Список вопросов базы знаний

revolting a

волновать

to appeal

раскаяние

remorse

отвратительный

persecution n

Епископ

bishop n

страдание

anguish n

преследование

earl n

Орден Подвязки

The Order of the Garter

граф

descendant n

потомок

gentry n

джентри

contemporary

современный

descent

происхождение

Cathedral of the Annunciation

Благовещенский собор

suggestion

предлагать

to suggest

предложение

gentry n

джентри

to make a suggestion

Происхождение

descent

предлагать

On the western side of Cathedral Square stands

the nine-domed Cathedral of the Annunciation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Two further false domes were added to the western

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

The evolution of the Annunciation Cathedral

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

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

The gold apparently came

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

Most remarkably, the domes, roof and the top

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

The floor of the Cathedral is a warm-toned

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

The Tsar entered the building by

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.

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.

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 so-called Red Staircase runs

more striking had the original Venetian windows not been replaced

Osip Startsev added the present

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

The Italian influence would be.

along the southern wall of the Palace.

secular a

крыша с навесом

tent roof

казарма

barracks

светский

sacred a

бой часов

chimes n

священный

to play chimes

выбивать мелодию

accurate a

священный долг

sacred duty

точные часы

accurate clock,

точный

exact sciences

точный человек

to depose

смещать с должности

punctual person

точный науки

The Kutafya Tower

Кутафья башня

The Arsenal

Троицкая башня

The Trinity Tower

Арсенал