Grand Kremlin Palace
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The Grand Kremlin Palace is a building in the Moscow Kremlin. For much of the 19th century, it served as the official residence of the Russian emperor in Moscow, which was not then the capital of the
View from across the Moskva River
Kremlin Palace and churches, early 1920s
Layout of 2nd floor
The Hall of the Order of St. George
The Supreme Soviet of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was the highest organ of state authority of the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1991. Based on the principle of unified power, it was the only b
Grand Kremlin Palace
…and the Palace of Congresses. Aleksandrovsky Hall and Andreyevsky Hall were combined in Soviet times to be used for meetings and conferences of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR; but they were lavishly restored in accordance with Thon's designs in the 1990s. The Grand Kremlin Palace is 125 metres long and 47 metres high. The…
Supreme Soviet 1982