the first kremlin was built out of woods. a couple of times before being rebuilt stowed. three hundred years later the walls in a tower square faced with a most red rake but if you actually pulled away the red brick you would see a wall as whites as a bridal gown and some of those walls are almost six meters thick. right here on the red square was a dip in most filled with water and together with a ring of twenty towers made the kremlin and inaccessible fortress known around the world. stop the watch now the tar cloud wears the witness it took us twenty seven minutes to go around the kremlin walls but what about was behind them. join me on

a journey to the heart of the kremlin to place is hidden from the tourists. but insiders although they may not be the usual news makers you see on t.v. . so that you're going to meet true kremlin scholar this man is practically saturated with kremlin history so good to that of the day that and finally we 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 there were anyone entering the gates take off their heart to all of the savior of smolensk whose image can be seen above the gate. and tearing through games on horseback with probation 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 senior. nine hundred forty five the saudi union marshal. broke both worlds in one moment she entered dressed square through spassky gate to receive the first victory day parade on horseback and wearing his service cap. athlete to female so when did the i can appear here. call 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 may story on this tower 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 moderate. 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 opened only on special occasions during the ninth of may fixture a 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. 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 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 routines to the ground can i get inside was more to the us but you're not dressed warmly enough there's a strong wind up there i was 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 suppose that any offensive would come from the southeast and that the tower would be to first attacked as a result of house trifle and artillery units in the may seventeenth century spa sky tower was the first to bear the team headed eagle emblem of russia during soviet times they were all with robbie five pointed star search. but the towers true jam has 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. we're inside this bass guitar right now we're going to meet a true power wizard to give us our of knows all about how to keep time in this tower. has become. so good to meet you so one day clark appear in the tower. chimes we see today have been here since they seem fifty two. clocks appeared on the small sky tower during the time of zama heil 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 stern steadily waking every fifteen minutes to signal the bells to strike every quarter hour for one big hate on the hours and.

fifty q would you know the purpose of the bells ringing previously when few people had watches the chimes 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. especially a tower clock is the oldest one in the. meter what can you see the pointer at the end. this point to regulates 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 basket tower it's almost two and a half meters in diameter and what is it sing 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 up you'll see it 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 appear at thames stories of the ground it's always very windy. we've got to go now because the main bells most are ringing and we are risking the

carriage death and also it's very cold so we're getting out of here. skating from the noises of the bells just a few minutes later i found myself near the kremlin central square where people are preparing for especially that so right now we're only 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 one hundred years old which basically means that he was born when the last start was still alive. one can see that this russian christmas tree has won

a very demanding seasonal beauty pageant. gardener spend 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 the huge taxi is especially ordered for this christmas tree and it's scary to straight into the kremlin. it's thirty four meters high it's like twenty times my height and in no time this tree is going to be wearing at department store was jewelry and decorations about two thousand. one thousand five hundred meters of garland that's like almost enough to surround the kremlin into. the trees decorations from top to bottom to begin with a large star of bethlehem on top it is a quarter of the size of the rubbish 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 it was balanced to come true. so now we're going to talk to you go live just like decorate this gravely you or your tree. i wonder how long it's going to school or not leave us so sergey before how long have you been decorating christmas trees . 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 square if you so who decides how to decorate the christmas tree which is a design project is drawn up to clearly define how to handle these decorations by the way the total weights of the decorated christmas tree is thirty tonnes and four hundred kilos. well if there's signs of the tree is an

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morning news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations the day. the next point of my journey is the grand kremlin palace usually it is of any for important state ceremonies mostly dignitaries are invited here but in the past children were also received thousands of them came to celebrate the nearest

festivities. the tradition of the region holidays for children in the kremlin dates back to more than fifty years the first reception was in a grand kremlin palace his largest hall st george's in one nine hundred fifty four . back then and christmas tree was tracked directly up the stairs through the front door without much thought for the ancient interior over sixty meters deep st george's hall is the size of a football page a giant fir tree used to be mounted right here in this massive drag to cross 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 this is a bomb of a second generation. he's also a fine but a fighter to preserve the homes reconstruction stood what has changed after the reconstruction but as you support the park it has definitely changed do you suppose most become addicted with hard to brownish to make it bright. it's very rare is that in two percent of the pocket has survived since one thousand nine hundred eighty five when it was played. this is percent of the flooring was replays 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 that. 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 now or staying elton john tina turner here i mean they've all been here. rehearsal's i wonder we. before lisper thousands of kids. inside we have an appointment with the kremlin oldtimer children's writer alexander couldn't get the script at the very first so the children's knew we were party from mt fifty through it and when i think we've broken the soviet tradition of staging

performances here at the kremlin before a boat with. the tree would light up then kids would be shown to play with the revolution we speak. with one change applause for what it was about a boy toy out of his current situation so in the story he sent into 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 with the roof it turned out the during the so some of the children had weapons selves on the carpet out of fear too that to be washed and hung out to dry off to prove. they were 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 not in the.

face of it. 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 case of did it give you a shock. for it so now it's about time to find out where one can even hear the really kitchen is not far on the fifth floor of the state criminal palace and we're on our way to meet with a son kremlin chef we call left foot. hi you know so as i was to meet you say are there new sheriff there once talking about just what's here so this is. where we prepare most of your. orders i can show you all short let's go what's over there this is our secret here

that's where we. thought we saw me cool. it with you so if you face 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 sickness take place on the we've been. so good and they want to show you where i have the privilege to world who are all. there for me surely you told me the kitchens are in a basement you cannot promise me to teach how to cook when a president favorite dishes. and i want you to make some kind of mini. european touch i won't use russian. and make you turn your french. but this stuff. is mixed with vegetables and salad cream than it is.

in the world circles or. shaping them by hand art. i don't think i'm doing a very good job closing it. says recent russian presidents prefer healthy food and smaller portions and chef admits that they need to be resist physically fond of fish and seafood for example lobster salad. also prefers fish or meat in a kitchen they told us that she 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. delicacy 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 people with goggles x.

raying your food it's a complicated because they keep simple of. just some basic and that is make sure that most. poisonous for people. alcohol is served only on festive occasions thirteen 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. with prepared cream sauce with parmesan cheese to go with ravioli i guess i can say that i can feed the president now i get to have some. it's. own little even crumb when this is so good. after lunch and there is an order

perhaps in sars spared from us 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 ballots. the presidential regiment is rehearsing a performance with weapons denise and kim are not only soldiers but also honor guards they protected to both the unknown soldier at the eternal flame. completion with some special tricks if you like and teach you if you want your outlets to command is. but i'm going to unfold the bayonet if you go let me show you the superman the up 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 web of job but could do it

lifted up if you're told with your left leg 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 men between eighteen and twenty or selected across the country for the presidential regiment. one can see that they are precious elite in perfect health with a good background and professional appearance. as well the guards there we handsome young man of similar hates are chosen so that they look like twins. for their emergency situations when people break the existing growth 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 roofs are young girls 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 you go there with this makes the food you step with and bend a little. quick march. first. company and a couple of months. to the rights. 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 can i touch it of course you can. when the temperatures twenty

degrees below zero we were warmer uniform cold the because. it is made of fabric plus it has very warm fur it feels hot and it even when it's minus twenty. hard 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 anyone either minus thirty winter or 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 the price you pay to live rent free inside the kremlin.

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