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Top 10: Facts about the Red Square in Moscow you won’t believe are true
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The miraculous St. Basil’s CathedralIt is the most symbolic, and the most visited building around the Red Square. It was built by order of Ivan the Terrible between 1555 and 1561.
Many times, it’s been close to being destroyed.
Read about the attempts here.
St. Basil’s Cathedral survived
Napoleon’s invasion
Napoleon arrived in the Russian capital in 1812. He decided to use the church as a stable and for some strange reason did not destroy it.
St. Basil’s Cathedral survived
CommunismDuring the communist rule of Stalin, planned to destroy all religious monuments of any kind. But he refused to destroy the St. Basil’s Cathedral.
St. Basil’s Cathedral on
Tetris!Invented by Alexey Pajitnov in 1984 who decided to put the image of the cathedral as a symbol of pride in his country.
Watch the arcade image
The 2010 Historical parade of foreign troops
On 2010, the celebration of the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II took place. For the first time in history, foreign armies marched their troops in the square.
The day a plane landed on the Red
SquareOn March 28, 1987, Mathias Rust, decided it was time to land in the center of the square to send a “message of peace” and end war.How did he do it?
Read it here
Buried in the Red Square? What a honor!
Lenin is not the only one who is buried there, Josef Stalin, the writer Gorki, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and writer and activist American John Reed are buried as well.
