Red Square

Main article: History of Moscow

Buildings

• Moscow Kremlin
• State Historical Museum (GIM)
• GUM Trading House

2003

Performance by British musician Paul McCartney on Red Square, 2003

1987

Queue to Lenin's Mausoleum. Moscow. USSR. 1987

Matthias Rust's Red Square touchdown

The landing of Matthias Rust took place on the Day of the Border Troops of Russia

On May 28, 1987, 18-year-old German Matias Rust invaded the airspace of the Soviet Union and safely landed on Red Square in Moscow

Matthias Rust on Red Square, 1987

1977

Cameraman on Red Square, November 7, 1977, Moscow. Working moment of the parade.

1963

Queue in Lenin's mausoleum in 1959-1963

1961

Lenin and Stalin Mausoleum, Moscow, USSR, May 1, 1961.

Celebration of May 1 in 1961

Celebration of May 1 in 1961

1960

Graduation. Moscow, 1960

1955

Demonstration on Red Square on the anniversary of the October Revolution. 1955.

1953: Stalin's Funeral

Day of the funeral of I. Satalin, March 9, 1953

1945: Victory Parade in the Great Patriotic War

On June 24, 1945, the first parade of troops of the army, the Navy and the Moscow garrison was held in Moscow on Red Square to commemorate the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War.

It was decided to bring the Red Banner from Berlin, which was hoisted over the Reichstag on April 30, 1945 by scouts of the 150th Infantry Division Egorov and Kantaria.

1941: Fighters from the parade leave for the front a few kilometers away

Main article: World War II

Parade on Red Square in Moscow. The fighters went directly to the front, which was only a few kilometers away, on November 07, 1941.

1938

Military parade on Red Square in 1938

1936

Football match on Red Square, 1936.

Wheel at the sports parade. Red Square. Moscow. USSR. 1936

1932

Queue in the mausoleum of V.I. Lenin. Moscow. USSR. 1932

1928

Funeral of Russian capitalism on Red Square. A decorated tram carries a symbolic coffin with the body of Russian capitalism, Moscow, 1920s.

1927

Parade on Red Square, Moscow, 1927

1925

The second wooden Mausoleum of Lenin, 1925

1920

Exhibition of Civil War trophies on Red Square, 1920

1920. Tram on Red Square.

1918

On Red Square on Easter holidays. Moscow. RSFSR. May 5, 1918.

1915

At the monument to Minin and Prince Pozharsky on Red Square, photographer: Samuel Gopwood, Moscow province, Moscow, 1905-1915

1914

Red Square in 1914

1913: Palm bargaining

Palm bargaining or "Verba" is an annual spring bazaar that was organized on Red Square on Lazarev Saturday and Palm Sunday.

At the bazaar, they traded toys, icons, Easter eggs, living and paper flowers, sweets, books, and, of course, willow, which was supplied from the villages with whole cabins.

Red Square in Palm voskresenѣ, photographer: Samuel Gopwood, Moscow, 1910s.

You could buy a few modest twigs or a whole bunch decorated with rag and paper flowers, wax cherubs or papier mâché. For wealthier buyers, willow bouquets with cherubim made of painted porcelain or blown glass were offered.

Palm bargaining on Red Square at the Senate Tower. Alexander Alexandrovich Gubarev. 1913 GIM

In Orthodox culture, willow, one of the first flowering spring plants, is a symbol of the two-day feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem. At the same time, it was customary for the sacred willow to easily "fight" in order to strengthen health and get rid of evil spirits and evil eyes.

Palm bargaining on Red Square is mentioned by publicist I. S. Shmelev in the novel "Summer of the Lord":

"Gavrila is preparing the front flight - for the" palm skating "on Red Square, where the palm bargaining, which is called" Verba, "is already making noise. At the Kremlin itself, under the ancient walls. There, throughout the square, near Minin-Pozharsky, under the church of St. Basil, under the Holy Gate with a clock, they are called "Savior Gates," and they always take off their hats - "willows walk," the great bargaining is a festive commodity, Easter toys, images, paper flowers, all sorts of sweets, Easter different testicles and - willow. Gorkin says that this is how it happened from antiquity, for the Bright Day you need to save yourself, this. We go with Gorkin to Kazanskaya, ringing, early. They go to meet and go with "Verba," carry wreaths on images, red balloons, boys whistle at whistles, knock "blacksmiths," blow into tin pipes, fight with verbs, fools. They go and go, and all willows, with leaves of lingonberry, which slept in the winter in the greenery under the snow. "

One of the last "Verbs" in the Russian Empire was captured by Alexander Alexandrovich Gubarev (1862 - after 1937) - an amateur photographer who left pictures of many streets of the pre-revolutionary Mother See. The photographs were acquired by the Historical Museum from the author.

1903

Red Square in 1901-1903

1900

Palm festivities in 1900

1899

View of Red Square. Parking of cabby crews on Red Square, photographer: Petr Petrovich Pavlov, Moscow province, Moscow, 1897-1899

1897

Spasskaya Tower of the Kremlin, 1896-1897

1896: Celebration of the Coronation of Nicholas II

Red Square, prepared for the celebrations on the occasion of the coronation of Nicholas II, 1896.

1718: Execution on the square of supporters of the first wife of Peter I Evdokia Lopukhina

After a brutal search, many supporters of the first wife of Peter I, Evdokia Lopukhina, were executed, others were beaten with a whip and exiled. In sympathy for Evdokia, monks and nuns of Suzdal monasteries, Metropolitan Ignatius of Krutitsky (Smola) and many others were convicted. Abbess of the Intercession Monastery Martha, treasurer Mariamna, nun Kapitolin and several other nuns were convicted and executed on Red Square in Moscow in March 1718.

1702: Kunst's German troupe gives musical performances on Red Square

Main article: Music in Russia in the XVIII century

In 1702, an ordinary troupe of entrepreneur Johann Kunst arrived in Moscow, who gave dramatic and musical performances in German for several years on Red Square in a specially built "comedy choir" for such an occasion. Then a long break followed in the development of such performances (1706-1731).