Kremlin (1982)

Festive fireworks in the sky over Moscow.

Fireworks over the Moscow Kremlin, people on Red Square, people's faces.

View of the Moscow Kremlin and the Bolshoi Kamenny Bridge (above).

Deputy Chairman of the All-Union Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments Ivanov V.N. talks about the history of the Moscow Kremlin (synchronously and behind the scenes), panorama of the Moscow Kremlin.

View of part of the Moscow Kremlin and St.

Basil's Cathedral.

The building of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. The building where the Council of Ministers of the USSR is located.

Arrival of a motorcade of one of the foreign ambassadors.

A meeting in the Kremlin of diplomats from an African country.

Employees of the government apparatus walk along the territory of the Kremlin.

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Brezhnev L.I. enters the hall before the award ceremony.

Brezhnev reads the text of the speech.

Brezhnev conducts the awarding of cosmonaut Dzhanibekov V.A., standing next to him is First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Kuznetsov V.V. Mongolian cosmonaut Gurragcha Zh. and Dzhanibekov V.A. stand next to Brezhnev after the end of the award ceremony.

Delegates of the 19th Congress of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League descend the main staircase of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses.

Views of the hall of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses during the session of the 19th Congress of the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League.

Faces of the congress delegates.

Delegates in the foyer of the palace during a break in the session.

Avnov walks along the alley along the Kremlin wall.

Pages of one of the ancient chronicles, texts and illustrations of the chronicle.

Map of the first wooden Kremlin.

The Kremlin on an old map of Moscow.

Painting depicting the white-stone walls of the Moscow Kremlin.

Corridors of the Kremlin museums.

Archaeological finds in the museum exposition, remains of an ancient wooden log house.

Helmets, chain mail, coins and other exhibits in the museum display cases.

Painting depicting the Moscow Kremlin made of red brick.

Kremlin cathedrals in the painting.

View of part of the Moscow Kremlin (from above).

Views of sections of the Kremlin walls and towers.

Battlements with loopholes on the Kremlin walls.

Views of the Kremlin towers.

View of the Taynitskaya Tower.

The upper part of the Tsarskaya Tower.

Views of the Vodovzvodnaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin with a five-pointed star on the spire.

The Spasskaya Tower of the Kremlin, people on Red Square.

Fragments of the tower decorations.

Entrance to the Kremlin from the Kutafya Tower.

Tourists go to see the Kremlin.

Tourist groups on Cathedral Square in front of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

Ivanov talks about the history of Cathedral Square (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Panorama of the square and the Kremlin cathedrals.

Ivanov talks about the Assumption Cathedral (synchronously and behind the scenes), view of the cathedral building.

Domes of the Assumption Cathedral.

Images of the Assumption Cathedral on ancient frescoes.

Book reproductions of frescoes with images of ceremonies and services that took place in the cathedral.

Engraving depicting the coronation of Catherine II. View of part of the cathedral iconostasis.

Wall paintings and ancient icons of the cathedral.

Faces of saints on icons.

Face of St.

George the Victorious on a 12th-century icon.

Half-restored icon.

Icon of the Mother of God.

Icons of the Savior of Golden Hair and the Savior of the Fierce Eye, located in the Assumption Cathedral.

Domes of the Assumption Cathedral.

Ivanov V.N. walks along Cathedral Square of the Moscow Kremlin, stops in front of the entrance to the Annunciation Cathedral.

View of the building of the Annunciation Cathedral.

The lattice gates open, view of part of the cathedral iconostasis.

Paintings on the walls of the cathedral, icons on the walls.

Frescoes depicting saints.

One of the frescoes damaged by time.

Restorers restore ancient icons.

The process of restoring a fragment of an icon.

The face of a restorer.

The icon of "Our Lady of the Don" created by Theophanes the Greek.

The icon of "The Dormition of the Virgin" on the reverse side.

Panorama of the iconostasis of the Annunciation Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin (from bottom to top), entrance to the altar.

Panorama of the icons of the third tier of the iconostasis created by Andrei Rublev.

Panorama of a number of icons painted by Theophanes the Greek.

Fragments of icons, faces of saints on icons.

A four-part icon and its fragments.

Icon of the Mother of God in a frame of female portraits.

Icon of the Image of Christ Not Made by Hands by Simon Ushakov, located at the entrance to the church.

Gold and copper decorations in the Northern Portal of the Annunciation Cathedral.

Images of the Kremlin in the 16th century.

Fragments of a painting of the construction of the Archangel Cathedral.

Ivanov talks about the architecture of the Archangel Cathedral (synchronously and behind the scenes), a view of a part of the building of the Archangel Cathedral (from bottom to top).

The building of the Archangel Cathedral.

Interior paintings on the walls of the cathedral, reflecting various events in the life of the Muscovite state in the 16th century.

Old Russian necropolis in the Archangel Cathedral.

Tombs of Moscow princes and tsars.

Inscriptions on stone sarcophagi.

Portraits of the Grand Dukes of Moscow above the sarcophagi.

Panorama of the portrait gallery.

Iconostasis of the Archangel Cathedral.

View of the Archangel Cathedral and part of the Cathedral Square (from above).

View of the Faceted Chamber building.

Engraving depicting the reception of foreign ambassadors in the 17th century.

Interior view of the Faceted Chamber (panorama).

Fragments of the restored painting of the Faceted Chamber, image of the sons of Vladimir Monomakh and himself.

Image of Tsar Feodor Ivanovich.

Paintings of the vaults of the Faceted Chamber.

Panorama of the upper part of the Faceted Chamber building and the domes of the house churches in the Terem Palace.

View of the Terem Palace.

The main staircase of the Terem Palace.

Fragments of the painting of the vaults and walls, decorative elements.

Panorama and interiors of the Cross Chamber.

Painting of the ceiling of the Cross Chamber.

Panorama of the tiled stoves.

Tiled decorations of one of the stoves.

Panorama and interiors of the Throne Chamber.

The royal throne in the corner of the chamber, painting of the walls and ceiling above the throne.

Paintings and decorations of the royal bedroom.

Openwork gates.

Fragment of metal decoration of openwork gates.

View of part of the Moscow Kremlin.

Views of Ivan the Great Bell Tower.

Panorama of the central part of Moscow from Ivan the Great Bell Tower.

View of part of Cathedral Square with tourist groups (above).

Foreign tourists listen to the guide's story.

View of Ivan the Great Bell Tower.

Bells on the bell tower.

Bas-relief on one of the bells.

View of the Tsar Bell on the territory of the Moscow Kremlin (from above), tourists are standing around the bell.

The upper part and decorations of the Tsar Bell.

The Tsar Bell on a pedestal with a broken part installed nearby.

The Tsar Bell on the territory of the Kremlin.

View of the Tsar Cannon (from above).

Tourists, standing near the Tsar Cannon, listen to the guide.

Faces of the guide and foreign tourists, view of the muzzle of the Tsar Cannon.

Elements of decoration of the barrel and carriage of the Tsar Cannon.

The Tsar Cannon on the territory of the Kremlin.

Old artillery guns near the wall of the Kremlin Arsenal.

Ivanov V.N. talks about the history of the Arsenal (synchronously and behind the scenes).

Entrance to the Arsenal.

Barrels and cannonballs of cannons of different calibers, collected near the walls of the Arsenal.

Cannons installed on carriages with carved decorations.

Tourists take photos and film.

Panorama of part of the territory of the Moscow Kremlin.

Newsreel from 1919: leaflets being dropped from cars passing under the Iversky Gate on the day of the Vsevobuch holiday, May 25, 1919. Texts of the Decrees on Peace and on Land.

Rallies and demonstrations on the streets and squares of Moscow.

Lenin V.I. in a car before leaving Red Square on May 1, 1919, next to him is Krupskaya N.K. Panorama of a part of Red Square during the May Day demonstration.

Ivanov talks about the placement of the Soviet government in the Senate building in the Kremlin in March 1981 (synchronously and off-screen), view of the Senate building.

Memorial plaque in honor of Lenin V.I. at the entrance to the building.

Lenin's memorial office in the Kremlin.

Conducting a tour of Lenin's office.

Ivanov tells foreign tourists about Lenin.

Telephones on Lenin's desk.

A wicker chair used by Lenin.

Photograph of Lenin reading the Pravda newspaper at his desk in 1918. Interior of Lenin's office.

View from the office window.

Newsreel from 1918: V. I. Lenin and V. D. Bonch-Bruyevich, manager of the Council of People's Commissars, during a walk in the Kremlin after Lenin's recovery from being wounded on October 16, 1918. Lenin and Bonch-Bruyevich talk.

Lenin on the Kremlin grounds.

Lenin and Bonch-Bruyevich walk away towards the Nikolskaya Tower, surrounded by scaffolding.

View of the upper part of the Spasskaya Tower, the clock shows 12:00, the chimes are striking.

View of Red Square (from above).

View of the Moscow Kremlin and the building of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

The main staircase of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

Foreign tourists in the St.

George Hall of the palace, panorama of the hall.

Stucco decorations and statues installed in the St.

George Hall.

Image of the Order of St.

George on the ceiling of the hall.

Elements of the hall decoration.

Chandelier of the St.

George Hall.

Panorama of the hall.

Ivanov V.N. talks about the history of the Grand Kremlin Palace (synchronously and behind the scenes), panorama of the State Armoury building.

Elements of carved stone decorations of the Armoury building.

Exhibits in the halls of the Armoury.

Fragments of the collection of weapons of Russian soldiers.

Household items decorated with jewelry in the collection of the Armoury.

The Gospel in a precious setting.

The Monomakh's Cap, kept in the Armoury.

Gifts of foreign ambassadors to the Russian tsars from the collection of the Armoury.

Royal carriages and carriages in one of the halls of the Armoury.

Jewels and jewelry kept in the collections of the Diamond Fund of the USSR. The Great Imperial Crown, decorated with diamonds and made for the coronation of Catherine II. Russian imperial regalia kept in the Diamond Fund.

Ivanov V.N. talks about the Kremlin Palace of Congresses (synchronously and behind the scenes), view of the palace building.

The USSR coat of arms above the entrance to the palace.

Views of the Moscow Kremlin territory, flowers in the flowerbeds.

Ivanov walks along the Kremlin territory.

View of the Moscow Kremlin.