Moscow Kremlin

Moscow Kremlin

Moscow Kremlin is a group of fortifications and civic and religious buildings in the heart of Moscow, opposite the Moscova River in the south, the Red Square in the East and the Alexander Garden in the west . It is the best known of the Kremlin, including four Russians and four palaces cathedrals, grouped inside an enclosure delimited by the walls of the Kremlin, including the towers of the Kremlin. In the eleventh and twelfth centuries was a Slav population, with a small town, the fortified home of the local boyars Kuchka. In ancient times the word "kreml" used to describe the walls in the center of a city. In 1147 Moscow was mentioned first in the annals. In 1156 a trench was dug and built a wall of earth. By the end of the twelfth century fortress was built around a strong colony of merchants and artisans gathered in Moscow as a haven. Moscow then occupied the entire third part of the area of the current Kremlin. In 1238 the city was opposed to the Mongol hordes in the thirteenth century, while the country recovers from the devastation by the Mongols and the Tatars, Moscow gained prominence.