and tsunami. as the headlines for you up next an exclusive peek behind the kremlin walls with the sophie shevardnadze meeting some of those who do unique and unusual jobs in russia's center of power stage. from a bird's eye view the oddly shaped triangle formed by moscow's kremlin could be seen as the heart of. a small state within a state these red walls have been protecting moscow's kremlin for more than five centuries. to even idea of its size so we decided to actually go around it before

going inside we're going to start right here at this. time you watch. the extent of the kremlin walls is over two kilometers and if you want to go around it you better go real fast because the winters in russia are really cold it's minus ten today. the first kremlin was built out of woods a couple of times before being rebuilt in white stowed. three hundred years later the walls in a tower square faced with a famous red rake but if you actually pulled away the red brick you would see a wall as wyatt's as a bridal gown and some of those walls are almost six meters thick.

right here on the red square wasn't it filled with water and together with the ring of twenty towers it made the kremlin and inaccessible fortress known around the world. the why now the tar club worst to witness it took us twenty seven minutes to go around the kremlin walls but what was behind them well join me on a journey to the heart of the kremlin to places him from the tourist he's going to meet some real kremlin insiders although they may not be the usual news makers you see on t.v. . so that you're going to true kremlin scholar this man is for actually cleese saturated with kremlin history so good to deaths of uday and finally meet good to see you sir couldn't ask a gate is the major passage into the kremlin and traditionally it has always been

open for arriving visitors during the day since the time of ivan the terrible sars an emperor has used it when visiting moscow or anyone entering the good take their heart out to all of the savior of smaller whose image can be seen above the gate. and tearing through games to enforce backward. legend has it that when napoleon passed through the. twelfth tour his famous by calling from his had confront the savior. in nine hundred forty five. cuny and martial. broke both rules in one moment he entered press square through spassky gate to receive the first victory day parade on horseback and wearing his service cap. so when did the i can appear here. has been here since the sixteenth century but disappeared during

the soviet era it was only a year ago that the stores discovered the icon under a layer of plaster while examining the mystery almost thanks to them it was saved. in the name of the father. and the holy spirit amen. this busking gate was open for passage until the late ninety's but most are transports to and from the kremlin disturbed tourists walking along the red square and the kremlin walls and with the new millennium came the decision to close the gate. now it opens only on special occasions during the ninth of may fixture day parade for example or on inauguration day to receive the presidential motorcade. the only other visitor to pass through the gate is

a giant christmas tree put up earlier celebrations. of could you lead me through those gates no but we can enter the kremlin through the private entrance a secret entrance for a closed circle is just around the corner. and is very easy to get inside the kremlin together with you. as for me i've always wanted to get to the kremlin clock and especially to the bells it seems a child i always stood outside looking at the clock and i thought a magician lived there who manage the clock and also when the bells rang i was simply routines to the ground can i get inside with more yes but you're not dressed warmly i'm of there is a strong wind up there i have this very cold i think you'll have to put on something warmer. this bosco tower was the heart of the kremlin's defensive line it was and to me that any offensive would come from the southeast and that the tower would be to first attacked as

a result house trifle and artillery units in the seventeenth century spot was the first to bear the two had eight eagle emblem of russia during soviet times they were all with raw. the five pointed star. but the towers true chamas its chimes its clock face has a six meters diameter the rim numerals and clock hands are all gold plated a total of twenty eight kilograms of gold is needed just to coat them. inside this basket are right now we're going to meet a true tower so you can those are of all about how to keep titans tower oh sissoko. so good to meet you so one to cluck appear in the tower big picture we see today has been here since they seem fifty two. clocks appeared on the spot during the time of zometa harl romanov let me tell you more about them at the top of all

that i'm following you. to reach the clock one has to climb nine floors of spiral stairs. hear the clock hear stern steadily waking every fifteen minutes to signal the bells to strike every quarter hour for one big hit on the hours and. fifty children of the purpose of the bells ringing previously when few people had watches the charms informed everyone of the toy. previously the clock horse operated manually but since nine hundred thirty seven three electric motors to go over everything else has been preserved in its original form. our clock is the oldest one in the. can you see the pointer at the end yep

this point to regulates the speed of the clocks motion if the clock blocks behind it increases the speed if it's forced the point to slows it down so they do lag behind but you know. because once it starts to pick up specialists quickly eliminate the problem acting like an ambulance so far we haven't noticed it but we're close to revealing get us that's right. this is and then shouldn't bell ringing. for setting up melodies at the tower it's almost two and a half meters in diameter and what is a single it sings the national anthem of russia. this. develops strikes the melody of russia's national anthem every six hours cables run from the drum below to the very top where the chime in the bell tower. well here are the bells yes we're in the belt. if you look up you'll see it's still

house a wooden sealer. forty eight bells hang here in imperial times but were lost during the soviet era today the chimes sing the russian anthem with ten bells and a few metal beats up here at ten stories of the ground it's always very windy. you've got to go now because the main bells in this are ringing and we are risking mccarrick death and also it's very cold so we're getting out of here. being from the noises of the bells just a few minutes later i found myself near the kremlin central square where people are preparing for a special event so right now we're only cathedral square where

a giant fir tree is being decorated for a new year celebrations these streets tents between the palaces a warship and the palaces of the stars and can just tell you something one hundred years. which basically means that it was born in the last star was still alive. one can see that this. christmas tree has won a very demanding seasonal beauty pageant. spend several months searching for the right candidate at least. where match. is especially for this christmas tree. st. it's thirty or. twenty times my height and in no time is going to be wearing at the park. jewelry and decorations about two

thousand pieces and one thousand five hundred metres of garland that's like almost enough to surround the kremlin and. the trees decorations from top to bottom to begin with the large. it is a quarter of the size of. the kremlin towers. though they look oversized. timers believe that if you have. at least one piece onto the tree and. true. you know we're going to talk to. decorate this you're. wondering how long. have you been decorating christmas trees. this is the first.

four years i've been working with christmas trees that cathedral. christmas tree. to clear. the way. total weights of the decorated christmas tree is thirty tons and four hundred kilos. well if they size of the tree is any indicator the presents under. promise much. culture is that so much of the experience of emergency a lot of people at area many people are turning facebook's time like to share all kinds of experience with others are concerned about the security and safety of this

. the next point of my journey is the grand kremlin palace usually it is divinia for important state ceremonies mostly dignitaries are invited here but in the past children were also received thousands of them came to celebrate. the tradition of arranging holidays for children in the kremlin dates back to more than fifty years the first reception was in the grand kremlin palace his largest

whole st georges in one nine hundred fifty four. bags and the giant christmas tree most tracks directly up the stairs through their front door without much thought for the ancient interior over sixty meters deep st george's hall is the size of a football pitch a giant tree used to be mounted right here in this massively have the object used to be dragged across this park here for that was originally late in eight hundred forty five. when it's scraped that chandelier each one weighing three tons by the way and it's tinkling produced an almost surreal eerie chime also large nails were hammered into this floor to fix this huge christmas tree they can't sue danced and sang in this hall where we're asked not to shuffle because it would ruin the floor nevertheless the interior was heavily damaged even i was asked to come in with soft indoor shoes and i tried my best. these wrongs honor the memory of heroes who

received the order of st george for their courage and the. second generation focused on doing is also a fine but a fighter to preserve the host reconstruction still one has changed after the reconstruction but i still support the park it has definitely changed because it is a good hard quilted vanish to make it bright. it's very rare is that in two percent of the park can't survive since one thousand nine hundred eighty five when it was. this it percent of the flooring was a place during restoration in one thousand sixty eight thousand nine hundred sixty nine it took. to restore. the. children's parties were moved to a new building in the early sixty's the kremlin palace of congress and built on the . it's obvious that this building is from the soviet era and it stands in stark

contrast with the kremlin's architectural character the palace used to be a key side for communist forums and now it's the most prestigious musical venue in this country and also a stage for the world's greatest artists show as an hour out and john tina turner here they made they've all been here. right now underway in the state kremlin palace. for thousands of kids. inside we have an appointment with a kremlin oldtimer children's writer. who scripted the very first children party men t fifty through you tube when i think with broken the soviet tradition of staging performances here at the kremlin before. the tree would light up then kids would be shown to play with the revolution we speak. with them and change

the plugs for what it was about a boy toy out of his current situation so in the story he sent him to a different time. when i came to the new year policy there was no coverage on the floor i also were just gone. to the during the show some of the children had weapons selves on the carpet out of fear. that to be washed and hung out to draw off to. days they were your performances are more predictable but still colorful nevertheless. by tradition at the end of the show the main character of the new year celebrations makes his grand entrance how the. children always leave kremlin with gifts however the greatest drama is after the show when parents surround the new year straight to pick the children up who risk

to disperse like in kremlin inner sanctum. so how did you like this show wasn't ok. all right so now it's about time to find out where one can even hear kids. that's the state. talking about what's here. over there. that's where we. it's so if you.

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only. on holidays there. was a lover of the. secretary of state. personally promoted international receptions thanks to him. with parmesan cheese to go with ravioli i guess i can say that i can feed the president are you going to have some. oh leaving this is so good. after lunch and there is an order perhaps in sars. i decided to acquaint myself with a show of the peace and quiet in the kremlin. a whole regiment of young soldiers

guarding the kremlin and the president. berets. the presidential regiment is rehearsing a performance with weapons and are not only soldiers but also honor guards they protected the unknown soldier at the eternal flame. can you please show me some special tricks that i can teach you if you want all right let's do it command is. but. let me show you this then up to the shoulder. bend to the foot hold the carbine with your right term i'm not going to cut myself on my you won't cut yourself unfold it. almost now shoulder the web show lifted up your hold with your left. i'm holding it be careful it should not lean on the left shoulder. this is the position in which

we start the honor guard. young men between eighteen and twenty or selected across the country for the presidential regiment. one can see that they are. in perfect health background and professional appearance. as well the guards very handsome young men of similar hates are chosen. for their emergency situation when people break the existing rules for example if people step over the chains. with this kind of signal where the kid was tapping the rifle on the ground the public immediately understands what this noise means and don't go any further. the most frequent violators of our young girls always try to flirt with the guards. but this is to the guards are not allowed to move never mind smile. so here is your signature move it is about we would

raise the leg about seventy eighty degrees move the body forward and put the full foot on the ground this makes the food you step with your bend a little but you should go quick march. you're doing it well you could join our company in a couple of months. to the right. it's time for the guys to prepare for the changing of the guard but i couldn't miss a chance to take a look at their uniform wardrobe. when it is cold we wear ceremonial overcoats the overcoats are very warm with color so can i touch it of course you can. when the temperature is twenty degrees below zero we were warmer uniform cold the because. it is made of fabric plus it has very warm fur it feels halt it even when it's minus twenty. four hour journey into the

heart of kremlin is coming to an end thanks time for me to move behind the kremlin walls so i can make it for the changing of the cards. so the guards are changing every hour daily from eight am to eight pm these guys any weather beat minus thirty winter torrential rain outrages hits in the summer but the most hard part of course is to stand there motionless no matter what but hey that's the price you pay to leave rent free inside the kremlin.

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