Kremlin
Kremlin
Krakatoa
<catset>Category="Fortification"</catset><catset>Category="Fortresses in Russia"</catset><dl> <dt><dd>''This article is about Russian citadels. For other meanings of the word, see <a href="Kremlin (disambiguation)">Kremlin (disambiguation)</a>. [image][image] </dl><p><b>Kremlin</b> (&#1050;<font face='Arial Unicode MS,Code2000'>&#1088;&#1077;&#1084;&#1083;&#1100;</font>) is the <a href="Russian language">Russian</a> word for "citadel" or "castle" and refers to any major fortified central complex found in historical <a href="Russia">Russian</a> cities. This word is often used to refer to the best known one, the <a href="Moscow Kremlin">Moscow Kremlin</a>. The name "Kremlin" has often been mistakenly been thought of as being <a href="Saint Basil's Cathedral">Saint Basil's Cathedral</a> because of its distinctive shape, although this is not a part of the Moscow Kremlin.<h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">List of Russian cities and towns with kremlins</h2><ul><li> <a href="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Sites</a> <ul> <li> <a href="Moscow Kremlin">Moscow</a> <li> <a href="Novgorod">Novgorod</a> <li> <a href="Kazan Kremlin">Kazan</a> </ul> </ul><ul><li> Existent <ul> <li> <a href="Nizhny Novgorod">Nizhny Novgorod</a> <li> <a href="Pskov">Pskov</a> <li> <a href="Smolensk">Smolensk</a> <li> <a href="Kolomna">Kolomna</a> <li> <a href="Astrakhan">Astrakhan</a> <li> <a href="Zaraysk">Zaraysk</a> <li> <a href="Tobolsk">Tobolsk</a> <li> <a href="Tula">Tula</a> </ul> </ul><ul><li>In ruins <ul> <li> <a href="Gdov">Gdov</a> <li> <a href="Izborsk">Izborsk</a> <li> <a href="Porkhov">Porkhov</a> <li> <a href="Serpukhov">Serpukhov</a> <li> <a href="Velikiye Luki">Velikie Luki</a> </ul> </ul><ul><li>Unwalled <ul> <li> <a href="Dmitrov">Dmitrov</a> <li> <a href="Rostov">Rostov</a> <li> <a href="Ryazan">Ryazan</a> <li> <a href="Vologda">Vologda</a> <li> <a href="Yaroslavl">Yaroslavl</a> </ul> </ul><ul><li>Only traces <ul> <li> <a href="Borovsk">Borovsk</a> <li> <a href="Opochka">Opochka</a> <li> <a href="Starodub">Starodub</a> </ul> </ul><ul><li>Unknown state <ul> <li> <a href="Ostrov">Ostrov</a> <li> <a href="Torzhok">Torzhok</a> <li> <a href="Volokolamsk">Volokolamsk</a> </ul> </ul><p>[image]