Gorky Park is one of my favourite places to spend time, next to Collingwood having a win at the 'G'.
It's origins go back to the 1700's but the Parks present birth dates to 1928. Soviet Avant-Garde architect Konstantin Melinkov planned the parks construction with the amalgamation of various surrounding gardens and expansion of the site to 120 ha. M A Gorky (Maxim) 1868-1936, socialist writer and activist, had the Park named in his honour in 1932.
The Moscow Kremlin is one of a dozen or more city Kremlins in Russia. Construction of Kremlins goes back centuries and were fortified fortresses within a city as a last line of defence to protect the city authority. Obviously, Moscow's is the most well known.
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| Kremlin entrance (one of) |
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| Kremlin guards (Similar to Buck. Palace) |
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| Kremlin Cathedrals |
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| Kremlin Bell Tower |
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| Kremlin Bell that never rang. Bell tower burnt to ground when bell was ready to be installed. Heat mixed with water to put out fire did the damage. Over 100 t, 26 of silver and 72 of gold going back to 1700's. Biggest in world. |
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| Everything is big. Over 40 t and 5,5 metres long 890 mm calibre and never fired a shot in anger |
Misc. is a generic term allowing me to post anything else I feel like.
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| Central Moscow |
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| Arbat St |
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| Ministry of Foreign Affairs Smolenskaya. |
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| GUM department store complex next to Red Square |
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| Central Moscow |
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| Wide thoroughfares |
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| Central Moscow |
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| Along the Moscow River |
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| Central Moscow |
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| Arbat St |