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EXCURSIONS IN MOSCOW:
CITY TOUR + ST. BASIL’S CATHEDRAL
This City tour in Moscow will help you to get acquainted with Moscow – the capital of Russia.
You will find out peculiar detail about the history of this ancient city, as Moscow’s origins have long been shrouded of the
mystery of time; there are countless stories and myths about Moscow.
You will see the unique historical, architectural and cultural landmarks: the Kremlin, the Cathedral of the Intercession on
the Moat (which people renamed as the Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed), the Bolshoy Theatre, the Cathedral of Christ the
Savior.
You’ll feel the originality and the grandeur of Moscow – the center of political, financial, cultural and spiritual life of
Russia.
The Red Square has always been the main square of Moscow.
Here heralds announced the Tsar’s decrees and Sovereign’s will to the crowds who gathered.
On Major Religious festivals there were religious processions from the Kremlin to the Red Square, on such days the whole
square was full of people, and it resembled an open–air Church.
The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed
Commonly known as Saint Basil's Cathedral, is a church in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. The building, now a museum,
is officially known as the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat or Pokrovsky Cathedral. It was
built from 1555-61 on orders from Ivan the Terrible and commemorates the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan. A world famous
landmark it was the city's tallest building until the completion of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in 1600.