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Kremlin (Kreml ) is the Russian word for "fortress", "citadel" or "castle" and refers to any major fortified central complex found in historic Russia
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Kreml
Smolensk Kremlin
Kremlin (Kreml ) is the Russian word for "fortress", "citadel" or "castle" and refers to any major fortified central complex found in historic Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n cities. This word is often used to refer to the best-known one, the Moscow Kremlin
Moscow Kremlin

The Moscow Kremlin usually referred to as simply The Kremlin, is a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River , Saint Basil's Cathedral and Red Square and the Alexander Garden ....
, or the government that is based there. Outside Russia, the name "Kremlin" is sometimes mistakenly thought of as being Saint Basil's Cathedral
Saint Basil's Cathedral

The Cathedral of Intercession of the Virgin on the Moat is a multi-Tented roof on the Red Square in Moscow that also features distinctive onion domes....
 because of its distinctive environment, although this is not a part of the Moscow Kremlin.

The name Kremlin (or Kreml) has been allocated to various Soviet Navy
Soviet Navy

The Soviet Navy was the naval part of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy would have been instrumental in any perceived Warsaw Pact role in an all-out war with NATO when it would have to stop the naval convoys bringing reinforcements over the Atlantic to the Western European theatre....
 vessels during construction. In each case, the name was changed prior to commissioning. Vessels which have briefly carried this name included Admiral Kuznetsov and Ulyanovsk
Soviet aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk

Ulyanovsk was the first of a class of Soviet Union supercarriers which, for the first time, would have offered true blue water navy aviation capability for the Soviet Navy....
.

Russia's presidential administration is located in the Kremlin. During the Soviet era the government of the USSR was located in Kremlin, but now the Russian government occupies a building outside it.

List of Russian cities and towns with kremlins

  • World Heritage Site
    World Heritage Site

    A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site that is on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 Sovereign state which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term....
    s
    • Moscow Kremlin
      Moscow Kremlin

      The Moscow Kremlin usually referred to as simply The Kremlin, is a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River , Saint Basil's Cathedral and Red Square and the Alexander Garden ....
    • Novgorod Kremlin
      Novgorod Kremlin

      The Detinets is the ancient name for the Kremlin or fortress in Novgorod the Great, which stands on the left bank of the Volkhov River about two miles north of where it empties out of Lake Ilmen....
    • Kazan Kremlin
      Kazan Kremlin

      The Kazan Kremlin is the chief historic citadel of Tatarstan, situated in the city of Kazan. It was built on behest of Ivan the Terrible on the ruins of the former castle of list of Kazan khans....
    • Suzdal Kremlin
    • Solovetsky Monastery
      Solovetsky Monastery

      Solovetsky Monastery was the greatest citadel of Christianity in the Russian North before being turned into a special Soviet prison and labor camp , which served as a prototype for the GULAG system....


  • Extant
    • Astrakhan Kremlin
      Astrakhan

      Astrakhan is a major types of inhabited localities in Russia in southern European Russia and the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast. The city lies on the Volga River, close to where it discharges into the Caspian Sea....
    • Kolomna Kremlin
      Kolomna

      Kolomna is an ancient types of inhabited localities in Russia in Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Moskva River and Oka Rivers....
    • Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin
      Nizhny Novgorod

      Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened as Nizhny, is the fourth largest types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, ranking after Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Novosibirsk....
    • Pskov Kremlin
      Pskov

      Pskov is an ancient types of inhabited localities in Russia located in the north-west of Russia about east from the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River....
    • Rostov Veliky Kremlin
      Rostov

      Rostov is one of the oldest types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia and an important tourist centre of the so called Golden ring. It is located on the shores of Lake Nero in Yaroslavl Oblast....
    • Smolensk Kremlin
      Smolensk

      Smolensk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and the administrative centre of Smolensk Oblast, located on the Dnieper River. Situated west-southwest of Moscow, this walled city was destroyed several times throughout its long history since it was on the invasion routes of both Napoleon and Hitler....
    • Tobolsk Kremlin
      Tobolsk

      Tobolsk is a historic capital of Siberia, now an ordinary town in Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is located at the confluence of rivers Tobol River and Irtysh River....
    • Tula Kremlin
      Tula, Russia

      Tula is an industrial types of inhabited localities in Russia in the European part of Russia, located 193 km south of Moscow, on the river Upa River....
    • Zaraysk Kremlin
      Zaraysk

      Zaraysk is a Types of settlements in Russia in Moscow Oblast, Russia, the administrative center of Zaraysky District, situated about 100 km south from Moscow....
    • Troitse Sergiyeva Lavra (Monastery)
      Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra

      The Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius is the most important Russian monastery and the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church. The monastery is situated in the town of Sergiyev Posad, about 90 km to the north-east from Moscow by the road leading to Yaroslavl, and currently is home to over 300 monks....
    • Ivangorod Fortress
      Ivangorod fortress

      Ivangorod Fortress is a Russian medieval castle established by Ivan III in 1492 and since then grown into the town of Ivangorod.The fortress overlooks the Narva River opposite the Hermann Castle and the Estonian city of Narva....
    • Oreshek
      Shlisselburg

      Shlisselburg is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated at the head of the Neva River on Lake Ladoga, east of Saint Petersburg....
    • Staraya Ladoga
      Staraya Ladoga

      Staraya Ladoga , Vanha Laatokka in finnish or the Aldeigjuborg of Norse sagas, is a Types of inhabited localities in Russia in the Volkhovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Volkhov River near Lake Ladoga....
    • Alexandrov Kremlin
      Alexandrov Kremlin

      The tsar?s residence in the Alexandrovskaya village is an old Russian fortress which served as the actual capital of the oprichnina in the Moscow state from 1564 until 1581....
    • Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery
      Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery

      Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery , loosely translated in English as the St. Cyril-Belozhersk Monastery, used to be the largest monastery of Northern Russia....
    • Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery
    • Korela Fortress
      Korela Fortress

      Korela Fortress , at the town of Priozersk, was founded by the Karelians who named the place K?kisalmi.It was first mentioned in a Novgorodian chronicle of 1143 as Korela....


  • In ruins
    • Gdov Kremlin
      Gdov Kremlin

      The Gdov Kremlin is located on a bank of the Gdovka River, overlooking the Russian town of Gdov....
    • Izborsk Kremlin
      Izborsk

      Izborsk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Pechorsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia. It contains one of the most ancient and impressive fortresses of Western Russia....
    • Porkhov Kremlin
      Porkhov

      Porkhov is a medieval fortress and a town in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Shelon River, 75 km east of Pskov. Population: 12,263 ....
    • Serpukhov Kremlin
      Serpukhov

      Serpukhov is an old town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, which is situated at the confluence of the Oka River and the Nara Rivers. It is located 99 km south from Moscow on the Moscow—Simferopol highway....
    • Velikie Luki Kremlin
    • Torzhok Kremlin
      Torzhok

      Torzhok is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, famous for its folk craft of goldwork embroidery. It is located on the Tvertsa River, 60 km west of Tver....
    • Mozhaysk Kremlin
      Mozhaysk

      Mozhaysk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located to the west from the Russian capital, on the historic road leading to Smolensk and then to Poland....
    • Fortress of Koporye
      Koporye

      Koporye is a historic Types of settlements in Russia in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located about 100 km to the west of Saint Petersburg....
    • Vyazma Kremlin (one tower)
      Vyazma

      Vyazma is a town in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vyazma River, about halfway between Smolensk and Mozhaysk. Throughout its turbulent history, the city defended western approaches to the city of Moscow....
    • Syzran Kremlin (one tower, 1683)
      Syzran

      Syzran is the third largest types of settlements in Russia in Samara Oblast, Russia. It is located on the right bank of Saratov Reservoir of the Volga River....


  • Unwalled
    • Vladimir Kremlin
      Vladimir

      Vladimir is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, located on the Klyazma River, to the east of Moscow along the M7 motorway . It is the administrative center of Vladimir Oblast....
    • Dmitrov
      Dmitrov

      Dmitrov is a Types of inhabited localities in Russia in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located to the north of Moscow. It is located on the Yakhroma River and the Moscow Canal, which connects the Russian capital with the Volga River....
    • Ryazan
      Ryazan

      Ryazan is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in the Central Federal District of Russia and the administrative center of Ryazan Oblast. It is on the Oka River south-east of Moscow....
    • Vologda
      Vologda

      Vologda is a city in Russia and the administrative center of Vologda Oblast. Population: 293,700 ; Vologda takes its name, of likely Finno-Ugrian origin, from the Vologda River which flows through the city....
    • Yaroslavl
      Yaroslavl

      Yaroslavl is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, located north-east of Moscow....
    • Pereslavl-Zalessky
      Pereslavl-Zalessky

      Pereslavl-Zalessky or Pereyaslavl-Zalessky , is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. It was called Pereyaslavl until the 15th century....
    • Khlynov (Vyatka)
      Kirov, Kirov Oblast

      Kirov , formerly known as Vyatka and Khlynov, is a city in north-eastern European Russia, on the Vyatka River, administrative center of Kirov Oblast....


  • Only traces
    • Borovsk
      Borovsk

      Borovsk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located just south from its border with the Moscow Oblast. It is situated on the Protva River, about south-west of Moscow....
    • Opochka
      Opochka

      Opochka is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Pskov Oblast, Russia, located on the Velikaya River, 130 km south of Pskov, in the proximity of Pushkin's family home Mikhailovskoye....
    • Zvenigorod
      Zvenigorod

      File:Zvenigorod Yspenskiy sobor 1.jpgZvenigorod is an old types of inhabited localities in Russia in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: ...
    • Starodub
      Starodub

      Starodub is a types of settlements in Russia in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Babinets River , 169 km southwest of Bryansk....
    • Tver
      Tver

      Tver is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, the administrative center of Tver Oblast. Population: 405,500 ; 408,903 . Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in Imperial Russia with population of 60,000 on...
       – burned down by Muscovites during the Golden Horde
      Golden Horde

      The Golden Horde is a East-Slavic designation for the Mongol?later Turkic languages?Muslim khanate established in the western part of the Mongol Empire after the Mongol invasion of Rus' in the 1240s: present-day Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan, and the Caucasus....
       occupation
    • Sknyatino – underwater since flooding during the 1930s.
    • Fortress of Jama
      Kingisepp

      Kingisepp , formerly Yamburg and Jama , is a Types of inhabited localities in Russia in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies along the Luga River, 137 km west of Saint Petersburg, 20 km east of Narva, and 49 km south of the Gulf of Finland....
    • Fortress of Radonezh
      Radonezh

      Radonezh , formerly known as Gorodok is a historic types of inhabited localities in Russia in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located about from Sergiyev Posad....
    • Old Ryazan (60 km from modern Ryazan)


  • Unknown state
    • Ostrov
      Ostrov

      Ostrov is a types of settlements in Russia in Pskov Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Velikaya River, 55 km south of Pskov. Population: 25,078 ; 27,000 ....
    • Volokolamsk
      Volokolamsk

      Volokolamsk is the types of inhabited localities in Russia and administrative center of Volokolamsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Gorodenka River, not far from its confluence with the Lama River, north-west of Moscow....


Many Russian monasteries
Monastery

Monastery , a term derived from the Greek language word ???ast?????, neut. of ???ast????? - monasterios denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of Monk, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in Cenobium or alone ....
 have been built in a fortress-like style similar to that of a kremlin. For a partial list, see :Category:Monasteries in Russia.

See also