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This excellent set of pictures in a courtesy of
Chris Phillips and Oxana Kvasova.

 

INSIDE THE MOSCOW KREMLIN

PART 2

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cathedral_5_sm.jpg (13137 bytes) Old frescas and icons inside the cathedral.

You are expected to look at them with the expression of appreciation that changes to awe after you hear their age.

I am not an Orthodox Christian, quite to the contrary. Still, I find the use of icons as tourist attractions or souvenirs to be obscene and offensive.

armour_sm.jpg (14277 bytes) Now we are in the Armory. Old weapons would be neat if not for for their excessive abundane.
chair_sm.jpg (6694 bytes) A despot's throne, apparently. Comfort and simplicity are not a part of the Russian esthetics.
crown_sm.jpg (16326 bytes) A despot's crown. As I am doing this page I am starting to see why a disproportionate number of Russian rulers had major characer flaws to put it mildly.
eagle_sm.jpg (14887 bytes) An gold and silver eagle, decorated with diamonds.
horse_sm.jpg (8343 bytes) One diamond is beautiful. Two is better, but not twice so. In the old days people weren't aware of the law of diminishing returns and thus tended to over-decorate things.

A horse and a diamond-overloaded horsecloth.

horse2_sm.jpg (12777 bytes) Now we are in the hall with presents from foreign ambassadors to the Czar's court.

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Posted April 23, 2002 - Last update April 23,  2002

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