Russia has always been a country with many interesting things that attract tourists from all over the world to visit. Besides, Russia also has massive architectural works that are famous around the world and have become the pride of the Russian people.

The Kremlin is one of the interesting destinations that tourists traveling to Russia definitely cannot miss. Besides, this palace also contains mysteries that not everyone knows. Let’s learn about this attractive but hidden destination with many mysteries.

Extremely unique ancient frescoes hidden under the saint statues

Uspensky Cathedral is an architectural work built in the late 15th century. This is the main church located in the Kremlin Palace, where the coronation ceremonies of previous Russian dynasties were held. A fire that occurred in 1626 caused this ancient structure to be severely damaged. In the years 1642-1643, Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov made decisions to restore this church by ordering the removal of old murals and redecorating almost the entire church.

Today’s restorers were very surprised to discover that hidden under the saint statues were ancient frescoes. Tourists on the Russian tour will surely be surprised to learn that the three layers of decoration are all different patterns without letters and above are hanging pictures of Saints. The top two paintings, as well as most of the other wall paintings inside the church, were painted in 1643. The bottom paintings were probably painted in the late 15th century when the first statues of saints were painted. painted on the wall, or in 1515, the official end of the decoration of the entire church.

The palace’s chandeliers were made from stolen silver

After Napoleon’s army entered Moscow in 1812, practically all the silver inside the Uspensky church also disappeared. At that time, only the tomb containing the holy remains of the Great Patriarch Yona remained inside the church, who, according to legend for many generations, appeared before the French army with fists and threats that made them angry. don’t dare take risks. But when Napoleon’s army withdrew, they promptly broke and returned to the church what they had plundered (nearly 300kg of various rare metals).

At that time, it seemed that this precious metal had been melted down. By 1817, people used that metal to cast chandeliers used to decorate churches in the shape of flowers and grape branches. Today, Russian tourists can admire this set of chandeliers at the Uspensky church located inside the majestic Kremlin Palace.

The oldest street in the Kremlin

A few centuries ago, the Kremlin area in Moscow, was the place where landowners and merchants in Russia lived and worked. Here there are gardens of monasteries and official residences of court officials at that time. This place has very narrow streets with buildings located close to each other. Since the time of Duke Ivan III (the Great), various construction projects have regularly begun in this area, such as paving roads, demolishing old houses to build new ones, and erecting and dismantling statues, palaces, and monuments. Today’s Kremlin area was once an extremely large land with lush green gardens, but this place only retains an unnamed ancient road. This road is located between the Patriarch’s palace and Uspensky church, one side of the road will lead tourists to the Cathedral square, and the other side will lead to the main gate to the church.

Fascinating illusions of buildings that were once demolished

Today’s Kremlin lost many architectural monuments in the first years and decades after the revolution, as well as during the beginning of many previous reforms. At some of these relics, artifacts still remain. Various fragments of the foundations of the Maly Nikolaevsky Palace, a place Tsar Nikolai I once loved to visit, are now displayed on the squares opposite the Tsar’s bell. Not far from there, there are still fragments of the Chudov monastery, which was demolished in 1929. Behind these archaeological sites is a newly built underground museum.

Surely when traveling to Russia when coming to the capital Moscow, you cannot miss the Kremlin. This ancient architectural work is both a symbol and a pride of the Russian people because, after many years of history, this palace still retains its inherent majesty. Surely the above mysteries will make this destination even more attractive in the eyes of tourists when traveling to Russia.