Ivanovskaya Square
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Ivanovskaya Square is the largest Kremlin square. It's name comes from the Ivan the Great Bell Tower.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, many government bodies were situated in the Ivanovskaya Square. It was the site of the Prikazy (Offices), the equivalent of today's Ministries. Yamskoi Prikaz, one of the offices, handled the delivery of private letters. Thus, it became the first postal address in Moscow. Court services and chanceries of various departments were also situated here.
At the end of the 1920s and early 1930s, the square was enlarged after the demolition of the Maly Nikolayevsky Palace and the Monastery of The Ascension.
Today, the square is cobbled like most of the territory of the Kremlin. It offers a view of one of the three corners of the Senate and the facade of the Presidium, one of the Kremlin’s administrative block that was erected in 1929, in place of the destroyed historic buildings.
[edit] References
- About Ivanovskaya Square. Moscow.Info. Retrieved on 2007-12-07.
- About Ivanovskaya Square. Retrieved on 2007-12-07.
Moscow Kremlin |
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| Dormition Cathedral | Archangel Cathedral | Annunciation Cathedral |
| Church of the Twelve Apostles | Church of the Deposition of the Robe | Saviour Church |
| Chudov Monastery | Ascension Convent |
| Ivan the Great Bell Tower | Tsar Bell | Tsar Cannon |
| Grand Kremlin Palace | Palace of Facets | Terem Palace | Amusement Palace | Patriarchal Chamber |
| State Kremlin Palace | Senate | Arsenal | Armoury | Diamond Treasury |
| Hill | Sobornaya Square | Ivanovskaya Square |
| Wall | Towers | Armorial Gate | Necropolis | Stars | Chiming Clock |
