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3 unusual facts about Moscow Kremlin


Ethan Hunt

In the fourth film of the franchise, Hunt (having just escaped from prison) and his IMF team are blamed for an attack that destroys the Kremlin, resulting in the entire IMF division being disavowed.

Ignatius Stelletskii

He attempted to obtain permission to conduct excavations in the Moscow Kremlin; however, the Soviet government did not allow him to.

Moscow Kremlin

The nearest stations to the Moscow Kremlin are: Biblioteka Imeni Lenina (Sokolnicheskaya Line), Arbatskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line), Alexandrovsky Sad (Filyovskaya Line) and Borovitskaya (Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line).


Alexander Kokorinov

Kokorinov and Karl Blank studied arts and architecture in Moscow under Ivan Korobov, and in 1749 Kokorinov was hired by prince Dmitry Ukhtomsky, then the leading Moscow architect of Elisabethan Baroque and dean of an architectural school based in Moscow Kremlin.

Mosfilm

The famous Mosfilm logo, representing the monument "Worker and Kolkhoz Woman" by Vera Mukhina and Spasskaya Tower of the Kremlin, was introduced in 1947 in the musical comedy, Spring directed by Grigori Aleksandrov and starring Lyubov Orlova and Nikolai Cherkasov.

Pantheon, Moscow

A likely location would probably have been opposite the Kremlin, on the Sophie quay by the Moscow River.

Pashkov House

The Pashkov House is the famous Neoclassical mansion that stands on a hill overlooking the western wall of the Moscow Kremlin, near the crossing of the Mokhovaya and Vozdvizhenka streets.

Philipp Schall von Bell

In 1823, the tomb of Werner Schall von Bell was discovered in the mud of Yakimanka District, and since then was preserved, first in Rumyantsev Museum and now in Moscow Kremlin.

Pyro 2

Real buildings represented in this game include: the IRS Building and the White House in Washington D.C., the Moscow Kremlin, and Buckingham Palace.

Tented roof

During his time at office, many beautiful tented churches were demolished, notably the ones in Staritsa and the Moscow Kremlin.

Tobolsk Kremlin

The Siberian Metropolitan Paul (who, before the appointment to Tobolsk, was the Archimandrite of the Chudov Monastery in the Moscow Kremlin) supervised the construction.

Vadim Delaunay

On August 25, 1968, he and seven other dissidents organized the now-famous demonstration in support of the Prague Spring in Red Square near the Moscow Kremlin.


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Dinar of Hereti

Today, on the north wall of the Throne Hall in the Moscow Kremlin, there hangs an image of Holy Queen Dinar mounted on a white horse, victorious over the enemy.