Список вопросов базы знаний

to appeal

раскаяние

remorse

волновать

revolting a

отвратительный

persecution n

преследование

anguish n

страдание

bishop n

Епископ

earl n

потомок

The Order of the Garter

Орден Подвязки

descendant n

граф

contemporary

джентри

descent

происхождение

gentry n

современный

to suggest

Благовещенский собор

suggestion

предлагать

Cathedral of the Annunciation

предложение

gentry n

джентри

to make a suggestion

Происхождение

descent

предлагать

On the western side of Cathedral Square stands

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

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

the nine-domed Cathedral of the Annunciation.

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

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.

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

was more complex than that of other Kremlin churches.

The gold apparently came

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

Most remarkably, the domes, roof and the top

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

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.

The Tsar entered the building by

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

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

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

The name which might be translated

designed along Italian lines.

Together with the glowing murals and superb

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

Osip Startsev added the present

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

The so-called Red Staircase runs

more striking had the original Venetian windows not been replaced

The Italian influence would be.

along the southern wall of the Palace.

secular a

казарма

barracks

светский

tent roof

крыша с навесом

sacred a

выбивать мелодию

chimes n

священный

to play chimes

бой часов

accurate clock,

священный долг

accurate a

точный

sacred duty

точные часы

to depose

точный науки

exact sciences

смещать с должности

punctual person

точный человек

The Kutafya Tower

Троицкая башня

The Arsenal

Кутафья башня

The Trinity Tower

Арсенал