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Cathedral temple of Russian Orthodox Church near to the Kremlin on left I protect Moscow-river, on a place which is called earlier Чертольем. It is constructed in gratitude to the God for rescue of Russia from napoleonic invasion: " in preservation of eternal memory of that unprecedented diligence, fidelity and love to Belief and Fatherland with what in these hard times has extolled itself people Russian, and in commemoration of Our gratitude to Craft Божию which has rescueed Russia from destruction threatened to it ". On walls of a temple names of wounded men and the killed officers of Russian army are immortalized.
It is constructed under the project of architect Konstantin Tona. Construction proceeded almost 44 years, is consecrated - on May, 26th on December, 1883.5th, 1931 the building of a temple has been destroyed. The temple is restored in 1990; the top temple is consecrated on August, 19th, 2000.

I very much like a retrospective show of night Moscow.

The origin the name Moscow is based on different versions. Two are popular in scientists. The first version - the muddy river, the second - the she-bear.

The enormous bowl with a gold sheaf in the middle was surrounded with 16 sculptures of girls in national clothes. From the mosaic gold which has covered sculptures, blinded eyes. And the water jets poured in beams of the sun, have soared up on height of the 8-storeyed house. The first visitors at a kind of this miracle hardly did not lose consciousness. The fountain also is now magnificent. It with pride recommend for excursions to foreigners, approving, that analogues of a similar water enchantling spectacle do not exist.

Built in 1491 by Italian architect Pietro Antonio Solari. The construction of the east line of Kremlin's fortifications was begun after it was built.

The tower was erected instead of the Frolovskaya strelnitsa of 1367-1368. Its gate facing Red Square has always been the main entrance to the Kremlin. The holy gate has always been admired by the Russian people. The Spasskiye Gate was used for royal and patriarchal ceremonial processions as well as foreign ambassadors' receptions.

Initially, the pass-tower had been called Frolovskaya as it stood near the Frol and Laur Church. In 1516, a wooden drawbridge was mounted across the moat. In the late XVIth century, the tower was topped with a marquee and a double-headed eagle.
On April, 16, 1658, according to the decree of Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich, the tower was renamed Spasskaya after the Vernicle Icon placed over the gate facing Red Square. The icon itself has not survived. However, its place is still seen.
In 1624-1625, the Spasskaya was the first Kremlin's Tower overbuilt with a high many-tier top and a stone marquee. Russian architect Bazhen Ogurtsov (Cucumber) and English clockmaster Christopher Galloway supervised the construction of the marquee.
The first clock on the Spasskaya Tower was installed by the project of Galloway. In 1707, a new Dutch musical chimes was sent to Moscow on the order of Tsar Peter the Great.

In 1763, the clock was replaced again. The present-day clock and chimes were repaired and installed by the brothers Butenop in 1851.

In 1920, during the restoration of the Spasskaya Tower, musician M. Cheremnykh and the Kremlin's plumber N. Berens rearranged the playing mechanism as to play the tune of “The International”.

In 1935, the tower's marquee was crowned with a five-pointed star. In 1937, it was replaced by a new, larger one (diameter of 3,75 m).

Day and night the star's surface is illuminated from the inside by a lamp of 5.000 W. The star rotates under the wind like a weathervane.

The Spasskaya Tower is a ten-story construction. It is 67,3 m high without the star and 71 m high with the star.