Moscow Kremlin

Moscow was founded as one of many small city-states in what is now Western Russia and Ukraine. In fact, Moscow was one of the last ones founded, as it was first established as a landmark sometime during the twelfth century. This is late for the period, as the powerful cities of Novgorod and Kiev are more than 300 years older. Founded by __Yuri Dolgorukiy__, it was soon important enough to have its own fortress, known as a __Kremlin__. Situated on the Moskva River, it was a considerable stronghold.

Russia’s economy during this time was also changing. Moscow was expanding, along with other cities in Russia. Ivan III had tripled Russia’s territory during his reign. When Boris Godunov, who succeeded Feodor I, came into power around 1581, he introduced a new act that increased

Ivan III the Great, the Grand Prince of Moscow was especially successful in this task, conquering Novgorod, Tver and Pskov, thus tripling Moscow’s territory after completely defeating the Mongols. Eventually, through warfare, politics and marriages the Grand Princes of Moscow claimed to be the undisputed and autocratic rulers of the entire Russian territory, with total control of economic, military and foreign affairs, which are now commonly called tsars. Ivan IV the Terrible, was the first Russian ruler to crown himself “Tsar”. Despite the fact that Ivan the Terrible had many positive characteristics, he totally deserved the name “terrible”, which was given to him by the people. Although Ivan the Terrible was a well educated and intelligent, and has conquered large new territories for the Russian Empire, he is remembered as a cruel and heartless man, who held all of Russia in great

In Tsar Nicholas II’s early rule, his main objective was to uphold the European status quo. In the 1890s they began to expand their industries and the following year the Trans-Siberian railways were under construction. The strength of the Romanov rule was the church, army, political parties, and the secret police. Although they supported Tsar Nicholas II, soldiers joined riots against him and church’s supported him, but did not approve of his ways. The weakness of Tsar Nicholas II outweighs his strengths, being his incompetence of problems, economic and social, in Russia at the time.

“In 1709 Peter the Great rallied the country, evicted the invaders from the north and established his frontiers on the shores of the Baltic and the Gulf of Finland. Here on the swamp he had in 1703 begun construction of a new capital, St. Petersburg.”

At this time Russia was extremely politically active. Russia’s politically activity essentially started in 1510. In 1510 Moscow was named the Third Rome, the center of the Christian world. Russians were quite proud of this achievement; they believed that the first Rome had fallen, and the second Rome, Constantinople, fell, but they believed that Moscow would never fall. The Russians had a hereditary monarchy. This means that the crown passes down from generation to generation. Before 1547 the previous rulers had been kings and queens this changed with Ivan IV the Terrible. At age sixteen, Ivan IV was crowned king in 1547. Instead of just taking the title grand prince, however, he took the titles grand prince and tzar. Tzar is from the Latin

His “Petition of the City of Moscow on Being Regulated to Oblivion” is a literary critique of Peter’s moving the capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg. Karamzin’s “Love of Country and National Pride” sought to inspire national pride in Russia’s history and asserted the moral worth of the common people, in contrast to Peter’s lack of pride in either.

The Winter Palace takes over the Palace Square and the south embankment of the Neva River. (saint-petersburg.com) In the center of the palace square, an erection of Alexander on a column is found. The erection of Alexander was erected to honor the Russian victory over Napoleon in the 1812-1814 war.(tristarmedia.com) The Winter Palace consists of an imperial eagle on the gate. (saint-petersburg.com) This column

One of the world's great cities, Moscow (Russian Moskva) is the capital of Russia. Since it was first mentioned in chronicles of 1147, Moscow has played a vital role in Russian history; indeed the history of the city and of the Russian nation are closely interlinked. Today Moscow is not only the political centre of Russia but also the country's leading city in population, in industrial output, and in cultural, scientific, and educational importance. For more than 600 years Moscow has been the spiritual centre of the Russian orthodox church Although many places of worship were closed, converted into museums, or destroyed after the Revolution, Moscow retained a number of functioning Russian Orthodox churches in addition to a few other Christian

In Putin’s Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?, Karen Dawisha relates Russian President Vladmir Putin’s rise to power. She overarchingly claims that Putin is an authoritarian leader who has obstructed and even reverted Russia’s path of democratization, citing, amongst many factors that enabled his ascension, his “interlocking web of personal connections in which he was the linchpin” (100), money-laundering to tax havens and personal projects, and the complicity of the West. With copious research, journalistic interviews, legal documents, and even sporadic informational diagrams, it is evident why her book is so popular amongst scholars and history enthusiasts. Unfortunately however, in spite of the grand yet oftentimes substantiated claims she generates, a more subtle yet noteworthy assumption is made: that the state is a protector, as Olson proffered. She employs this theoretical underpinning from the beginning, though is not representative of Putin’s actual authoritarian regime.

The trees sway from a soft breeze as the Kremlin stands tall before us. With its unique elegance and vast colors, the Kremlin's structure demands discipline and obedience. The pillars themselves look like the main focus of the architecture while the arrangement of the onion domes surround the tower at the top in an orderly fashion as if to protect it. The detail of the Kremlin’s structure expresses patience and elegance with every stroke of the creator's instrument. On the outside of the Kremlin, the vast colors decorating it are light and soothing which helps express the gracefulness of the building and its professional working environment. The Kremlin consists of five palaces, four cathedrals, and the enclosing Kremlin wall with the Kremlin

There is very little we know about the early history of Russia. Though we don’t know much, what we do know about Russia’s early history is quite interesting. Russia started as a small group of cities inhabited by slavs and Scandinavians. The cities were usually invaded and taken over by outsiders. What we have found in archaeological digs gives us a better understanding of what it was like during those times. If you look deep into Russian history, you will find that the main city at the time was Novgorod. Moscow was never mentioned in the early history until 1147 AD. There other interesting things about Russia; you just have to be willing to look for them.

This paper will be a discussion of Saint Basil’s Cathedral, the world famous landmark situated within the Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Officially known as the Cathedral of Intercession by the Moat, the church was constructed by Tsar Ivan the Terrible between 1555 and 1561 and has today come to be an excellent representation of Russian architecture, despite its unusual design.

Like Russian art, Russian architecture has evolved through the ages, from the Byzantine and Eastern Orthodox styles of the Kievan Rus, to modern Western European styles (Whittaker, n.d.). If traveling throughout Russia, a distinctive style is apparent on all Russian churches. These churches, which were first built of wood, then of stone, usually have crosses topping rounded or onion domed towers. In fact, one of the most recognizable cathedrals in Russia, St. Basil’s Cathedral, which was commissioned in 1555 by Ivan the Terrible and is located in Red Square, in the city of Moscow, is a shining example of this type of decorative Russian architecture (History Channel, 2017).

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