Список вопросов базы знаний

remorse

волновать

to appeal

раскаяние

revolting a

отвратительный

persecution n

преследование

bishop n

страдание

anguish n

Епископ

earl n

потомок

descendant n

Орден Подвязки

The Order of the Garter

граф

contemporary

джентри

descent

современный

gentry n

происхождение

Cathedral of the Annunciation

предлагать

to suggest

предложение

suggestion

Благовещенский собор

gentry n

Происхождение

to make a suggestion

джентри

descent

предлагать

The church was founded by Grand Prince Vasily (son of Dmitry Donskoy)

in 1397, but by 1480s this building had been dilapidated.

Ivan III, having completed the Cathedral of the Assumption, commissioned a group of stonemasons from Pskov -

the nine-domed Cathedral of the Annunciation.

On the western side of Cathedral Square stands

some of the finest craftsmen in Russia - to reconstruct the church.

Two further false domes were added to the western

was more complex than that of other Kremlin churches.

The evolution of the Annunciation Cathedral

four single-domed chapels to be added, one to each corner.

The fire of 1547 seriously damaged the building and during the reconstruction of 1562 – 64 Ivan IV (who preferred elaborate churches) ordered

part of the original roof to bring the grand total to nine, and the gallery was enclosed.

Most remarkably, the domes, roof and the top

of the apses were covered with gold sheet, thus earning the Cathedral the name “gold topped.”

Ivan IV married for the fourth time in 1572. Under Orthodox law he was denied access to the Cathedral by the main entrance, and

from Novgorod, which was fully subjugated during Ivan’s reign.

The gold apparently came

so he had an additional staircase, porch and chapel built on the south-eastern side.

The floor of the Cathedral is a warm-toned

the porch known as “Grosnenskiy” (lit. Terrible’s) and remained behind a grille during the service.

The Tsar entered the building by

reddish-brown jasper said to have been a gift from the Shah of Persia and originally used in Rostov Cathedral.

The rectangular Granovitaya Palace is just between the Cathedral of the Annunciation and the Cathedral of the Assumption. It was

as Faceted Palace, comes from the rusticated stone facing of the eastern side.

Together with the glowing murals and superb

silver-gilt framed iconostasis it creates an impression of extraordinary luxury and richness in this most Russian of Cathedrals.

The name which might be translated

designed along Italian lines.

The Italian influence would be.

more striking had the original Venetian windows not been replaced

The so-called Red Staircase runs

along the southern wall of the Palace.

Osip Startsev added the present

beautiful window details in 1682. The roof also had been changed.

tent roof

крыша с навесом

secular a

казарма

barracks

светский

chimes n

священный

to play chimes

бой часов

sacred a

выбивать мелодию

sacred duty

точные часы

accurate clock,

точный

accurate a

священный долг

exact sciences

точный науки

punctual person

смещать с должности

to depose

точный человек

The Kutafya Tower

Кутафья башня

The Trinity Tower

Арсенал

The Arsenal

Троицкая башня