A great monument of Russian architecture (1955)

Red Square, St.

Basil's Cathedral (Pokrovsky Cathedral) before restoration (shot from above).

Domes of the cathedral before restoration.

Miniatures depicting the Cathedral - medium shots.

Chronicle books - medium and close-ups.

General plan of the Kremlin and St.

Basil's Cathedral.

Domes of the Cathedral in scaffolding - general plan.

A group of restorers examine miniatures.

Head of restoration works Professor N.P. Sychev, chief architect of the project N.N. Sobolev, leading architect of the project O.I. Prutsyn examine a sketch of the Cathedral's decoration.

The Church of John the Baptist in the village of Dyakovo and the Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye (the architecture of these churches, built in the mid-16th century, is the predecessor of the architecture of St.

Basil's Cathedral) - general, medium and close-ups.

Restorers N.P. Sychev, N.N. Sobolev and O.I. Prutsyn at work (removing layers of paint from the walls).

The original painting.

The girl restorer transfers the drawing to paper.

A part of the wall cleared of paint.

Chemical engineer Chivarzin and his assistant are working on mixing paints for restoration work.

The plan of the Temple.

The Temple in scaffolding.

Architect-restorer N.P. Sychev looks through binoculars.

Restoration work on the "onion dome" of the Temple.

The domes of the cathedral in scaffolding - different plans.

Workers lay out the wall masonry.

The wall of the cathedral before restoration - (darkening) (From darkening) - The wall of the cathedral after restoration.

Restorer workers paint the wall, color the ornament.

General and medium plans of the ornament.

Replacing the tiles on the tent of the bell tower.

General plan - view from the bell tower to the square.

Restorers at work: cleaning old ceramics, replacing the old decorative jug with a new one, changing the forged spirals to modern ones made of stainless steel.

Panorama of the spirals and golden rings.

Artists-restorers on scaffolding.

View of the Kremlin (shot from above).

View of Moscow (shot from above).

The Kremlin Tower, shot through the domes of the Temple.

Domes of the cathedral after restoration - general, medium, close-ups.

Interior view of the central church of the cathedral.

Icons "Entry into Jerusalem", "Trinity".

Panorama of the cathedral and domes.

Monument to Minin and Pozharsky against the background of the Temple.

People are watching, a group of Chinese tourists is standing.

A priest in a group of architects.

Domes of the Temple, the Temple (shot from different angles, general, medium shots).

Panorama from the territory of the Kremlin to the Temple.