Red Square
Red Square (we were told it's a mis-translation of Beautiful Square) is bordered by the high-end GUM shopping mall on the left, the iconic St Basil's Cathedral at the end, and the Kremlin wall and Lenin's Tomb on the right (not the clock tower). In my memory it is not as big as Tienanmin Square, but it is still massive. Russia's leaders view the May Day military parade from a platform of Lenin's Tomb. Lenin's body is embalmed and on display under glass, and there is some debate whether he should be interred elsewhere.
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 
