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remorse

раскаяние

to appeal

отвратительный

revolting a

волновать

anguish n

страдание

bishop n

Епископ

persecution n

преследование

earl n

Орден Подвязки

The Order of the Garter

граф

descendant n

потомок

contemporary

современный

descent

происхождение

gentry n

джентри

to suggest

предложение

Cathedral of the Annunciation

предлагать

suggestion

Благовещенский собор

descent

предлагать

gentry n

джентри

to make a suggestion

Происхождение

On the western side of Cathedral Square stands

the nine-domed Cathedral of the Annunciation.

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

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

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

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.

The evolution of the Annunciation Cathedral

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

Two further false domes were added to the western

was more complex than that of other Kremlin churches.

Most remarkably, the domes, roof and the top

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

The gold apparently came

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

designed along Italian lines.

The name which might be translated

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.

Osip Startsev added the present

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

The so-called Red Staircase runs

more striking had the original Venetian windows not been replaced

The Italian influence would be.

along the southern wall of the Palace.

secular a

казарма

barracks

светский

tent roof

крыша с навесом

to play chimes

бой часов

sacred a

выбивать мелодию

chimes n

священный

accurate a

точный

accurate clock,

точные часы

sacred duty

священный долг

punctual person

точный человек

exact sciences

смещать с должности

to depose

точный науки

The Kutafya Tower

Кутафья башня

The Trinity Tower

Троицкая башня

The Arsenal

Арсенал