The Moscow Kremlin is the centre of the Russian State, a former residence of Russian Tsars. The Russian historian Nicolay Karamzin said: “the Kremlin is a place of great historical recollections.” No doubt the Kremlin and Red Square are the most important sights and at the same time symbols of the whole Russia. Since 1992 the Kremlin has been housing the residence of the president of the Russian Federation; that is why tourists can visit only the part of the Kremlin grounds on which cathedrals, the Armoury Chamber (the oldest museum of Russia) as well as the so-called Diamond Fund, a unique collection of precious stones and jewellery, are situated. The interiors of the cathedrals are decorated with frescoes, icons, precious stones and gold. In the Kremlin near the Bell Tower of Ivan the Great (81 m. in height) the Tsar-Bell, the largest bell in the world, rests on the pedestal. It weighs 202 tonnes; its height is 6.14 m.
Working hours: from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed: Thursday
Address: Kremlin, Museums of the Kremlin
