In Between Beautiful Towers

The Intersession Cathedral on the Moat (St. Basil's Cathedral) was built by order of the first Russian tsar Ivan The Terrible (Ivan IV) to commemorate the victory of Russian army in 1552 over the Kazan Khanate (part of Tatar and Mongol Kingdom "Golden Horde"). Location: Red Square Height: 65 meters (213 feet) Style of Design: Russian Architecture with tent roof and onion domes Architect: Postnik Yakovlev Years of Construction: 1555-1561 Status: Museum, part of the Moscow Kremlin and Red Square UNESCO World Heritage Site Photo #057 taken on September 02, 2011 ©2011 Arthur Lookyanov / ArtLook Photography