Kremlin New Year Tree

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December 31st 2021
The name "Kremlin" means "fortress inside a city" and that is where our tour started today in cathedral square. Anna explained the traditions of the New Year Tree. From the forest to the heart of Moscow: Kremlin’s New Year tree is about 28 metres tall and the span of its lower branches around ten metres As tradition has it, the selection for a tree starts back in April and this year 37 fir t ... read more

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more