In Moscow Metro, when trains move to the city center, announcements are made in a male voice, and from the center – in a female voice. This is done to make it easier for the blind to navigate.
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If not for financial difficulties, the ‘Seven Sisters’ (7 very similar high-rise buildings) would have been ‘Eight Sisters.’ Initially 8 buildings were planned but the eighth was never completed due to shortage of funds. Foundation of these buildings was laid on the same day – 7 September 1947 to commemorate the 800th anniversary of Moscow.
The Kremlin simply means Fortress in Russian. There are many Kremlins in Russia. The Moscow one is the world’s largest medieval fortress.
Standing there on the Red Square is the St.Basil cathedral.
With its unmistaken onion domes. It was commissioned by Ivan the terrible, and consecrated in 1561. It was built by Postnik Yakovlev. The legend has it that on seeing the beauty of the cathedral, Ivan the terrible made Yakovlev very rich. BUT he also had him blinded. So that he can never build anything again that surpasses the beauty of the St.Basil.
An exact replica stands on the Russian / Chinese border. 3200 km from Moscow, and 700 km from Beijing. That one however is not a church
