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	Moscow Kremlin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are two domestic churches of the Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Moscow, the Cathedral of 12 Apostles (1653-56) and the one-domed exquisite church of the Deposition of the Virgin’s Robe, built by Pskov artisans over the years 1484-88 and featuring superb icons and frescoes from 1627 and 1644.
		The oldest secular structure still standing is the Palace of Facets (1491), which holds the imperial thrones, it was commissioned by Ivan III (the Great).
		The original Terem Palace was commissioned by Ivan III, but most of the existing palace was built in the 17th century.
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	Encyclopedia: The Kremlin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the 19th century, the Palace of the Facets, along with the Terem Palace, was incorporated...
		The uppermost floor of the palace contained the private chambers, where, during the 17th century, the female members of the Romanov family lived in seclusion, surrounded by elaborate protocol.
		The original Terem Palace was commissioned by Ivan III, but most of the existing palace was built in the (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700.
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	Grand Kremlin Palace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Grand Kremlin Palace (Большой Кремлевский дворец Bolshoi Kremlyovski Dvorets), also translated Great Kremlin Palace, was built from 1837 to 1851 in Moscow, Russia on the site of the estate of the Grand Princes, which had been established in the 14th century on Borovitsky Hill.
		The Grand Kremlin Palace was formerly the tsar's Moscow residence.
		It includes the earlier Terem Palace, nine churches from the 14th, 16th, and 17th centuries, the Holy Vestibule, and over 700 rooms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Kremlin_Palace (347 words)

	Moscow: Grand Kremlin Palace
		It was not until the 1740s that the famous architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli, commissioned by Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, renovated the czar's palace which had fallen into decay and erected a splendidly ornamental building on the old 15th-century foundations.
		The new palace was 125 meters long and had a total floor area of some 25,000 square meters.
		Because of its three rows of windows and substantial height (about 47 meters), the palace appears to be three stories high, but in fact there are only two, for the windows of the top floor are set in two tiers.
	www.russiamoscow.info /default.aspx?ss=moscow&p=2&a=5&=Grand+Kremlin+Palace (271 words)

	Terem Palace in the Moscow Kremlin, Russiaa
		The Terem Palace, easily spotted behind the Church of the Deposition of the Robe by its eleven gilded onion domes, served as the Imperial residence until Emperor Peter the Great moved the Russian capital to St. Petersburg in 1712.
		The Palace is a multi-tiered building, incorporating two medieval churches built one on top of the other, two levels of service quarters and the royal suite created for Mikhail Romanov in the early 17th century.
		The palace lay in disuse for many years whilst the Tsars chose to rule Russia from Peter's northern capital of St. Petersburg, and was eventually refurbished in 1837 in splendid 17th century style, with elaborate tiled stoves, gilded stucco and painted ceiling vaults.
	www.moscow-taxi.com /sightseeing/kremlin/terem-palace.html (534 words)

	Palace of the Facets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Palace of Facets is the oldest secular building, not only in the Kremlinbut in the whole of Moscow.
		The name of the palace, which is almost exactly squarein plan, comes from the faceted limestone blocks which pattern the mainfront - a form of rustication which originated in the Early Italian Renaissance.
		The Palace of Facets is a large chamber with high grained vaults restingon a thick central rectangular pillar.
	www.moscowkremlin.ru /ns/english/36.html (164 words)

	palace -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The first palace was built in 814 and was burned by the populace in 976.
		Beside it is the Terem Palace, built in 1635 and 1636, which incorporates the Church of the Nativity of Our Lady, dating from 1393.
		South of the basilica is the 16th-century Doges' Palace.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Palace of Facets
		The Palace of the Facets (Грановитая Палата) is part of what is now known as the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.In the 19th century, the Palace of the Facets, along with the Terem Palace, was incorporated into the Great Kremlin Palace.
		Named after its distinctive stonework facade, the Palace of the Facets is all that is left of a larger royal palace, commissioned by Ivan III in 1485 and finished six years later.
		The Palace of the Facets is the work of two Italian architects, Marco Ruffo and Pietro Solario.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Palace_of_Facets (263 words)

	The Moscow Kremlin - Kremlin map
		The first stone quarters in the Tsars’ palace later named the Terem palace were built in 1635-1636 for the Tsar Mikhael Fyodorovich by masters Bazhen Ogurtsov (Cucumber), Antip Konstantinov, Trefil Sharutin and Larion Ushakov.
		During the construction of the Grand Kremlin Palace, the Terem Palace was included to the new complex of palatial buildings.
		Nowadays, the Terem Palace as a part of the Grand Kremlin Palace’s complex belongs to the residence of the President of the Russian Federation.
	www.kremlin.museum.ru /en/main/kremlin/buildings/Teremnoy_dvorets (242 words)

	Moscow (city) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Moscow (city) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The palace complex incorporates a number of historic buildings, including the Faceted Palace, the Tsarina's Golden Chamber, and the Terem Palace.
		From left to right the buildings are: the Grand Kremlin Palace (built 1838–49), the 15th-century Cathedral of the Annunciation, the Tainitskaya Tower, the Archangel Cathedral (burial place of several tsars, including Ivan (IV) the Terrible), and the Ivan the Great Belltower, for many years the tallest building in Moscow.
		More prestigious public buildings from this period include the Kremlin Palace of Congresses (1959–61), the Ostankino television tower (1967) in the north of the city, and the former COMECON skyscraper (1969) next to the White House.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Moscow+(city) (1432 words)

	The Moscow Kremlin - Kremlin map
		In 1679-1682, the palace cathedrals’ complex was reconstructed.
		Equally with the Terem Palace, the complex may be called the architectural symbol of the XVII century’s Kremlin.
		Nowadays, the palace churches in the Grand Kremlin Palace’s complex belong to the residence of the President of the Russian Federation.
	www.kremlin.museum.ru /en/main/kremlin/buildings/Verhospasskiy_sobor (446 words)

	The Terem Palace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Terem Palace is made up of several rooms.
		Atop the arch is a lion with an apple in its mouth.
		A symbol that even the king of the jungle wouldn't dare repeat so much as one word heard in the Czar's Palace.
	uts.cc.utexas.edu /~powellm/terem.html (208 words)

	Kremlin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This article is about the Moscow Kremlin, the Kremlin Palaces and Kremlin Cathedrals overlooking Red Square in Moscow, the one almost exclusively known in theworld.
		The oldest secular structure still standing is the Palace ofFacets (1491), which holds the imperial thrones, it was commissioned by Ivan IV (the Terrible).
		The original Terem Palace was commissioned byIvan III, but most of the existing palace was built in the 17th century.The Terem Palace and the Palace of Facets are linked by the Grand Kremlin Palace.
	www.therfcc.org /kremlin-21928.html (540 words)

	Terem Palace - TheBestLinks.com - Kremlin, Moscow, Peter the Great, Romanov family, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The construction of the Terem Palace in the Moscow Kremlin began in the period 1635-1636.
		When the royal ladies ventured out of the Terem they had to cover their faces, and travel in closed carriages.
		Since rank prevented them from marrying outside the royal family, and religion ruled out foreign husbands, the Terem was, for the majority of Romanov women, a gilded cage.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Terem_Palace.html (204 words)

	The Moscow Kremlin - Kremlin map
		The Golden Tsarina’s Chamber was a part of the palace complex erected in the Kremlin in late XV—mid XIX centuries.
		The Anteroom or Passage Chamber is adjacent to the west of the Golden Tsarina’s Chamber.
		At present, the Golden Tsarina’s Chamber in the Kremlin Grand Palace is a hall of the President’s residence.
	www.kreml.ru /en/main/kremlin/buildings/Tsaritsina_Palata (331 words)

	Kremlin in Moscow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The palace's most prominent feature was its huge auditorium (6000 seats), the stage of which was surmounted by a monumental bas-relief head of Lenin surrounded by gilded rays.
		The Palace served as the Imperial residence until the removal of the capital to St. Petersburg in 1712.
		The last of the three palaces, the Great Kremlin, was built in the early 19th-century as a Moscow residence for Nicholas I. All three of the palaces possess extraordinary interior decorations belied by their rather unremarkable exteriors.
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	Best of Russia --- Imperial Style (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Terem Palace, easily spotted behind the Church of the Deposition of the Robe by its eleven gilded onion domes, served as the Imperial residence until Emperor Peter the Great moved the Russian capital to St.
		The palace was originally quite small and was built by the architect Braunstein for Catherine I (hence the palace's name), wife of Peter I, who presented it to her as a gift in 1718.
		Originally palace was decorated in rose and silver and was an private Imperial chapel, not open to the public as a parish church.
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	Moscow Russia - eTravel Russia organizes all forms of travel and excursions for Moscow Russia and other Russian cities. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Also within the area is The Grand Kremlin Palace, a collection of palaces and buildings that includes the Terem Palace and the 15th century Palace of Facets and the 17th century Poteshny Palace.
		The Palace of Congresses, built in the early 1960's, for the Communist Party congresses, is a sore modern thumb amidst the others.
		Not far from the area are the 15th century Church of the Deposition of the Virgin's Robe, the Patriarch's Palace and the massive Tsar's Bell and the Tsar's Canon.
	www.etravel-russia.com /Moscow-Russia/default.aspx (481 words)

	Montegrappa - The Russian Cosmopolitan
		The original building was gradually enlarged over the centuries, some of the additions being intended for religious purposes while others were built to house public offices or as private apartments for the Tsar and his family, until it eventually resembled a small town.
		The most fascinating part of this vast complex is the Terem Palace.
		The ground floor houses the workshops where craftsmen wove fabrics and made the ceremonial dress, the clothes and the linen for the rulers, while the upper floors housed the state rooms and private apartments of the Imperial Family.
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	Great Kremlin Palace in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia
		The palace on view today was commissioned in 1837 by Emperor Nicholas I, but stands on the site of the estate of the Grand Princes, established as far back as the 14th century.
		Intended to emphasize the greatness of the Russian autocracy, the palace was built on an enormous scale by the Emperor's favourite architect, creator of the Armory building and the Church of Christ the Savior, Konstantin Ton.
		In Soviet times, two of the Grand Kremlin Palace halls, the Alexandrovsky (St. Alexander) and Andreyevsky (St. Andrew) Halls, were combined into a single chamber to accommodate meetings and conferences of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and later of the Russian Federation.
	www.moscow-taxi.com /sightseeing/kremlin/great-kremlin-palace.html (868 words)

	The Palaces of the Moscow Kremlin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It was designed to link the older Terem Palace and Palace of Facets, with its new and glorious reception halls, a ceremonial red staircase, and private Imperial Apartments.
		Next to the Palace of the Facets, cite of the ceremonial thrones, is the household of the Czar, Terem Palace.
		The original Terem Palace was commissioned by Ivan the Great, nearly 500 years ago, but most of the palace you see today was built in the 17th Century by the first two Czars of the Romanov Dynasty, Czars Mikhail and Alexey.
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	The Moscow Kremlin - Kremlin map
		Ivan III’ Palace and palace of Empress Elisabeth Petrovna of the XVIII century.
		These are the Faceted Chamber (the XV century), the Golden Tsarina’s Chamber (the XVI century), the Terem Palace (the XVII century) and the palatial home churches.
		In 1933-1934, the Alexandrovsky and Andreevsky Halls of the Palace were reconstructed for the hall of Supreme Council of the USSR sessions.
	www.kreml.ru /en/main/kremlin/buildings/BKD (404 words)

	Kremlin: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Kremlin
		Kremlin is the Russian word for "citadel" and can refer to any major fortified complex found in Russian cities.
		But it is used almost exclusively for the Kremlin Palaces and Kremlin Cathedrals overlooking Red Square in Moscow.
		The oldest secular structure still standing is the Palace of Facets[?] (1491), which holds the imperial thrones, it was commissioned by Ivan IV (the Terrible).
	www.encyclopedian.com /kr/Kreml.html (515 words)

	Russia Engages the World - NYPL
		Although many of the structures of the Kremlin, including its walls, were designed in the 15th and 16th centuries by Italian architects hired by the tsar, the Terem Palace was designed by Russian architects.
		1462–1505) in the late 15th century and subsequently damaged by fire, the Terem Palace was greatly expanded during the reign of the first Romanov tsar, Mikhail Fedorovich (r.
		The palace served many functions, including providing space for diplomatic receptions, banquets, a throne room, and, on the upper floors, the personal chambers of the tsar and his family.
	russia.nypl.org /events/wiferef.html (164 words)

	Kremlin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Poteshny - or Amusement - Palace, a major monument of 17th century civilian architecture, is situated near the Kremlin wall between the Komendantskaya and Troitskaya towers.
		Boyar Miloslavsky lived here for 16 years; after his death the mansion went to the state, and in 1679 it was refurbished and used as a theater.
		The Poteshny Palace is the Kremlin’s only surviving example of boyar chambers.
	2004.kremlin.ru /eng/articles/Poteshny_Palace.shtml (205 words)

	The Moscow Kremlin: The Great Kremlin Palace of 19th Century
		The prince’s Terems in the Kremlin were first noted in the mid-14th century and were associated with prince Ivan Kalita.
		The exterior of the palace is designed according to a model typical of past centuries; the traditional approach is clearly expressed in the application of decorative techniques.
		The palace has carved white-stone pediments and double-arched plat bands on the window-openings with pendants suspended in the center (as in the 17th-century Terems).
	www.caroun.com /Countries/Europe/Russia/Kremlin/17-Kremlin-GreatKremlinPalace.html (2556 words)

	Kensington Palace -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		The palace was originally built for Sir George Coppin in the 17th century, and it became known as Nottingham House after it was purchased by an earl of Nottingham.
		Queen Anne died at the palace in 1714, as did George II in 1760, and Queen Victoria was born there in 1819.
		In 1912–14 the palace's State Apartments were used by the London Museum, which again used the site (1950–75) prior to the opening of the Museum of London in the central City.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9094608 (1000 words)

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		To the east of the Terem Palace there are four domestic churches: the Church of St. Catherine, the Verkhospassky Cathedral, the Church of the Crucifixion and the Church in Commemoration of the Resurrection of Christ.
		Situated near the Tsarina’s Golden Chamber, it was a part of the tsarina’s chamber and the main church for the women’s apartments.
		Like all domestic churches of the Terem Palace, it has a 17th century copper roof and 11 small drums with gilded cupolas.
	www.kremlin.ru /eng/articles/Cathedrals06.shtml (274 words)

	Welcome to Russia - www.go-to-russia.ru (Moscow - Excursions) - Welcome to Russia. Discover Russia. Travel to Russia. ...
		Cathedral Square - the center of the Kremlin with the 15th century Assumption Cathedral, the main church of Russia, the 15th century Annunciation Cathedral, the private church of Russian tsars and the 16th century Cathedral of the Archangel, the burial place of the tsars.
		This ensemble includes Granovitaya Palace of the 15th century, the Terem Palace of the 17 century, the residence of the tsars, St. George's Hall and the Vladimir Hall, which today are the sites of the ceremonial signing of important international documents - 2 hours;
		The 18th century architectural ensemble has survived to the present and includes the Palace, the Church with the belfry, the Dutch House, the Italian House and the Grotto, the Orangery and the Hermitage.
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