The Kremlin
Over roughly a thousand years, the Kremlin has come to symbolise Russia itself.
Over roughly a thousand years, the Kremlin has come to symbolise Russia itself, with all its varying fortunes, allegiances, and leaders. It鈥檚 a physical location that has become synonymous with government and nationhood. Through war and peace, Russia鈥檚 leaders have always striven to forge their own identities alongside that of this famous old complex.
But what were the origins of this forbidding citadel? How did it become intrinsically linked to the rise of Moscow? And what of its enemies - from the Mongols, to Napoleon, to Hitler, who have attempted to strike against it?
This is a Short History Of鈥�.The Kremlin.
A Noiser Production, written by Dan Smith. With thanks to Professor Catherine Merridale, author of Red Fortress: History and Illusion in the Kremlin. And John Sweeney, author of Killer in the Kremlin.
