when history so good as of the day that and finally we meet good to see you sir are going to 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 there were anyone entering the gates at take off their home out to all of the savior of smolensk whose image can be seen above the gate. and tearing through games on horseback was probation a legend has it that when napoleon passed through the gate in moscow in eight hundred twelve the winds tore his famous by calling from his head confront the savior. in nine hundred forty five he wrote the study cuny and marshalled you would get. both worlds in one moment he entered dressed square through spassky gate to receive the first victory day parade on horseback and wearing his service cap.

after giving away so when did the i can appear here the i call him has been here since the sixteenth century but disappeared during the soviet era it was only a year ago that restores discovered the icon under a layer of plaster while examining them a story almost thanks to them it was saved. in the name of the father. the son. and the holy spirit. is busking gate was open for passage until the late ninety's but motor transport 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. 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. because very easy to get inside the kremlin together with you. as for me i've always wanted to get to the kremlin clark and especially to the bells what was 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 rooted to the ground. can i get inside with more to you yes but you're not dressed warmly enough there's a strong wind up there i mean it's very cold i think you'll have to put on something warmer. this bosco tower once the heart of the kremlin's

defensive line it wasn't to support 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 spassky tower was the first to bear the team who had eight eagle emblem of russia during soviet times they were all with when the five point eight stores. but the towers true jam as 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 tower right now we're going to meet a true tower wizard she can those are of knows all about how to keep time in the tower this is because. so good to meet you so one thirty clock appear in the tower

. as we see today has been here since they seem fifty two. clocks appeared on the spot sky tower during the time of zometa while romanov let me tell you more about them at the top show that i'm following you. to reach the clock one has to climb nine floors of spiral stairs. hear the clock your sternum steadily waking every fifteen minutes to signal the bells to strike every quarter hour for one big hit on the hours and. fifty keyboard you know the purpose of the bells ringing previously when few people had watches the chimes informed everyone of the toy. previously the clock course 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 of this point to regulate the speed of the clocks motion if the clock blocks behind it increases the speed if it's fast pointer slows it down so they do lag behind where you never notice it 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 reeling that's right. this is a mentioned bell ringing here a mechanism for setting up melodies at this hour it's almost two and a half meters in diameter and what is singing it sings the national anthem of russia. yes yes. that's strike 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 bell tower. if you look you'll see it's still house a wooden seat here. forty eight bells hang here in imperial times but were lost during the soviets here 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. we've got to go now because the main bells miss our ring again and we are risking a bit having death and also it's very cold so we're getting out of here.

scaping from the noises of the bells just a few minutes later i found myself near the kremlin's central square where people are preparing for especially that so right now we're in a cathedral square where a giant fir tree is being decorated for near celebrations these streets tents between the palaces a warship and the palaces of the stars and can just tell you something is one hundred years old which basically means that it was worn when the last start was still alive. one can see that this russian christmas tree has won a very demanding seasonal beauty pageant. gardner spent several months searching moscow regions for the right candidate at least thirty meters tall pyramid shaped and displaying ample flowing each once these criteria is where match the judges ignored the weight and they each. is especially ordered for this christmas tree and it's scary to straight into the kremlin. it's dirty or manners high it's like

twenty times my height and in no time based tree is going to be aware waiting at the apartments or walls jewelry and decorations about two thousand pieces and one thousand five hundred metres of garland that's like almost enough to surround the kremlin tussle with. the trees decorations from top to bottom to begin with the large stone. it is a quarter of the size of the rugby stars atop the kremlin towers but during the holiday season it is the most important one of all. though they look oversized the ornaments are light kremlin old timers believe that if you have a chance to hang at least one piece onto the tree and make a wish he's bound to come true. so now we're going to talk to any fellow just like . this crime leaves you where you are. i wonder how long he's been doing this for

a hot lead us to san gabriel long have you been decorating christmas tree. well this is the first time that i'm decorating this tree for the past four years i've been working with christmas trees at cathedral school thank you so who do science how to decorate the christmas tree which is a design project is drawn up to clearly define how to use decorations by the way the total weight of the decoration christmas tree is thirty tons and four hundred kilos. well if there's signs of the tree is an indicator the presence under is also promised much.

you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom are welcome to the big picture. joining me on a journey to the heart of the place is hidden from the tourist you're going to meet some real crime insiders although they may not be the usual news makers you see on t.v. . the

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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 the region holidays for children in the kremlin dates back to more than fifty years the first reception was the new grand kremlin palace his largest whole st georges in one nine hundred fifty fool. them 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 for a tree used to be mounted right here in this massively have the object is to be dragged across this park here floor that was originally late in eight hundred forty five. when it's scraped chanda leers 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 four to six this huge christmas tree the kids who danced and sang in this hall where were 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 try my best. these wrongs honor the memory of heroes who received the order. for their courage and the. second generation. is also a fine but a fighter to preserve the homes reconstruction stood one has changed after the reconstruction but as you support the park it has definitely changed because we did it with hard. to make it. very rare that in two percent of the park it has survived since eight hundred forty five when it was laid. this it percent of the flooring

was in place during restoration in one thousand sixty eight thousand nine hundred sixty nine it took. to restore. 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 forms and now it's the most prestigious musical venue in this country and also a stage for the world's greatest artists show us now or elton john tina turner they've all been here. right now free her stores are underway in the state kremlin palace for any release before lisper thousands of kids. inside we have an appointment with the kremlin

oldtimer children's writer alexander quit the script at the very first so the children knew we were party from mt fifty three later when i think we've broken the soviet tradition of staging performances here at the kremlin before about which color shot the tree would light up then kids would be shown to play with the revolution we speak. with them and change the plot for what it was about a boy toy out of his current situation we were so in the story we sent him to a different time. but on one occasion when i came to the new year policy there was no carpet on the floor i also had just gone through the roof it turned out the during the show some of the children had weapons selves on the carpet out of fear. to be washed and hung out to dry off to prove.

how one day stay or your performances are more predictable but still very colorful nevertheless. by tradition at the end of the show the main character of the new year celebrations makes his grand entrance was not in 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 ants in kremlin inner sanctum. she so how did you like this show was it a kid did it give you a shock. all right so now it's about time to find out where one can even hear you're in the kitchen is not far on the fifth floor of the state criminal palace and we're on our way to meet with a sam kremlin chef foot. high you know sophie you

got us was to meet you say within earshot fair ones talking about your face what's here so this is. where we prepare most of you were. ordered fruit vegetable wars i can show you all short let's go what's over there you see so it's a true that's where we lose you put the pots on me cools. it with you and it's so if you fake people that so you're the chef and you're thirty five a choice are they scared of you. you did yeah. so this is where all the sugar sins take place on the week before last week. so good and they want to show you where i have the privilege to work rules. there's usually you told me the kitchens are in the basement you can have promised me to teach how to cook one of president favorite dishes. and i want you to make

some kind of meaning with the european touch i woke was russian troops in make you turn your french. but this stuff. is mixed with vegetables and salad greens that you disperse onto in the world circles or. shipping them by hand art. i don't think i'm think a very good job closing it. recent russian presidents prefer healthy food and smaller portions to come in chef admits that dimitri may be. if is very fond of fish and seafood for example lobster salad. also prefers fish over meat in the kitchen they told us he loves unsophisticated dishes like red herring never refuse these local delicacies on a business trips so when someone in the countryside street scene with pickles cucumbers also a traditional russian delicacy his security officers break into

a cold sweat as a room only you are very carefully checked before it reaches the presidential mouth . so when you when you are the person you have like secret service guy you do that flow with the goggles x. ray. they call him and take you. to just some basic and that is make sure that most when used. in this full of v.a. people. alcohol is served only on festive occasions and me to be a little on holidays they prefer beer and wine but he's yeltsin was a lover of liquors and cognac secretary of state of the soviet union. personally promoted vodka at international receptions thanks to him. prepared cream sauce with parmesan cheese to go with ravioli i guess i can say that

i can feed the president now are you going to have some. sort your. own little even when this is so good. after lunch and there is an order perhaps in stars bedroom i decided first to acquaint myself with those who watch over the peace and quiet in the kremlin. a whole regiment of young soldiers live here guarding the kremlin and the president the bandits. presidential regiment is rehearsing a performance with weapons denise and kim are not only soldiers but also honor guard they protected to both the unknown soldier at the eternal flame. i thought 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 i'm going to unfold the bayonet with you if you go let me show you the superman then the to the shoulder. to the foot

hold the carbine with your right turn i'm not going to cut myself i might get what you want cut yourself i'm told that which is almost recovered now shoulder the way but sure but could lift it up if you were told with your left. arm holding it if you're going to be of be careful and should not lean on the left shoulder. this is the position in which we start the honor guard on the fourth. young man between eighteen and twenty or selected across the country for the presidential regiment. one can see that they are precious and meet in perfect health was a good background and professional appearance. for the guards very handsome young man of similar hates are chosen so that they look like twins. are their emergency situations when people break the existing rules for example if people

step over the chain we warn them with this kind of signal where they're going with signal and 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 the rules are young girls that always try to flirt with the guards but this is to no avail 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 and move the body forward and put the full foot on the ground there was this makes the food you step with your bend a little. quick march. first you're doing it well you could join your 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 a strong color so. 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 is very warm for it feels hot and it even when it's minus twenty. our 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 guards. cigar change every hour daily from eight am to eight pm these guys rape me was there minus thirty winter torrential rains outrageous hits in the summer but of course the hardest part is to stand there motionless no matter what but hey that's

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