Moscow - Shades of red

The capital of Russia has always been a place of controversy and myth.

  • A spark in the dark

    A spark in the dark

    St Basil's Cathedral stands firmly against the Nikolskaya tower and the brick walls of the Kremlin. The red star was originally installed in 1935.

    [Red Square, Moscow]

  • Keep out

    Keep out

    The walled area contains a variety of buildings constructed during different centuries. The Assumption Cathedral was constructed in the 1470s by an Italian architect and was the main church of Russia for four centuries.

    [Assumption Cathedral in Kremlin, Moscow]

  • Red in rain

    Red in rain

    [State Historical Museum at Red Square, Moscow]

  • Buried in granite

    Buried in granite

    The final resting place of Vladimir Lenin is located next to the Kremlin Wall, a necropolis area where also Stalin and the other guys are buried.

    [Lenin's mausoleum at the Red Square, Moscow]

  • Here be onions

    Here be onions

    [Red Square, Moscow]

  • Beneath the domes

    Beneath the domes

    [Novodevichy Monastery, Moscow]