{"id":120,"date":"2022-02-11T01:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T01:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/russiable.com\/?p=120"},"modified":"2024-01-06T11:22:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T11:22:54","slug":"kremlin-moscow-buy-tickets-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/russiable.com\/kremlin-moscow-buy-tickets-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Moscow Kremlin: how to buy tickets (to avoid queues) and what to see"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Kremlin in Moscow continues to be a site that inspires many questions from tourists and I have to admit that it is a place that can be a little confusing. In this article, I try to explain what the Kremlin is, what parts can be visited, and how you can buy tickets online in order to avoid the long lines.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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1. What is the Kremlin?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The word Kremlin<\/strong> means strength or fortified city. In Russia, you can find more than 20 Kremlins, the majority of which are old medieval cities that, with the passage of time, have grown and whose populations have extended far beyond their walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most famous is the Kremlin of Moscow (Saint Petersburg does not have a Kremlin) whose significance since the end of the Soviet era has transformed and become synonymous with the Government of Russia, in the same way that the White House is with the government of the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The complex now includes numerous palaces and cathedrals, surrounded by the Kremlin Wall in which you can find the towers of the Kremlin. The eastern part borders the Red Square<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current Wall was constructed between the 15th and 16th Centuries, but the original Wall was made of would during the founding of Moscow somewhere around the year 1147.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kremlin has been the residence of the Tsars and today has two principal functions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n