Description: Located in the heart of
Moscow (all streets radiate from here) is the Red Square (Krásnaya plóshchad). Once a slum for the merchants of Moscow, now the square is a must-see attraction when visiting Russia. Separating the
Kremlin from the mercantile areas of the city, the Red Square has become a symbol for the volatile history of Russia. And although many of the building around it are in fact red, the name does not reflect the architecture or the communistic past of the country but instead comes from a translation of an old Russian word for beautiful. Several of Moscow’s most famous landmarks surround it such as
St. Basil’s Cathedral and
Lenin’s tomb.The plaza had also been called Trinity Square and Fire Square in the past and was accepted as a World Heritage Site in the early 90’s.
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