Beautiful Views of Moscow (42 Photos)

This beautiful veiw of moscow was captured on the roof of Moskva hotel. when the building was under constrution, it become quite easy for the photographer to go on the roof of Moskva hotel and take these pictures.

Red Square.


It used to be different in the 1930.  lack of construction near the Pokrovsky Cathedral.

St. Basil’s Cathedral. Full name is the “Cathedral of the Holy Virgin, that on the Moat.” Built by Barma and Postnik when Tsar Ivan the Terrible in the 1555-61 years. to commemorate the conquest of Kazan (1552) in place of a temporary wooden church. In the 1930’s. he wanted to carry, because it interfered with the parade, but it’s good that before the case was not reached.

Voskresensk gates of Chapel and Vestry of Iberian Icon of Mother of God. The gates was removed in 1931 because they prevented tanks from entering for parades. In 1994-96 they were rebuilt.

Here is how they used to look.

Heraldic Eagle on the tip of the spire Resurrection Gate.

Detail of the roof of the upper stalls built in the pseudo style arch. An Pomerantsev in the 1889-93 years. In 1953, this place is altered in the State Department Store of GUM.

Cathedral Square.

Heraldic Eagle Historical Museum, on the background of Ivan the Great Bell.

Detail of decoration of the building of the Moscow City Duma, it is now a historical museum Zapasnik, and in the Soviet era Lenin Museum. Built in 1890-1892 years., Architect D.N.Chichagov.

From the roof of the hotel “Moscow” was difficult to photograph the whole thing, so will add an old photograph, when this building was a museum of Lenin.

Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Like many other buildings associated with religion, was blown up in the early ’30s. Instead, he built Europe’s largest outdoor swimming pool. To bathe in it could be, even in winter due to heating water. In the late 90s was rebuilt. Now the “famous” is also an incident with a Pussy Riot

Christ the Savior Cathedral was blown up.

St. Nicholas Tower. Previously, it is also decorated with heraldic eagles, but the “Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR, the CPSU (b) decided to November 7, 1935 to remove four of the eagle, which are on the Spassky, Nikolsky, Borovitskaya, Trinity walls of the Kremlin towers and the two eagles from the building of the Historical Museum. By this same date, decided to install on the 4 towers of the Kremlin’s five-pointed star with hammer and sickle. ” In 1937, the tarnished star of the gems were replaced by glass made of ruby. Nicholas star differs from others in that it has every ray has 12 facets. On the other stars such faces 8.

On the roof of the four managed to photograph the Stalinist skyscrapers of seven. Residential building on the waterfront Tinkers.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The only high rise building without a star.

In the middle of the frame can see the hotel “Ukraine”.

Residential building on Kudrinskaya area.

The sun had set, lights up. In the frame corner Arsenal Tower, it is interesting that there is a spring inside it well, which has been preserved to this day. In the case of a siege of it could replenish drinking water supplies for the garrison. A little further on is a Middle Arsenal Tower, and then Trinity Tower the tallest tower of the Kremlin.



Now some photos of the State Historical Museum.

One of the spires of the museum.

The roof of the museum.

The museum was founded by Emperor Alexander II decree, in February 21, 1872. From 1875-1881 the year went on its construction by the architect V. Sherwood and engineer A. A. Semenov.

This picture was probably taken between 1900-1914 years. The most noticeable change loss of the attic windows.

Iberian Gate with a night light.

Zaikonospassky monastery.

View of the monastery before the restoration in the 1960.

Night of the Kremlin.


Residential building on the waterfront Tinkers with backlight.

Residential building on Kudrinskaya area.

Moscow City and the top of the hotel Ukraine.

The flag on the roof of the Senate. There is an office of President of the Russian Federation.

Dome of the GUM, Moscow.

The roof of the hotel “The Ritz Carlton Moscow.” Erected on the site of the demolished in 2002, 22 storey hotel “Intourist”.

The way of “Intourist”, Building look ugly and out of place it was there.

Disfiguring facades advertising.

The Fountain ‘Clock World “. He is the main dome of the shopping mall “Ryad”. The dome that makes a complete revolution in 24 hours. If you deal with the dial you can determine the time in major cities around the world, up to five minutes.

Manege Square.

Hotel “Nazionale” mosaic.
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