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2011: Implementation of a 3D human face recognition system to control access to one of the objects
In 2011, Science-Technology-Security (NTB) implemented a project to introduce a 3D human face recognition system to control access to one of the objects of the Moscow Kremlin. Read more here.
1994: Dismantling of Lenin Monument
The monument to Lenin, erected in 1967 on the site of the previously demolished monument to Alexander II, was dismantled in 1994 during the period of socio-economic and political reforms in the country. The sculpture was moved to the "Park of Arts" on the Crimean embankment, and then to Leninsky Gorki.
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In 1967, a monument to V.I. Lenin, designed by sculptor V.B. Pinchuk and architect S.B. Speransky.
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1941: Disguise after the outbreak of World War II
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1936: Artist of the Bolshoi Theater Fyodor Fedorovsky made drawings and models of ruby stars for the Kremlin towers
In 1936, the artist of the Bolshoi Theater Fedor Fedorovsky made drawings and models of ruby stars installed on the tops of the towers of the Moscow Kremlin.
1918: Dismantling of the monument to Alexander II
Since March 1918, the Kremlin became the seat of the Soviet government. The monument to the emperor as a symbol of deposed power was destroyed first. Already in the summer, the figure of Alexander II was removed, the hay and the gallery stood until the end of the 1920s.
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1898: Opening of the Alexander II Memorial Complex
The memorial complex dedicated to Alexander II was built at the initiative of his son Emperor Alexander III in memory of the tsar-reformer, the tsar-liberator, who abolished serfdom in 1861. The monument was laid in 1893 in the southeastern part of the Kremlin over the hillside facing the Moskva River. Architect N.V. Sultanov, sculptor A.M. Opekushin and artist P.V. Zhukovsky took part in its creation. Construction was carried out for five years with nationwide donations.
On August 16, 1898, the monument was inaugurated.
In the center of the monument on a rectangular pedestal was a statue of the emperor, cast in dark bronze. Above it towered a tent hay in the style of architecture XVII with a gilded roof. The inscription was placed on the pedestal: "Emperor Alexander the love of the people." The central figure of the emperor, facing Ivanovo Square, was surrounded on three sides by a through arched gallery, on the arches of which 33 mosaic portraits of Russian sovereigns from St. Vladimir to Nicholas I. The portraits were made according to the sketches of P.V. Zhukovsky - the son of the famous poet.
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This small turret, placed directly on the wall, is located between the Spasskaya and Nabatnaya towers. In its place, on the plans of Moscow of the late XVI - early XVII centuries, a tetrahedral volume is shown, completed by a low tent, probably wooden.
The turret took on a modern look in the 1680s. On four pitcher-shaped pillars rests an elegant octagonal tent, crowned with a gilded weather vane and resembling a 17th-century runduky wing.
1872: Monighetti Pavilion on Kremlin Embankment
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1852: Map
1842: Construction of the Grand Kremlin Palace
1826: Coronation of Nicholas I
The throne chair was made for the coronation of Nicholas I and was in the Faceted Chamber from 1826 to 1849. After the resumption of the decoration of the hall in the 1840s, the chair was deposited in the Armory of the Moscow Kremlin, and a copy was installed in its place, differing only in the spelling of the imperial cipher.
It arrived at the Gatchina State Museum of Fine Arts from the museums of the Moscow Kremlin in 1977.
1675: Map
XVI-XVII centuries: Procession on the donkey on the feast of Palm Sunday
In written sources, the march on the donkey on Palm Sunday has been mentioned since the 16th century, when it was held only in the Kremlin.
Since the XVII century, the procession passed from the Assumption Cathedral through the Spassky Gate to the Entrance Jerusalem Chapel of the Intercession Cathedral (Church of St. Basil the Blessed) on Red Square.
After 1693, documents on the procession were not preserved.
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