SOTW 2 Mystery: Is it the Kremlin or St. Basil's Cathedral?

[Sandy in KY]

Can someone who knows something about Moscow help me out? I'm preparing for my co-op class this coming year, and on p 213 of the Revised SOTW Vol 2 (the chapter on Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible) there is a picture which the text identifies as the Kremlin. In my internet search for additional worksheets and coloring pages, I found several photos of St. Basil's Cathedral, and the picture in the text looks a lot more like St. Basil's than it does the Kremlin. In fact, I can't find any pictures in the Kremlin that resemble that picture. According to my internet search, St. Basil's is next to the Kremlin, but my understanding is that it isn't part of the Kremlin. St. Basil's has a very distinct look, and the drawing in SOTW appears to be the same building. SO... is there anyone out there who can solve this mystery for me?
Thanks so much!

[Colleen in NS]

Can someone who knows something about Moscow help me out? I'm preparing for my co-op class this coming year, and on p 213 of the Revised SOTW Vol 2 (the chapter on Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible) there is a picture which the text identifies as the Kremlin. In my internet search for additional worksheets and coloring pages, I found several photos of St. Basil's Cathedral, and the picture in the text looks a lot more like St. Basil's than it does the Kremlin. In fact, I can't find any pictures in the Kremlin that resemble that picture. According to my internet search, St. Basil's is next to the Kremlin, but my understanding is that it isn't part of the Kremlin. St. Basil's has a very distinct look, and the drawing in SOTW appears to be the same building. SO... is there anyone out there who can solve this mystery for me?
Thanks so much!

I don't have the revised SOTW and don't have a picture in the section of my SOTW 2 on the Ivans, but I have been in Moscow and have seen the buildings! :) They are two separate buildings, near each other in Red Square, but not right next to each other. St. Basil's Cathedral is VERY distinctive, with several "onion domes" on the top that are very multicoloured. It looks nothing like the Kremlin.

[Book Crazy]

In Russian the word Kremlin means "fortress", "citadel", "castle".

What it refers to is any major fortified central complex in historic Russian cities. The most famous of these is the Moscow Kremlin.

St. Basil's Cathedral is not within the Kremlin.

Here is a page about the Moscow Kremlin

Guide to the Moscow Kremlin (http://www.moscow.info/kremlin/index.aspx)

[Book Crazy]

I just had look in by SOTW and yes that is St. Basil's Cathedral, not the Kremlin.

Also, Ivan the Great was never called king. His official title was Grand Prince of Moscow.