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Red Fortress History and Illusion in the Kremlin

Catherine Merridale

A magisterial, richly detailed history of the Kremlin, and of the centuries of Russian elites who have shaped it―and been shaped by it in turn The Moscow Kremlin is the heart of the Russian state, a fortress whose blood-red walls have witnessed more than eight hundred years of political drama and e...

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It was described as having a lovely aesthetic beauty and was used for research by the author, who found it hard to believe she was in the middle of Moscow while inside due to the contrast in atmosphere.

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Those limestone buildings, the Italian buildings are so lovely and the light is very beautiful.

— Episode: The Kremlin

Episode: The Kremlin

It was described as having a lovely aesthetic beauty and was used for research by the author, who found it hard to believe she was in the middle of Moscow while inside due to the contrast in atmosphere.

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Those limestone buildings, the Italian buildings are so lovely and the light is very beautiful.

And it's very hard to believe you are where you are because there is Moscow all around you with all the noise, all the horns, all the sort of diesel fumes, all the stress.

And inside you're in another world.

And it must be very difficult for somebody who works in the Kremlin to relate to what's going on outside and you are actually physically higher up because it's on a hill.

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