Peter-the-Great stands in front of the Moscow House of Artist (on the left) which you may visit for a sense of modern Russian art scene.
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A Walk Around the Moscow Kremlin BOLSHOI KAMENNY
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Set 1 - Sofia Embankment and
Moskvoretsky Bridge Set 2 - Red Square Set 3 - Manezh Square Set 4 - Alexander Garden Set 5 - Troitsky (Trinity) Tower Set 6 - Borovitsky (Pine Forest) Square Set 7 - Bolshoi Kamenny (Big Stone) Bridge YOU ARE HERE Added later: Inside the Kremlin and in the Armory |
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Now we are on top of the Big Kamenny ("Stone") bridge. Looking
west we see probably one of the creations of Moscow's official public sculptor Tsaritelli.
Peter-the-Great stands in front of the Moscow House of Artist (on the left) which you may visit for a sense of modern Russian art scene. |
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Another shot to keep you oriented. The House on the Embankment is on the left, and we are looking west from the Bolshoi Kamenny bridge. The Kremlin is behind us and a bit to the right. |
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Wondered where all the snow was? That's part of the answer. |
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Christ-the-Savious seen from the Kamenny bridge. The No. 1 library is on our right, the House on the Embankment on our left, and the Kremlin is behind us. |
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Another example of an indicator tower. This one if for wind direction. |
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Compare the gold on the domes of Ivan-the-Great bellfry below and the dome of this newly constructed Christ-the-Savior. A taxi driver pointed this out to me some time ago. "It was not built in the right spirit", he explained, "and gold turns dark when the spirit is impure". |
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Ivan-the-Great bellfry build aroun 1610 as a make-work project to stimulate the economy decimated by the Times of Troubles. |
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Far side of the bridge. We are over the Sofia Embankment where we started. |
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Posted Feb. 18, 2002 - Last update Feb. 18, 2002
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