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20: 125: 139:, where the square is located, is a closed object for archaeologists because the state authorities are located there. The Kremlin cannot be called a sufficiently studied monument: before the revolution, no one was engaged in archaeological excavations because the territory was built up and monasteries were in operation. After the 143:, the Kremlin continued to be a closed territory. The main source of archaeological materials was not excavations with the full opening of ancient structures, but observations and fixation of the cultural layer during economic and engineering works. 709: 19: 195: 619: 249: 146:
Nevertheless, archaeologists have managed to discover the first settlements on the territory of the Moscow Kremlin belonging to the
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Cathedral Square is famous as the site of solemn coronation and funeral processions of all the Russian tsars, patriarchs, and
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are placed there. The tallest structure on the square (and formerly in all of Russia) is
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where all of its streets used to converge in the 15th century.
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The square owes its name to the three cathedrals facing it –
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Patriarch's Palace and the Church of the Twelve Apostles
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Even today, the square is used in the 18: 741: 248:Колесниченко, Александр (2015-11-25). 274: 521:Church of the Deposition of the Robe 243: 241: 87:Church of the Deposition of the Robe 16:Central square of the Moscow Kremlin 13: 14: 765: 238: 696:Kremlin Presidium (Building 14) 615:Monument to Minin and Pozharsky 62:) is the central square of the 213: 188: 168: 23:Cathedral Square in Moscow, a 1: 725:55.7505555656°N 37.61750001°E 506:Cathedral of the Annunciation 161: 91:Church of the Twelve Apostles 79:Cathedral of the Annunciation 7: 625:Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 584:Grand Kremlin Public Garden 501:Cathedral of the Assumption 196:"Ivan the Great Bell Tower" 58: 10: 770: 730:55.7505555656; 37.61750001 511:Cathedral of the Archangel 120:Archaeological excavations 75:Cathedral of the Archangel 71:Cathedral of the Dormition 668: 602: 554: 516:Ivan the Great Bell Tower 493: 430: 312: 130:Ivan the Great Bell Tower 95:Ivan the Great Bell Tower 47: 645:Alexander Garden Obelisk 480:Tsarina's Golden Chamber 81:. 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veduta
Quarenghi
Russian
romanized
Moscow Kremlin
Cathedral of the Dormition
Cathedral of the Archangel
Cathedral of the Annunciation
Palace of Facets
Church of the Deposition of the Robe
Church of the Twelve Apostles
Ivan the Great Bell Tower
Ivanovskaya Square
Grand Dukes of Moscow
inauguration ceremony
President of Russia

Ivan the Great Bell Tower
Moscow Kremlin
Revolution
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Archangel Cathedral
"History of Moscow"
"Ivan the Great Bell Tower"
the original
"Medvedev sworn in as Russian president"

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