RS History

In the center of the capital, on a picturesque hill above the Moscow River, stands the unique ensemble of the Kremlin, created by the talent and labor of many generations. The first mention of Moscow is found in the documents of 1147, but excavations in the Kremlin show that there were already settlements in the second half of the first millennium BC. Under Prince Ivan Kalit in 1339-1340, new walls were built from the powerful oak trunks. And already under Dmitry Donskoy, when Muscovites were preparing for a decisive fight against the Tatars, the walls and towers of the Kremlin were laid out of white stone near Moscow.