Посещение Астраханского Кремля / Visit to the Astrakhan Kremlin: 1885-1914

Россия в дореволюционной фотографии
Посещение Астраханского Кремля
1885-1914

Russia in pre-revolutionary photography
Visit to the Astrakhan Kremlin
1885-1914

Музыка:
В. Калинников - Симфония №1 - Scherzo: Allegro non troppo
Гос. академический симфонический оркестр СССР

Music:
V. Kalinnikov - Symphony No. 1 in G minor
Scherzo - Allegro non troppo
State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the USSR

Astrakhan Kremlin is a fortress in the city of Astrakhan, Russia. It is located on a hill on an island in the Volga Delta, between the Volga, the Kutum, and the Tsarev....
For centuries, the Astrakhan Kremlin was inapproachable stronghold in the south-eastern border of Russia...
In 1552, Tsar Ivan IV conquered the Kazan Khanate. Four years later, Russian troops took Astrakhan. When the Middle and Lower Volga Region was joined, Moscow department acquired access to the Caspian Sea, in the new lands began to emerge and strengthen the Russian city.
The first construction of the Kremlin began in 1587- 1588 under the guidance of sapper, a lector of Discharge Order – I.G. Vorodkov. He laid the first wooden fortress with powerful solid walls and towers. During the reign of Ivan IV The Terrible and Boris Godunov the wooden fortress was rebuilt using stone...
Construction of Assumption Cathedral, which began in 1699 on the first of October, was probably the most significant event that was held on the territory of the Astrakhan Kremlin...Construction took 12 years. In 1710 the cathedral Belfry was constructed...
Following the Revolution of October 1917, access to the Kremlin was closed. The Red army used the territory as a military command post.
Not until the end of the Great Patriotic War was access given to the Outpost as the military ceased using the Kremlin for military purposes....
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Видео Посещение Астраханского Кремля / Visit to the Astrakhan Kremlin: 1885-1914 канала Nigel Fowler Sutton