Tverskoy District

Saviour Tower and Lenin's Mausoleum

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aka Assumption Cathedral or Cathedral of the Assumption

"The Cathedral of the Dormition (Russian: Успенский Собор, or Uspensky sobor), also known as the Assumption Cathedral or Cathedral of the Assumption is a Russian Orthodox church dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos. It is located on the north side of Cathedral Square of the Moscow Kremlin in Russia, where a narrow alley separates the north from the Patriarch's Palace with the Twelve Apostles Church. Southwest is Ivan the Great Bell Tower. Separately in the southwest, also separated by a narrow passage from the church, is the Palace of Facets. The Cathedral is regarded as the mother church of Muscovite Russia. In its present form it was constructed between 1475–79 at the behest of the Moscow Grand Duke Ivan III by the Italian architect Aristotele Fioravanti. From 1547 to 1896 it is where the Coronation of the Russian monarch was held. In addition, it is the burial place for most of the Moscow Metropolitans and Patriarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church." From Wikipedia

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Department Store

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Metrostation Mayakovskaya

Basilius-Kathedrale

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Metrostation Mayakovskaya

Metrostation Dostoyevskaya

Metrostation Dostoyevskaya

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View from Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge

"Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building is one of seven Stalinist skyscrapers laid down in September 1947 and completed in 1952, designed by Dmitry Chechulin (then Chief Architect of Moscow) and Andrei Rostkovsky. The main tower has 32 levels (including mechanical floors) and is 176 metres (577 ft) tall. The building also incorporates a 9-story apartment block facing Moskva River, designed by the same architects in 1938 and completed in 1940. Originally build in stern early Stalinist style, with wet stucco wall finishes, it was re-finished in terra cotta panels in line with the main tower and acquired ornate pseudo-Gothic crowns over its 12-story raised corners and center tower. By the end of World War II, the side wing was converted to multi-family kommunalka housing, in a contrast to the planned elite status of the main tower. The main tower, of a conventional steel frame structural type, has a hexagonal cross-section with three side wings (18-storeys, including two mechanical floors). While it is not exceptionally tall or massive, the "upward surge" of five stepped-up layers, from a flat 9-storey side wing to the spire, produce a visual image of a far superior structure. The structure hides behind itself a so-called "Shvivaya Gorka", a hill with historical architecture and a maze of steeply inclined streets. Chechulin was initially criticized for complete disregard of this area, but his bureaucratic influence brushed off any criticisms." From Wikipedia

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View from Manege Square with equestrian statue of Marshall Georgy Zhukov

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Metrostation Novoslobodskaya

Basilius-Kathedrale

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El Museo Estatal de Historia se encuentra en una de las esquinas de la Plaza Roja moscovita.

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Photo taken with Arthur Lookyanov, www.Moscow-Driver.com

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Metrostation Dostoyevskaya

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Kaufhaus GUM

Metrostation Mayakovskaya

And Statue of Minin and Pozharsky

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La Catedral de San Basilio fue construida por orden de Iván el Terrible a mediados del siglo XVI. Es uno de los elementos más destacados de la Plaza Roja de Moscú y, junto a ésta, Patrimonio de la Humanidad desde 1990.

Metrostation Novoslobodskaya

Metrostation Mayakovskaya

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View from Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge

Photo taken with Arthur Lookyanov, www.Moscow-Driver.com

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View from Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge

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