Moscow (2)

The last morning in Moscow is spent visiting the Kremlin, a fortified complex at the heart of the city. It is the best known of the kremlins (the name "Kremlin" means "fortress inside a city") and includes five palaces and four cathedrals. Also within this complex is the Grand Kremlin Palace. The complex serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation.

Cathedral Square is the heart of the Kremlin. It is surrounded by six buildings, including three cathedrals.
The Cathedral of the Dormition was completed in 1479 to be the main church of Moscow and where all the Tsars were crowned.
The three-domed Cathedral of the Annunciation was completed next in 1489, only to be reconstructed to a nine-domed design a century later.
On the south-east of the square is the much larger Cathedral of the Archangel Michael, where almost all the Muscovite monarchs of Russia are interred.

A last look at Novodevichy on our way to the train station, in a few hours we will be in Saint Petersburg.