on and leave all the weapons in the hands of the criminals or have them legal or not anyways and in the hands of the government who was seems pretty happy to use force at home and abroad i don't know i'd rather risk the unpredictable actions of some idiots out there in society but at least have the ability defend myself and have some control over my life in a means to resist oppression but that's just my opinion. from a bird's eye view 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 the idea of its size so i decided to actually go around it before going inside when i 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 wood. couple of times before being rebuilt in whitestone. three hundred years later while the new tower square for. the 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 was a dip in moat filled with water and together with the ring of twenty towers made the kremlin and inaccessible fortress known around the world. that there was another target log 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 a place is hidden from the tourists you 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 true

kremlin scholar this man is for actually clues saturated with kremlin history so good to that of the day and finally we meet good to see you sir. 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 in the emperor's used to visit in moscow anyone entering the gates there to all of the savior of smaller whose image can be seen above the gate. and tearing through game to enforce backwards probationer legend has it that when napoleon passed through the black moscow in eight hundred twelve the tour his famous by calling from his had confront the savior. in nine hundred forty five the saudi martial due would give. both rules in one moment he entered dressed square through spassky agape. 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. 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 i called 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. as busking a 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. because 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 put up with us but you're not dressed warmly enough there's a strong wind up there i'm. it is 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 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 team who had eight eagle and one of russia during soviet times they were all with when the five pointed star said. 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. inside this basket tower right now we're going to meet a true tower wizard she gave us our of knows all about how to keep time in this tower oh sissoko was so good to me to so wanted

a clock appear in the tower. we see today has been here since they seem fifty two. clocks appeared on the small sky tower during the time of zalmai heil 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 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 two old you know the purpose of the bells ringing previously when few people had watches the chimes informed everyone of the toy. 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. especially a tower clock is the oldest one and if you were up. to it can you see the pointer at the end of this point to regulate the speed of the clock's 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 revealing that's right. this is an ancient 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 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 over there see it's still house a wooden sealer. forty eight bells hound here in imperial times but were lost during the soviet 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 in us are regaining 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 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 near celebrations these streets 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 it was born when the last start 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 got ample flown 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 not dirty or mirrors high it's like twenty times my height and in no time this 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 the large star of bethlehem. 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 they ornaments on white kremlin old timers believe that if you have a chance to hang at least one piece on to the tree and make a wish balance to come true. now we're going to talk to any fellow just like me

decorate this privately you are a tree. i wonder how long it was or not leave us so sergey for how 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 so who decides how to decorate a christmas tree which is a design project is drawn up to clearly define how to do all 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.

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the next point of my journey is the grand kremlin palace usually it is the venue 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 ground kremlin policy . largest st george's in one nine hundred fifty food. back then 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 floor 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 the kids who 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 second generation. he's also a fine enter but a fighter to preserve the homes reconstruction stood one has changed after the reconstruction but i still support the park it has definitely changed do you suppose most become a data point hard to brownish to make it bright and it's very rare is that in two percent of the park it survived since one thousand nine hundred eighty five when it was laid. this it percent of the flooring was it plays 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 they made they've all been here. right now rehearsal's are underway in the state kremlin palace for a new u.s. performance where thousands of kids. inside we have an appointment with the kremlin oldtimer children's writer alexander mcqueen the script at the very first

children's story we were party from mt 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 the revolution we speak. with them on change the plot for what it was about a boy toy out of his current situation so in the story he 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 to the during the show some of the children had weapons selves on the carpet out of fear to want to be washed and hung out to draw off to prove that. they were your performances are more predictable but still barely colorful nevertheless. by tradition at the end of the show the main character of the new

year celebrations makes his grand entrance was going to be. a hit. 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. for it so now it's about time to find out where one can even hear it like kitchen. he is not far on the fifth floor of the state criminal palace and we're on our way to meet with a gun kremlin chef. hi you know so you got us was to meet you say within earshot for once talking about just what's here so this is. 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 secret here that's where we. thought so many cools. it would you say if you say to people that so you're the chef and you're thirty five boys are they scared of you. you did yeah. so this is where all the sugar sickness take place on a really big or. so good and they want to show you where i have the privilege to work for all. this 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 many. european touch i won't use russian produce and make it turn your french. but this stuff. is mixed with vegetables and salad greens

than it is. in the world circles or. shaping them by hand art. i don't think i would think a very good job closing it. just recent russian presidents prefer healthy food and smaller portions to come in chef and meats that to me to me to resist fizz very fond of fish and seafood for example lobster salad. also prefers fish or meat in the kitchen they told us she loves sophisticated dishes like bread preparing now. refuses local delicacies on a business trips so when someone in the countryside street scene 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 are the person you have like secret service guy

you do that flow with goggles x. raying your food. they call him and take you. to rome just so busy going that is make sure that most news. in this full of v.a.p. people. alcohol is served only on festive occasions and me to be a little on holidays they prefer beer and wine but it'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 are you going to have some.

i only live in crime when this is so good. after lunch and there is an order perhaps in sars spread 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 bandits. presidential regiment is rehearsing a performance with weapons. are not only soldiers but also honor guards they protect the tomb both the unknown soldier at the eternal flame. i thought you can please show me some special tricks if you like and if you want all right let's do it command is. b. i'm going to unfold the bayonet with your go let me show you the superman then the them up to the shoulder. to the foot hold the carbine with the right term i'm not going to cut myself on my you but you won't cut yourself and i'm told that.

almost no one now shoulder the way but sure but good to reach 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 precious elite 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. for their emergency situations when people break the existing 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 what 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 various makes the food you step with and bend a little but you 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 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 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 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 wait and 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 the price you pay to live rent free inside the kremlin.

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