Moscow Kremlin
The Moscow Kremlin, commonly known as just the Kremlin, is a fortified complex in Moscow, Russia. Located in the centre of the country's capital city, the Moscow Kremlin comprises five palaces, four cathedrals, and the enclosing Kremlin Wall along with the Kremlin towers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: fortified complex in Moscow, Russia
- Also known as: “Kremlin”
Photo: Andrey Korzun, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Concierge.2C, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tsar Cannon and Tsar Bell.
Tsar Cannon
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tsar Cannon is a large early modern period artillery piece on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. It is a monument of Russian artillery casting art, cast in bronze in 1586 in Moscow, by the Russian master bronze caster Andrey Chokhov.
Tsar Bell
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tsar Bell, also known as the Tsarsky Kolokol, Tsar Kolokol III, or Royal Bell, is a 6.14-metre-tall, 6.6-metre-diameter bell on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. Tsar Bell is situated 110 metres south of Moscow Kremlin.
Chudov Monastery
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Chudov Monastery was founded in the Moscow Kremlin in 1358 by Metropolitan Alexius of Moscow. The monastery was dedicated to the miracle of the Archangel Michael at Chonae. The Monastery was closed in 1918 and dismantled in 1929 by the Soviet government.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moscow and Outskirts.
Moscow
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Since its founding in 1147, Moscow has been at the crossroads of history as the capital of empires and a frequent target for invaders. As the capital of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and, today, the Russian Federation, it has played a central role in the development of the largest country in the world.
Outskirts
Photo: OlesyaKn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Moscow Outskirts include areas from Moscow's 3rd Ring to Moscow Ring Road.
Central Moscow
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Central Administrative Okrug, or Tsentralny Administrativny Okrug, is one of the twelve administrative okrugs of Moscow, Russia. Population: 772,258 ; 741,967 ; 701,353 .
Moscow Kremlin
- Categories: kremlin, historic district, tourist attraction, government building, official residence, and architectural landmark
- Location: Moscow Oblast, Central Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Moscow Kremlin” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kremlin”
- Afrikaans: “Moskouse Kremlin”
- Albanian: “Kremlini”
- Arabic: “الكرملين”
- Arabic: “كرملن”
- Arabic: “كرملين”
- Armenian: “Մոսկովյան Կրեմլ”
- Armenian: “Մոսկվայի Կրեմլ”
- Asturian: “Kremlin de Moscú”
- Azerbaijani: “Kreml”
- Bashkir: “Мәскәү Кремле”
- Basque: “Moskuko Kremlina”
- Belarusian: “Маскоўскі крэмль”
- Belarusian: “Маскоўскі Крэмль”
- Bengali: “ক্রেমলিন”
- Bengali: “মস্কো ক্রেমলিন”
- Bosnian: “Kremlj”
- Bosnian: “Moskovski kremlj”
- Bulgarian: “Московски кремъл”
- Bulgarian: “Московския кремъл”
- Catalan: “Kremlin de Moscou”
- Central Bikol: “Kremlin”
- Chechen: “Москохан Кремль”
- Chinese: “克宫”
- Chinese: “克林姆林宫”
- Chinese: “克里姆林宫”
- Chinese: “克里姆林宮”
- Chinese: “莫斯科克里姆林宫”
- Chuvash: “Кремль”
- Chuvash: “Мускав Кремлĕ”
- Croatian: “Moskovski kremlj”
- Czech: “Kreml”
- Czech: “Moskevský Kreml”
- Danish: “Kreml”
- Dutch: “Kremlin van Moskou”
- Dutch: “Kremlin”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كرملين”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كريملين”
- Esperanto: “Kremlo”
- Esperanto: “Moskva Kremlo”
- Estonian: “Kreml”
- Estonian: “Moskva Kreml”
- Finnish: “Kreml”
- Finnish: “Moskovan Kreml”
- French: “Kremlin de Moscou”
- French: “Kremlin”
- Galician: “Kremlin de Moscova”
- Georgian: “კრემლი”
- Georgian: “მოსკოვის კრემლი”
- German: “Kreml”
- German: “Moskauer Kreml”
- Greek: “Κρεμλίνο της Μόσχας”
- Greek: “Κρεμλίνο”
- Hebrew: “הקרמלין של מוסקבה”
- Hebrew: “הקרמלין”
- Hindi: “क्रेमलिन”
- Hungarian: “Kreml”
- Icelandic: “Kreml”
- Icelandic: “Kremlið í Moskvu”
- Ido: “Moskva-kremlin”
- Indonesian: “Kremlin Moskow”
- Indonesian: “Kremlin Moskwa”
- Indonesian: “Kremlin”
- Irish: “an Chreimil”
- Irish: “An Chreimil”
- Irish: “Creimil”
- Irish: “Kremlin”
- Italian: “Cremlino di Mosca”
- Italian: “Cremlino”
- Italian: “Museo del Cremlino”
- Japanese: “クレムリン”
- Japanese: “クレムリン宮殿”
- Japanese: “モスクワのクレムリンと赤の広場”
- Kirghiz: “Москва Кремли”
- Komi: “Канкарса Кремль”
- Komi: “Мӧскуаса Кремль”
- Korean: “모스크바 크렘린”
- Korean: “크레믈”
- Korean: “크레믈리”
- Korean: “크레믈린 궁전”
- Korean: “크레믈린”
- Korean: “크렘린 궁”
- Korean: “크렘린 궁전”
- Korean: “크렘린”
- Kurdish: “Kremlin”
- Kurdish: “Kremlîn”
- Kurdish: “کرەملین”
- Lao: “ເຄມລິນ”
- Latin: “Cremlinus”
- Latvian: “Kremlis”
- Latvian: “Maskavas kremlis”
- Limburgan: “Kreemlien van Moskau”
- Lithuanian: “Maskvos kremlius”
- Lithuanian: “Maskvos Kremlius”
- Macedonian: “Московски кремљ”
- Macedonian: “Московски Кремљ”
- Malay: “Kremlin Moscow”
- Malay: “Kremlin”
- Malayalam: “മോസ്കോ ക്രെംലിൻ”
- Maltese: “Kremlin ta’ Moska”
- Maltese: “Kremlin”
- Mazanderani: “کرملین کاخ”
- Mingrelian: “მოსკოვიშ კრემლი”
- Mongolian: “Кремль”
- Mongolian: “Москвагийн кремль”
- Nauru: “Kremlin”
- Nepali: “क्रेमलीन”
- Nepali: “मस्को क्रेमलीन”
- Northern Frisian: “Moskau Kreeml”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kreml i Moskva”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kreml-palasset i Moskva”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kreml”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kreml i Moskva”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kreml”
- Norwegian: “Kreml”
- Ossetian: “Кремль”
- Ossetian: “Мæскуыйы Кремль”
- Panjabi: “ਮਾਸਕੋ ਕ੍ਰੈਮਲਿਨ”
- Persian: “کاخ کرملین”
- Persian: “کرملین مسکو”
- Persian: “کرملین”
- Polish: “Kreml i plac Czerwony w Moskwie”
- Polish: “Kreml moskiewski”
- Portuguese: “Kremlin de Moscou”
- Portuguese: “Kremlin de Moscovo”
- Portuguese: “Kremlin”
- Pushto: “کرملین”
- Romanian: “Kremlinul din Moscova”
- Romanian: “Kremlinul Moscovei”
- Romanian: “Kremlinul”
- Russian: “Moskovskiy Kreml”
- Russian: “Московский Кремль”
- Russian: “Моско́вский Кремль”
- Sardinian: “Kremlinu”
- Serbian: “Moskovski kremlj”
- Serbian: “Moskovski Kremlj”
- Serbian: “Московски кремљ”
- Serbian: “Московски Кремљ”
- Serbian: “Московский Кремль”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Moskovski Kremlj”
- Slovak: “Moskovský kremeľ”
- Slovenian: “Kremelj”
- Slovenian: “moskovski Kremelj”
- Slovenian: “Moskovski kremelj”
- South Azerbaijani: “موسکو کرملینی”
- Spanish: “Kremlin de Moscu”
- Spanish: “Kremlin de Moscú”
- Spanish: “Kremlin”
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴽⵔⵉⵎⵍⵉⵏ ⵏ ⵎⵓⵙⴽⵓ”
- Swedish: “Kreml, Moskva”
- Swedish: “Kreml”
- Swedish: “Moskva Kreml”
- Tajik: “Kremli Moskva”
- Tajik: “Кремли Москва”
- Tamil: “கிரெம்லின்”
- Tamil: “கிரெம்ளின்”
- Tatar: “Мәскәү кремле”
- Thai: “เครมลิน”
- Thai: “เครมลินแห่งมอสโก”
- Turkish: “Kremlini”
- Turkish: “Moskova Kremlini”
- Uighur: “كرېمل سارىيى”
- Ukrainian: “Кремль”
- Ukrainian: “Московський кремль”
- Upper Sorbian: “Krjeml”
- Upper Sorbian: “Moskowski krjeml”
- Urdu: “کریملن”
- Urdu: “ماسکو کریملن”
- Uzbek: “Kreml”
- Vietnamese: “Điện Cẩm Linh”
- Vietnamese: “Ðiện Cẩm Linh”
- Vietnamese: “Điện Kremli”
- Vietnamese: “Điện Kremlin”
- Vietnamese: “Kremlin Moskva”
- Vietnamese: “Kremlin”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kremlin ha Moscow”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kremlin han Moscow”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kremlin Moscow”
- Waray (Philippines): “Moscow Kremlin”
- Welsh: “Kremlin Moscfa”
- Welsh: “Y Cremlin”
- Western Frisian: “Kremlyn fan Moskou”
- Wu Chinese: “克里姆林宫”
- Yue Chinese: “克里姆林宮”
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