Информация о красной площади

The red square - the main square of Moscow, located in the center of the radial-circular planning of the city between the Moscow Kremlin (to the West) and China town (East). From the square to the Bank of the Moscow river leads sloping Vasilyevsky Spusk. The area is located along the North-Eastern wall of the Kremlin between the Kremlin passing through, passing through the resurrection Gate, Nikolskaya street, Ilyinka, Varvarka and Vasilevsky descent to the Kremlin embankment. Facing the square street next branch and merge into the main thoroughfare of the city, leading to different parts of Russia. On the square are a place of a skull, the monument to Minin and Pozharsky, the Mausoleum Century I. Lenin, near which the Necropolis near the Kremlin wall, where buried figures (mainly political and military) of the Soviet state[1] To the West of the square is the Moscow Kremlin, to the East - Top (GUM) and the Middle trade rows, North - Historical Museum, and the Kazansky Cathedral, to the South of St. Basil's Cathedral (Pokrovsky Sobor). The unique architectural ensemble of the square is protected by UNESCO as a world heritage site. A square paved with stone blocks, is a pedestrian zone. Vehicular traffic in the area has been banned since 1974[source is not specified 92 days]. Also has an unofficial ban on travel by Bicycle. The total length of the red square - 330 meters, the width is 70 meters, the area of 23 100 m2.