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Topic: Kremlin (disambiguation)


  
  kremlin - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about kremlin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Kremlin (left), the centre of government in Russia and the seat of the Russian Orthodox church, and 16th century St Basil's Cathedral (right) in the centre of Moscow.
Situated in the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, the Cathedral of the Assumption is one of the most holy places in the Russian Orthodox church.
The Moscow kremlin dates from the 12th century, and the name ‘the Kremlin’ was once synonymous with the Soviet government.
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 Rostov
The residence, often erroneously called kremlin, also includes eleven towers of fanciful appearance, numerous palaces, several small belfries and the dimunitive baroque Church of Our Lady of Smolensk (1693).
The cathedral and four tall kremlin churches with their silver "blind" domes were imitated throughout the city.
To the right from the Kremlin stands the Abraham monastery, founded in the 11th century and one of the oldest in Russia.
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 Moscow Kremlin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Furthermore, the Kremlin was separated from the walled merchant town (Kitai-gorod) by a 30-metre-wide moat, over which the Intercession Cathedral on the Moat was constructed during the reign of Ivan the Terrible.
The Kremlin Arsenal, several portions of the Kremlin Wall and several wall towers were destroyed by explosions and fires damaged the Faceted Chamber and churches.
The name Kremlin is often used as a metonymy to refer to the government of the Soviet Union (1922-1991) and its highest members (such as general secretaries, premiers, presidents, ministers, and commissars), in the same way the name Westminster refers to the British government, or White House refers to the government of the United States.
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 Australian Information from Wikipedia
It is the site of the famous Kremlin, which now serves as the ceremonial residence of the President.
Kremlin Embankment and Moscow skyline with Cathedral of Christ the Saviour on the left and Kremlin on the right
At the center of the city, in the Central Administrative Okrug, is the Moscow Kremlin, which houses the home of the President of Russia as well as many of the facilities for the national government.
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 Cathedral of the Dormition
The most famous cathedral with this name is the one at the Moscow Kremlin, built in 1475—1479 by the Italian architect Aristotele Fioravanti.
In the 14th century, Metropolitan Peter persuaded Ivan I (Ivan Kalita) that he should build a cathedral to the Holy Virgin in Moscow like the Cathedral of the Dormition in the capital city Vladimir.
After the transfer of the Bolshevik government to Moscow services in the Kremlin cathedrals were prohibited.
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 Novgorod
Novgorod Kremlin, traditionally known as Detinets, also contains the oldest palace in Russia (the so-called Chamber of the Facets, 1433), the oldest Russian bell tower (mid-15th cent.), and the oldest Russian clock tower (1673).
Outside kremlin walls, there are three cathedrals constructed during the reign of Mstislav the Great, the last monarch of united Rus.
Large commissions were thenceforth executed by Muscovite masters and patterned after cathedrals of Moscow Kremlin: e.g., the Saviour Cathedral of Khutyn Monastery (1515), the Cathedral of the Sign (1688), the Nicholas Cathedral of Vyaschizhy Monastery (1685).
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 Red Square   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The square separates the Kremlin, the former royal citadel and currently the official residence of the President of Russia, from a historic merchant quarter, known as Kitay-gorod.
As major streets of Moscow radiate from here in all directions, being promoted to major highways outside the city, the Red Square is often considered the central square of Moscow and of all Russia.
The northern side is occupied by the State Historical Museum, whose outlines echo those of Kremlin towers.
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 Kazan - Wikipedia Mirror   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Archaeological explorations have produced evidence of urban settlement in 3 parts of the modern city: in the Kremlin, in Bişbalta in the place of modern Zilantaw monastery and near the Qaban lake.
The oldest was the Kremlin which could be dated back to 11th century.
Major monuments in the kremlin are the 5-domed 6-columned Annunciation Cathedral (1561-62) and the mysterious leaning Soyembika Tower, named after the last queen of Kazan and regarded as the city's most conspicuous landmark.
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 Moscow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
It is the site of the famous Kremlin, which serves as the center of the national government.
Among many buildings constructed or reconstructed at this time were the Kremlin Great and Armoury palaces, the university, the Manezh (Riding School), and the Bolshoi Theatre.
The better known attractions include the UNESCO World Heritage sites of the Kremlin, Red Square and the Church of the Ascension at Kolomenskoye, all dating from between the 14th and 17th centuries.
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 Kremlin (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kremlin, Virginia – a town in Westmoreland County, Virginia, United States.
Kremlin, Wisconsin – a town in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States.
Kremlin is the name of a brand of computer encryption software distributed by Mach 5 Software.
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 Vladimir Putin - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Upon his election, Putin undertook measures to restore the primacy of the Kremlin in Russia's political life.
Domestic and foreign critics accuse Putin of having orchestrated the trials of oligarchs such as Boris Berezovsky, Vladimir Gusinsky, and later Mikhail Khodorkovsky as part of an effort by his Kremlin to gain control over the media and large sectors of the Russian economy.
For its part, Putin's administration has argued that its actions against the oligarchs are intended to contain and reverse serious damage inflicted on Russia's economy by years of insider capitalism.
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Archaeological explorations have produced evidence of urban settlement in 3 parts of the modern city: in the Kremlin, in Bi-balta in the place of modern Zilantaw monastery and near the Qaban lake.
Kazan celebrated its millennium in 2005, when the largest mosque in Russia, Qolsharif, was inaugurated in the kremlin, and the holiest copy of Our Lady of Kazan was returned to the city.
Söyembikä Tower was built in the Kazan Kremlin at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries.
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 Disambiguation Of Barack Obama - Kenyan Students Forum
At the split of the Breaking News his wife suddenly remembers the internet call the half sister had placed to indicate that Grandma at Nyangoma-Kogelo was seriously ill and had been admitted at Russia, the pseudonym for The Government General Hospital, Kisumu.
The mentioning of Russia jolts him as he remembers the day’s assignment, where the senate congressional team has to meet the visiting Belarusian delegation seen to want to fend off the continuing intervention of Kremlin in its democratic process.
It is imperative that he supports them to wade off the continued anti-secessionist attitude of a belligerent Russia.
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 Kremlin - Everything on Kremlin (information, latest news, articles,...)
Kremlin (??????) is the Russian word for "citadel" or "castle" and refers to any major fortified central complex found in historical Russian cities.
The Kremlin has launched an aggressive public relations war designed to undo the damage caused by its claimed involvement in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.Comment
As a work of fiction it would be unbelievable: a dissident KGB colonel poisoned in a London sushi bar, the finger of suspicion pointed at the Russian President.
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 russian
A Russian journalist known for her critical coverage of the war in Chechnya was shot to death Saturday in the elevator of her apartment building in Moscow, in a killing prosecutors believe could be connected to her investigative work.
A prominent Russian investigative journalist, known for her criticism of the Kremlin's policies toward war-torn Chechnya, was found shot dead on Saturday.
A Russian journalist known for her critical coverage of the war in Chechnya was shot to death today, her body discovered in an elevator in her apartment building in Moscow, officials said.
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 Landmark - Free net encyclopedia
Originally, a landmark literally meant a geographic feature used by explorers and others to find their way back or through an area.
Examples of landmarks include the Taj Mahal in Agra, Eiffel Tower in Paris, Big Ben in London, Mount Fuji in Japan, Stone Mountain near Atlanta, CN Tower in Toronto, Kremlin in Moscow and Sydney Opera House in Sydney.
A variant is a seamark or daymark, a structure usually built intentionally to aid sailors navigating featureless coasts.
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 Travel guide for Moscow - Hostels, things to do, nightlife, tips, etc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The other major waterway is the Yauza River, which flows into the Moskva east of the Kremlin.
Much of Moscow's geography is defined by the numerous 'Ring Roads' that circle the city at various distances from the center.
Tverskaya Sreet This street starts from the Kremlin itself and runs Northwest in the direction of Tver (hence the name) and St.
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 SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - KGB
KGB OSNAZ (Special Operations detachments), Alpha Group, Beta Group, and Delfin, Vympel etc, whose exact controls and missions are unclear.
Kremlin Guard Force - outside the control of the Ninth Guards Directorate.
The Kremlin Guard Force provided uniformed guards for the Kremlin itself and bodyguard services to the Presidium, et al.
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 Red Square
As major streets of Moscow radiate from here in all directions, being prolonged into major highways outside the city, the Red Square is often considered the central square of Moscow and of all Russia.
One of these is Lenin's Mausoleum, where the embalmed body of the founder of the Soviet Union is displayed.
The only scultured monument on the square is a 1816 bronze statue of Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky, who helped to clear Moscow from the Polish Catholics in 1612.
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 KGB
For other uses of "KGB", see KGB (disambiguation).
The uniformed Kremlin Guard Force were the bodyguard of the Praesidium, et al.; it later became the Presidential Security Service PSS.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has started out his career in KGB working in the Fifth Directorate, monitoring the activities of the students of the Leningrad University.
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 Harvard University (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
For other uses of the name Harvard, see Harvard (disambiguation).'' Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League.
It was founded on September 8, 1636, by a vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, making it the oldest institution of higher education in the United States.
Harvard affiliates' politics are generally liberal (center-left): Richard Nixon famously attacked it as the "Kremlin on the Charles".
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 SIFT : search word
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power into a developing country with an overwhelming dependence on a single state owned or private - serve as potent long arms of the Kremlin and the security The Kremlin (and, indirectly, the security services) maintain a tight grip over laws.
In the last week alone, the Prosecutor General's office charged the They are currently being detained for "abuse of office".
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 Moscow travel guide - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
With Red Square and the Kremlin forming the very center, the innermost ring road is the Boulevard Ring, which which runs from the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in south-west central Moscow, to the mouth of the Yauza in south-east central Moscow.
Tverskaya Street This street starts from the Kremlin itself and runs Northwest in the direction of Tver (hence the name) and St.
For that reason the road was a very important thoroughfare in Tsarist Russia.
wikitravel.org /en/Moscow   (3862 words)

  
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Royal Dutch Shell is poised to radically scale back its stake in the world's largest offshore oil and gas project, Sakhalin-2, and possibly relinquish control altogether in favour of an increasingly proprietorial Kremlin.
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 KGB - meaning of word
:''For other meanings, see KGB (disambiguation).'' The Committee for State Security, or KGB, (Russian language: Комите́т Госуда́рственной Безопа́сности; ''Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti''), was the name of the main Soviet Union Security Agency and intelligence agency, as well as the main secret police agency from March 13, 1954 to November 6, 1991.
The KGB's domain was roughly comparable to that of the American CIA combined with the counterintelligence, the internal security division of the FBI, and the security of the United States Federal Protective Service and the United States Secret Service.
** Kremlin Guard Force - outside the control of the Ninth Guards Directorate.
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 G8
For the Australian league of universities, see Group of Eight (Australian universities).
For other uses, see G8 (disambiguation) and G7 (disambiguation).
The Group of Eight (G8) consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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