#moscow kremlin

[the-memphista]

Daniel Craig and Eva Green in front of the Dormition Cathedral in Moscow, 2006

[loiladadiani]

Monument to Grand Duke Sergey Alexandrovich in the Kremlin

Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich was one of Alexander III's younger brothers. His views were as reactionary as his brother's. He held considerable power during Alexander's reign and continued to do so under his nephew Nicholas II. Sergei was also the Tsar's brother-in-law, as he married Empress Alexandra's sister, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna.

After a long and distinguished military career, he was appointed Governor General of Moskow, a position only answerable to the Tzar. Although Sergei was often condemned as a complete reactionary during his governorship, according to his brother-in-law Ernest, Grand Duke of Hesse, he wanted and strove for improvements, which angered conservatives, but blocked revolutionary reforms, which infuriated radicals because he considered them impractical or thought that Russia was not ready for them. He held his post as governor of Moscow for nearly fifteen years. Sergei resigned during great political unrest, not only tired after many years of service but also dissatisfied with the policies of the new Tsar. Fearing an assassination attempt, he moved his family into the Kremlin and took many security precautions. His premonition was correct. On his way out of the Kremlin, he was blown to pieces by a terrorist bomb.

Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna was devastated by her husband's death and decided to take the veil. In 1908 she had a monument built to Sergei's memory in the exact place of his assassination. In 1918, the Bolsheviks destroyed the memorial. It was restored in 1998 in the Novospassky Monastery, where Sergei's remains are buried. The second restored monument was consecrated in the Moscow Kremlin in 2017, where the original monument once stood. (gcl)

[craftsart]

Vasily Semyonov - Silversmith

Silver gilded tea and coffee service overlooking the Moscow Kremlin, Vasily Semyonov, sold by Alexander Matissen, Moscow, 1884. Read the full article

[sovietpostcards]

Moscow celebrates its 876th birthday this weekend (Sep. 9-10). Here's a postcard set from 1985, when the city was 38 years younger.

[mim70]

Moscow, inside the Kremlin.

[classic-art-favourites]

Nicholas II by Boris Kustodiev, 1915.

[semioticapocalypse]

Roger Fenton. South Front of the Kremlin from the Old Bridge. 1852

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[carbone14]

Winston Churchill et Joseph Staline partagent une blague au Kremlin – Moscou – 1942

©Imperial War Museums - (MOI) FLM 1117

[wgm-beautiful-world]

IZMAILOVO CASTLE - MOSCOW, RUSSIA

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

Reliant on government sources and edited by Russian editors, Russian-language Wikipedia pages have often featured pro-Kremlin narratives, especially in relation to Russia’s war against Ukraine. For example, while articles in English have clearly indicated the illegal and disputed nature of Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and its occupation of Donetsk, the Russian-language pages have previously downplayed the role of the Russian military and portrayed Donetsk as a people’s separatist republic (though it has since been changed and is now consistent with the English version).

Another example is the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. While the English-language version acknowledges that the flight was shot down by the Russian military, which is the international consensus, Russian Wikipedia has called it a “catastrophe” without any attribution of guilt. There are also many inconsistencies having to do with famous historical figures appropriated by Russia, such as those of King Volodymyr the Great or Nestor the Chronicler, both of whom lived in Kyiv... MORE

[welcomemoscowwalks]

Flowers of the Alexander Garden. Moscow, near Kremlin.

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View of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia

Russian vintage postcard

[mariocki]

Roger Delgado makes a brief appearance as an unnamed but helpful Argentine diplomat, in Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!: Two Against the Kremlin (1.13, ABPC, 1957)

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

P.S. Yes, this is the right way to end the war, but the West does not even want to stop doing business with a war criminal! and state sponsor of terrorism? Russian imports and exports are still not blocked...and the Russians continue to manufacture weapons from Western-supplied components; and the West throws hysteria almost every time when some "debris" hits Moscow or its allies!?

[sovietpostcards]

Fireworks in Moscow (1940s)

[vintage-russia]

"View of the Kremlin in inclement weather " (1851)

Aleksey Savrasov (1830-1897)