Список вопросов базы знаний

to appeal

волновать

revolting a

раскаяние

remorse

отвратительный

bishop n

Епископ

anguish n

преследование

persecution n

страдание

descendant n

потомок

earl n

Орден Подвязки

The Order of the Garter

граф

descent

джентри

contemporary

происхождение

gentry n

современный

to suggest

Благовещенский собор

Cathedral of the Annunciation

предлагать

suggestion

предложение

gentry n

джентри

descent

Происхождение

to make a suggestion

предлагать

Ivan III, having completed the Cathedral of the Assumption, commissioned a group of stonemasons from Pskov -

the nine-domed Cathedral of the Annunciation.

The church was founded by Grand Prince Vasily (son of Dmitry Donskoy)

in 1397, but by 1480s this building had been dilapidated.

On the western side of Cathedral Square stands

some of the finest craftsmen in Russia - to reconstruct the church.

The evolution of the Annunciation Cathedral

four single-domed chapels to be added, one to each corner.

Two further false domes were added to the western

part of the original roof to bring the grand total to nine, and the gallery was enclosed.

The fire of 1547 seriously damaged the building and during the reconstruction of 1562 – 64 Ivan IV (who preferred elaborate churches) ordered

was more complex than that of other Kremlin churches.

Ivan IV married for the fourth time in 1572. Under Orthodox law he was denied access to the Cathedral by the main entrance, and

so he had an additional staircase, porch and chapel built on the south-eastern side.

Most remarkably, the domes, roof and the top

of the apses were covered with gold sheet, thus earning the Cathedral the name “gold topped.”

The gold apparently came

from Novgorod, which was fully subjugated during Ivan’s reign.

The Tsar entered the building by

reddish-brown jasper said to have been a gift from the Shah of Persia and originally used in Rostov Cathedral.

The floor of the Cathedral is a warm-toned

the porch known as “Grosnenskiy” (lit. Terrible’s) and remained behind a grille during the service.

The name which might be translated

designed along Italian lines.

Together with the glowing murals and superb

silver-gilt framed iconostasis it creates an impression of extraordinary luxury and richness in this most Russian of Cathedrals.

The rectangular Granovitaya Palace is just between the Cathedral of the Annunciation and the Cathedral of the Assumption. It was

as Faceted Palace, comes from the rusticated stone facing of the eastern side.

The Italian influence would be.

more striking had the original Venetian windows not been replaced

Osip Startsev added the present

along the southern wall of the Palace.

The so-called Red Staircase runs

beautiful window details in 1682. The roof also had been changed.

tent roof

крыша с навесом

secular a

светский

barracks

казарма

to play chimes

бой часов

sacred a

священный

chimes n

выбивать мелодию

accurate a

священный долг

accurate clock,

точный

sacred duty

точные часы

to depose

смещать с должности

punctual person

точный человек

exact sciences

точный науки

The Kutafya Tower

Кутафья башня

The Arsenal

Троицкая башня

The Trinity Tower

Арсенал