Список вопросов базы знаний

remorse

волновать

revolting a

раскаяние

to appeal

отвратительный

bishop n

преследование

anguish n

страдание

persecution n

Епископ

earl n

граф

The Order of the Garter

потомок

descendant n

Орден Подвязки

descent

происхождение

gentry n

современный

contemporary

джентри

Cathedral of the Annunciation

предлагать

suggestion

Благовещенский собор

to suggest

предложение

to make a suggestion

Происхождение

gentry n

предлагать

descent

джентри

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

the nine-domed Cathedral of the Annunciation.

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

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

On the western side of Cathedral Square stands

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

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

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

Two further false domes were added to the western

was more complex than that of other Kremlin churches.

The evolution of the Annunciation Cathedral

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

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

The gold apparently came

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

The floor of the Cathedral is a warm-toned

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

The Tsar entered the building by

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

Together with the glowing murals and superb

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

The name which might be translated

designed along Italian lines.

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

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

Osip Startsev added the present

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

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.

secular a

светский

barracks

крыша с навесом

tent roof

казарма

chimes n

священный

sacred a

бой часов

to play chimes

выбивать мелодию

accurate a

точный

sacred duty

точные часы

accurate clock,

священный долг

exact sciences

смещать с должности

to depose

точный науки

punctual person

точный человек

The Kutafya Tower

Троицкая башня

The Arsenal

Арсенал

The Trinity Tower

Кутафья башня