1-217-063 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Krusnaya Place, Moscow, c1890. View of Red Square with the Kremlin on the right and St Basil's Cathedral in the distance. The statue in the centre is a monument to Citizen Minin and Prince Pozharski, the leaders of the army that recaptured Moscow and the Kremlin from the Polish invaders during the Time of Troubles. The Russian word krasnaya can mean either red or beautiful. An engraving from Robert Brown's The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890).