from a bird's eye view the oddly shaped triangle formed by moscow's kremlin could be seen as too harsh 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 have 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 a 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 wall than a tower square faced with a famous 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 wasn't it filled with water and together with the ring of twenty towers made the kremlin and in. excess of all fortress known around the

world. that there was another target log worse 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 going to meet some real criminal insiders although they may not be the usual news makers you see on t.v. . so that you're going to be true kremlin scholar this man is practically saturated with kremlin history so good to that of the day 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 anyone entering the gates take off

their high note to all of the savior of smaller whose image can be seen above the gate. and tearing through again to enforce backwards prohibition legend has it that when napoleon passed through the black moscow in eight hundred twelve the winds tore his famous by calling from his head confront the same. nine hundred forty five hero of the soviet union martial. both rules in one moment he entered dressed square through spassky gate to receive the first victory day parade on horseback and wearing his service kept. asking every male so when did the i can appear here. i call him has been here since the sixteenth century but disappeared during the soviet era it was only a year ago that the stores discovered the. i call them under

a layer of plaster while examining them a story almost howard thanks to them it was served. in the name of the father. 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 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 with more to go yes but you're not dressed warmly enough there's a strong wind up there and i was very cold i think you'll have to put on something warmer. this bosco tower wants the heart of the kremlin's defensive line it was until 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 seventeenth century spassky

tower was the first to bear the two had eight eagle emblem of russia during soviet times they were all with robbie five point stores. but the towers true jam as it 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 hard right now we're going to meet a true tower wizard you can those are of knows all about how to keep time in this tower oh sicko. so good to meet you so one to cluck appear in the tower big picture such arms we see today have been here since they seem fifty two. clocks appeared on the spot sky tower during the time of zometa heil romanov let me tell you more about them at the top but 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 hit 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 time. previously the clock was 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. this point to regulates the speed of the clocks motion if the clock blocks behind

it increases the speed if it's fast the point just lays 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 an ancient 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 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 at it don't 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 up here attempts stories over the ground it's always very windy. we've got to go now because the main bells in us are regained and we are risking the carrot 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 find myself near the kremlin 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 newer celebrations these streets tents between the palaces

a warship and the palaces all the stars and can just tell you something one hundred years old which basically means that it was worn when the last star was still alive . one can see that this. christmas tree has one 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 flow each once these criteria is where match the judges ignored the way to. huge taxi is especially ordered for this christmas tree and it's scary to straight into the kremlin. it's not there any more mirrors high it's like twenty times my height and in no time based tree is going to be wearing at the apartments or walls jewelry and decorations about two thousand. one thousand five hundred meters of garland that's like almost enough to surround the kremlin tussle

. 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 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 is balanced to come true. so now we're going to talk to any fellow just like me decorate this gravely you or your tree. i wonder how long he's been doing this or not need us to san gabriel long have you been decorating christmas trees. well this is the first time that i'm just curious in this tree for the past four years i've been working with christmas trees at cathedral square could be so who decides how to decorate a christmas tree which is

a design project is drawn up to clearly define how to handle these decorations by the way the total weight of the decorated 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. heat. at least. it's.

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up. 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 nearest festivities. the tradition of arranging 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 four. back then they joined a 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 fir tree used to be mounted right here and this massively have the object is to be dragged across this park here floor that was originally late in eight hundred forty five. when breeze it's scraped that chandelier each one weighing three tons by the way and its 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 tried my best. these goals honor the memory of heroes who received the order of st george for their courage and this is a 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 do you suppose most because we did it with high quality brownish to make it bright blue it's very red then in two percent of the pocket and survived eight hundred forty five when it was played. this it percent of the flooring was replaced 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 where the world's greatest artists show as now or staying elton john tina turner here they made they've all been here. right now free her stores are underway in the state kremlin palace for performance for thousands of kids. inside we have an appointment with the kremlin oldtimer children's writer alexander mcqueen the script at the very first so the children's new york party from m.t.v. fifty three lets him win that 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

a revolutionary theme there. with them and change the plot for what it was about a boy toy out of his current situation the officer in the story he sent into a different time. but on one occasion when i came to the new year policy there was no carpets on the floor i also had just gone through the roof it turned out to the during the show some of the children had weapons selves on the carpet out of fear to. be washed and hung out to draw off to prove. how one days 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 was not in the. case. 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's 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 be seen here 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 so you go to those to meet you say the new chef everyone's talking about just what's here so does you. know where we prepare most of you are the. order of fruit vegetable wars i can show you all short let's go what's over there this is our food security here that's where we lose you put their hearts 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 and. therefore usually you told me the kitchens are in a basement you can have promised me to teach how to cook one of president favorite dishes. and i wanted to make some kind of mini with the european touch i look at his russian troops and make you turn your french. but this stuff kraft made is mixed with vegetables and salad greens that it is split on two in the world so closer. shipping them by hand is really art. i don't think

i'm doing a very good job closing it. says recent russian presidents prefer healthy food and smaller portions to kremlin chef and meats that do need to be. it is very fond of fish and seafood for example lobster salad. also prefers fish or meat in the kitchen they told us she loves unsophisticated dishes like bread with herring never refuse his local delicacies on a business trips so when someone in the countryside street see him with pickled 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're preparing for the person you have like secret service guy you do that with goggles x. raying your food it's a good complicated they call him and take you. to ruin just so busy can that

is make sure that most news. in this for 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 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 are you going to have some. its. 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 guards they protected to both the unknown soldier at the eternal flame. i thought you can please show me some special tricks that i can teach you if you want all right let's do it like a pro commander is. going to unfold the bayonet to go let me show you the superman the up to the shoulder. to the foot hold the carbine with the right term i'm not going to cut myself and my you won't cut yourself and i'm told that. almost no one now shoulder the way but sure but get there with a little bit you're told with your left you're. 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 russia's elite in perfect health was a good background and professional appearance. as for the guards very 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 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's your signature move it is about 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 a little. quick march. doing it well you can join our company in 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 of. course you can. when the temperatures twenty degrees below zero we were warmer uniform called the because. it is made of dense 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 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 why bother 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 the price you pay to live rent free inside the kremlin.

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