded by Boris Godunov in 1600, and its …
Novo-Nikolsky (Iversky) Trading Rows
At the beginning of Nikolskaya Street, near the Kazan Cathedral, trade has been conducted for a long time. By the end of the 19th century, this area was built up with various wooden stalls and belonged to the Ministry of…
