Red Square facts for kids
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View from northwest, from the State Historical Museum, with Saint Basil's Cathedral and the Spasskaya Tower in the background
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Location | Moscow, Russia |
Criteria | Cultural: i, ii, iv, vi |
Inscription | 1990 (14th Session) |
Red Square (Russian: Красная площадь, Krasnaya ploshchad) is the most famous city square in Moscow, Russia. The square separates the Kremlin, the former royal citadel and currently the official residence of the President of Russia, from a historic merchant quarter known as Kitay-gorod (China-Town). As major streets of Moscow radiate from here in all directions, being promoted to major highways outside the city, the Red Square is often considered the central square of Moscow and of all Russia.
Red Square and the Kremlin are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Joseph Stalin's body was preserved near Red Square, in Lenin's mausoleum. It was later moved and reburied deep behind the Kremlin Wall without any ceremony.
Red Square is a popular tourist attraction in Russia.
Images for kids
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Moscow Kremlin (finished 1495)
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Execution of streltsy by Tsar Peter I (to the right on a horse) in Red Square, 1698 (painted 1881)
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Minin-Pozharsky monument from 1818 commemorating the expulsion of the Polish forces from Moscow, 19th century
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2008 Military parade marking the sixty-third anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War
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Red Army soldiers cheer Joseph Stalin in Red Square in a scene from the 1942 film Moscow Strikes Back
See also
In Spanish: Plaza Roja para niños