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	CONK! Encyclopedia: Kremlin_Wall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Kremlin Wall refers to the defense wall that surrounds the Moscow Kremlin, recognizable by the characteristic notches and its Kremlin towers.
		In their present state, the outer perimeter of the walls is an impressive 2235 metres, repeating the contours of the hill on which the Moscow Kremlin lies.
		The new walls were erected without the dismantiling older constructions of 1366, but the increase in size was taken on the many wooden houses which surrounded the Kremlin at the time.
	www.conk.com /search/encyclopedia.cgi?q=Kremlin_Wall (527 words)

	Kremlin Wall - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Kremlin Wall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Kremlin Wall Necropolis (Некрополь у Кремлёвской стены in Russian) is a part of the wall, which surrounds the Moscow Kremlin and overlooks the Red Square, where traditionally the Soviets used to bury the most prominent figures of the USSR and other countries.
		In 1924, Lenin's Mausoleum became the center of the Kremlin Wall Necropolis.
		Behind the mausoleum and at the foot of the Senatskaya Tower of the Kremlin, there are graves of Yakov Sverdlov, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Mikhail Frunze, Mikhail Kalinin, Andrei Zhdanov, Joseph Stalin, Kliment Voroshilov, Semyon Budyonny, Mikhail Suslov, Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko with monuments.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Kremlin-Wall.html (368 words)

	Pskov - St. Peterburg, Russia, August 8 - 9, 2004: enlarged thumbnail preview of photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A tombstone of A. Beloselsky-Belozersky in Necropolis of Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
		A marble tombstone in Necropolis of Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
		A tomb of a mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707 - 1783) in Necropolis of Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
	www.asergeev.com /pictures/archives/2004/406/browser1.htm (352 words)

	The Moscow Kremlin: History
		The early Kremlin settlement appeared as the center of crafts and trade owing to its extremely advantageous geographic position: it lay at the crossroads of trade routes and waterways meeting at the foot of the hill.
		As far as the Kremlin was concerned, it became the treasure house of all national relics and family treasures of the grand princes and tsars handed down from one generation to another.
		The Kremlin fortress built anew from red brick retained the peculiarities of the layout of the Old-Russian detinets (fortress) and the form of an irregular triangle with the walls’ total length of 2,235 meters.
	www.caroun.com /Countries/Europe/Russia/Kremlin/02-Kremlin-History-1.html (1944 words)

	Mikhail Kalinin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He retired in 1946 and died shortly afterward in Moscow.
		Kalinin was buried in the Kremlin Wall necropolis.
		The city of Tver bore the name Kalinin from 1931 to 1990 in his honor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mikhail_Kalinin (299 words)

	Athena Review, 3,4: Excavations in Moscow Monasteries
		Also outside the walls were dwellings for serfs owned by the monastery, and a special church for certain ceremonies (weddings, for example) that were forbidden inside the monastery.
		Beyond the city walls, monasteries were founded in the vicinity of the boyars’ estates, or on main trade routes, or at busy crossroads and nearby bridges that were easily accessible to merchants and pilgrims.
		However, the walls of most monasteries had a symbolic rather than a defensive function, and might have been inspired by the idea of the monastery as a symbol of Heavenly Jerusalem, as is described in the biblical Apocalypse.
	www.athenapub.com /12moscow.htm (2360 words)

	The travel company LAYLA - tour: hotel reservation in Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Belarus; tour to Russia: Moscow, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 18th century it was displaced to the Moscow Kremlin and at the beginning was located in a court yard of the Arsenal building and then at its main gate.
		The walls of the cathedral are decorated with the unique portrait gallery of Moscow rulers and their glorious ancestors.
		The new place was chosen not so close to the Kremlin, so that the temple was dissonant to its ensemble, but at the same time so that connection of the temple with ancient constructions of the Kremlin and the Red Square was felt.
	www.trip-to-moscow.com /eng/moscow/sightseeing.htm (3376 words)

	The Moscow Kremlin and Red Square: Red Square Guide
		The Kremlin walls and towers were restored, the communal graves on either side of the Mausoleum were re-planned, and visitors' stands with a seating capacity of 10,000 were built along the Kremlin wall.
		On the wall is a granite bas-relief of the emblem of the Soviet Union.
		Behind the fl slabs set in the Kremlin wall are urns with the ashes of eminent members and statesmen, writers, scholars, generals, hero-pilots, stratosphere fliers and cosmonauts.
	dimkin.df.ru /moscow/square_7.html (1056 words)

	The Moscow Kremlin: At the Foot of Kremlin Walls
		In 1967, memorial of “Grave of the Unknown Soldier” was erected near Kremlin wall, at the foot of the corner Arsenal Tower.
		The walls of the mausoleum are made of brick faced with granite.
		The upper part of the mausoleum is arranged as a tribune from whom the leaders of USSR used to greet the marching soldiers and the demonstrators.
	www.caroun.com /Countries/Europe/Russia/Kremlin/23-Kremlin-Kremlinwalls.html (545 words)

	Chinese Art - Architecture: Tombs (www.chinaknowledge.org)
		The largest necropolis ("dead city") of China is Mound Qianling å”ä¹¾éµ "Celestial Tomb" near Qianxian ä¹¾ç¸£/Shaanxi for Emperor Tang Gaozong å”é«å®— and his empress Wu Zetian æ¦åå¤©.
		The picture to the left gives an impression of the rich lacquer decoration of her coffin, the picture to the right is the "soul banner" of the lady that was laid upon the coffin.
		The picture to the right clearly shows the three buildings inside the enclosure, the small buildings to the right being the first, served as storage for offering tools and objects, the second being the main hall for veneration, the tower-like building on the top is the main entrance of the subterranean tomb.
	www.chinaknowledge.de /Art/Tombs/tombs.html (1730 words)

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		The Temple of Christ, the Savior, on Kropotkinskaya embankment (it became Moscow’s Cathedral), the Kremlin’s Voskresenskiye Gates together with the Iverskaya Chapel and Temple of Icon of Kazan Mother of God on Red Square were built anew.
		Pokrovsky Sobor, or the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Virgin on the Moat (the moat was dug along the citadel wall), was erected to commemorate the capture of Kazan (capital of the Khanate of Kazan and the last stronghold of Tatar-Mongolian invaders) on the festival of the Intercession of the Virgin in October 1552.
		In different epochs different parts of the Monastery were erected: majestic walls and towers in the times of Boris Godunov, the Pokrova of the Virgin Church and Uspensky Cathedral - at the end of the XVII century.
	www.meteo.ru /wccc2003/excr.htm (1472 words)

	Novgorod Veliky Hotels
		It is close to the Kremlin, next to the building of the Regional Administration.
		The hotel is located in the center of the city, at the bank of the Volkhov river, close to the main sights and Kremlin Park.
		The Kremlin of Novgorod - the oldest in Russia, this fortress was mentioned in chronicles in 1044, while its today's walls and towers were constructed at the close of 15th century.
	www.hotels-russia.info /novgorod-v.htm (410 words)

	The Moscow Kremlin - Kremlin map
		Nowadays, the Archangel’s Cathedral is a frequented Kremlin’s museum.
		The icon of Archangel Michael, the oldest in the iconostasis, is believed to have been created for Princess Eudokia, the wife of Dmitriy Donskoi to the memory of the Great Prince and his victory in the Battle on the Kulikovo Field.
		The cathedral’s pillars and walls are painted with portraits of Moscow leaders and their glorious ancestors.
	www.kremlin.museum.ru /en/main/kremlin/buildings/Arhangelyskiy (365 words)

	Layla-tour. Golden Ring of Russia. Excursions and tour. Exhibitions, sights. Yaroslavl, Vladimir, Suzdal, Kostroma, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Kremlin is located on a winding bank of the Kamenka river in the heart of the old town.
		Its red-brick walls are decorated with white-stone inserts and green glazed tiles on the domes.
		Adjacent to the Kremlin wall is a town square with the imposing five-dome Cathedral of the Assumption (1589).
	www.trip-to-moscow.com /rus/goldenring/sightseeing.htm (2683 words)

	Moscow Weekend
		The red ruby star atop the 85-meter-high spire supposedly was taken from the walls of the Kremlin itself.
		The architecture and the colour of the building repeat the architecture and the colour of the Kremlin walls and towers and thus this building does not break the harmony of the Red Square architectural ensemble but on the contrary contributes to its unique composition and style.
		In the middle of the 16th century during the reign of Ivan the Terrible the cathedral was decorated with wall painting.
	www.moscowweekend.ru /virt_tour.html (9980 words)

	Connoisseurs Eastern Europe, Travcoa Deluxe
		Within the wall are buried many famous Russians and, at its foot, is a common grave of the revolutionaries killed here in 1917.
		You’ll view the Grand Kremlin Palace, from the imperial residence to the Russian President’s gala reception quarters, and the Kremlin walls and towers, a unique fortress of Middle Ages’ Russia.
		The interiors are richly decorated with furniture, paintings, glassware and porcelain and the castle walls and corridors are magnificently adorned with his immense collection of hunting trophies, armor and works related to St. George.
	www.luxurytour.com /travcoa/europe/connoisseurseeurope.html (3807 words)

	Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Kremlin Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel was built as a burial place of Moscow grand dukes.
		In the dimly lit burial-vault of the Cathedral of Michael the Archangel lie the remains of 49 Moscow rulers and their ancestors of Rurikovich and Romanov dynasties.
		The original wall-painting, that adorned the walls of the cathedral during the reign of Ivan the Terrible, hasn't preserved, except for small fragments on the pillars and several compositions in the altar and tsars' burial vault.
	www.moscow-hotels.com /eng/guide/kremlin/archangel.html (652 words)

	Moscow - Sightseeing
		The Red Square is separated from the cathedral by the altar barrier, represented by the wall with the Savior's Gate.
		The grand architectural design of the Arsenal, dominating the living section of the northern corner of the Kremlin, became a symbol of the triumphant reign of Peter I. The construction of the Arsenal was being implemented during the Northern War, and was completed after the Emperor's death.
		Parts of the walls and towers, the Refectory Chamber of the 16th century and another from the 17th century are among those buildings still standing.
	www.vgp.com /moscow/sightseeing.html (4463 words)

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		The Kremlin is the other Rainbow colored door on your map but the camera view is terrible.
		The Necropolis is an ancient city once inhabited by the Karakarak several millions years ago.
		The Necropolis is a perilous maze of winding tunnels and bottomless crevices.
	www.cheatcc.com /psx/sg/martian_gothic_unification.txt (13825 words)

	Russia - Interesting Facts & Things - Famous Places & Tours
		The area known as Kitai-Gorod lies east of the Kremlin, and is notable for its 16th- and 17th-century churches, especially the five-domed Cathedral of the Sign, with its amazing acoustic properties.
		Within the walls of the Kremlin, St Sophia's Cathedral (mid-11th century) is the oldest stone structure in Russia.
		The cultural centre of the Tartars, this city boasts a Kremlin dating from the 16th century which, with its towers and churches, is fascinating to visit.
	www.travel-island.com /interesting2places/rs.html (4666 words)

	Learn more about World Heritage Sites in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower
		Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
		Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /w/wo/world_heritage_sites.html (1649 words)

	GoTur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Today the Kremlin is a residence of the President of Russian Federation.
		The cathedral's pillars and walls are covered with portraits of Moscow leaders and their glorious ancestors.
		The Bell-Tower is being prepared to house a museum and an exhibition devoted to the history of Kremlin's architecture.
	gotur.ru /incoming/sightseeing (1869 words)

	Russian Culture
		The Moscow Kremlin became an important center for the Orthodox, as the "third Rome," in the 15th century at the fall of Constantine.
		To start, there is the Kremlin, the Russian center of government, which is an impressive blend of classic and modern architecture.
		The clock on the Kremlin in front of the red square is an important monument for Russians every new year.
	community.middlebury.edu /~beyer/courses/RU102w03/RussianCulture.html (10834 words)

	Bjarne Mollwitz Heltved (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis () (1979) UNESCO
		Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur () (1979) UNESCO
		Archaeological ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne () (1993) UNESCO
	www.mollwitz.hjem.wanadoo.dk (2967 words)

	St. Petersburg - What to see - Neighbour towns Russia - In Your Pocket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The city's riverside kremlin is picturesque and there are a number of historical churches scattered around the town and along the Velikaya River.
		Pskov is famous for the nearby Pechorsky monastery (1473) and necropolis, which has caves filled with more than 10,000 graves of monks and aristocrats.
		The old fortress is a small version of the Moscow Kremlin and within its walls see the striking Byzantine Cathedral of St. Sophia (1050) and the magnificent Millennium of Russia Monument (1862), which depicts great historical heroes of Russia in bronze.
	www.inyourpocket.com /russia/st_petersburg/en/category?cid=56759&chid=358 (483 words)

	troovel.com
		The focal point of the city is Red Square, on one side of which is the Kremlin surrounded by a thick red fortress wall containing 20 towers altogether.
		Within the walls of the Kremlin, St Sophia's Cathedral (mid-11th century) is the oldest stone structure in the Russian Federation.
		Kazan: The cultural centre of the Tartars, this city boasts a Kremlin dating from the 16th century which, with its towers and churches, is fascinating to visit.
	troovel.com /country/russian-federation/1408/ResortsExcursions/en (4303 words)

	Red square, Moscow. Russia
		Stretching along one side of the Kremlin walls, Red Square has become a part of its overall architectural ensemble, with seven Kremlin towers standing along its western side.
		The compositional centre of Red Square, Moscow is the Lenin Mausoleum, wherein lies the body of the great revolutionary leader and founder of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Soviet State.
		Its architect, A.Shchusev, employed a simple and expressive design in the form of a monumental edifice, faced in dark red granite and fl labradorite, which embodies, as it were, the grief of the people and the power of Lenin's eternal teaching.
	www.aha.ru /~mausoleu/documents/red_square.htm (332 words)

	Moscow guide
		Starting from Sofia, Peter The Great' sister, who was imprisoned here by her brother in 1689, this convent became a prison for many Russian women from aristocratic families.
		Near the convent there's a cemetery, which is the most prestigious resting place in Moscow after the Kremlin wall.
		Main attractions are the old Kremlin (1514), weapons and samovars museums.
	russianguide.20m.com /russianguide.htm (954 words)

	Moscow Museum. Moscow Guide. Museums. Apartments in Moscow
		The largest and most historic cathedral in the Kremlin, built in 1475-1479 by the Italian architect Fiorovanti; here Russian Princes, Grand Princes and Tsars were crowned
		Within the Kremlin walls there are many architectural monuments, churches and museums
		Necropolis of famous statement and public figures of Russia at the Kremlin wall.
	apartments-rentals.fabrussia.com /moscow-guide/museums.htm (387 words)

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