{"id":6222,"date":"2017-06-12T13:42:44","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T19:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/?p=6222"},"modified":"2025-09-09T11:32:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T17:32:39","slug":"a-tour-of-the-kremlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/12\/a-tour-of-the-kremlin\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tour of the Kremlin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/guide-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6224\" style=\"width:388px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/guide-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/guide-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/guide-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/lundeby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/guide.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Aleksey arranged for an English speaking tour guide and we spent the day with her, in the rain, touring the many buildings of the Kremlin ( a fortress or citadel housing the offices of the Russian government. There are about a dozen in Russia, we were at the main one in Moscow).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before we begin the tour we visit the luxury shopping mall on the east side of Red Square. The GUM shopping arcade has been a hive of Moscow shopping activity since it opened more than a hundred years ago. GUM offers a range of shops and boutiques over three floors in a palatial glass-domed building with a movie theater and plenty of dining choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we enter the Kremlin grounds we are greeted by an of the impressive displays is the collection of canons representing battles won!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tsar Bell is made of bronze, but the bell cracked during a fire after being completed and has never been rung. 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