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cathedral in which the C;ars were crowned, and many important garrisons and arsenals. During the 1917 Revolution, the arsenal of the Krem' lin was held against the Bolsheviks, but the steady bombardment damaged many sections; this damage has now been repaired as far as possible.
Within the walls of the Kremlin are the private apartments of Marshal Stalin. The long white corridor leading to his chambers is vaulted by indirect lighting, and punctuated at frequent intervals by colorfully uniformed guards — not one lower in rank than a major. Marshal Stalin himself — off iced behind huge double doors to prevent eavesdropping — works at a massive desk in one corner of a long, rectangular room. The chamber is replete with highly polished mahogany furniture, which for the most part centers around a capacious con' ference table.
When viewed externally, the Krem' lin appears to be a city in itself, surrounded by high, pyramidal walls of pale pink brick; it is surmounted by battlements, pierced by five gates. One gate, dating back to 1490, marks the spot where the first settlement arose on Kremlin Hill. Another gate, built in 1498, destroyed by Catherine the Great, and later rebuilt, has a secret passage connecting it with the nearby Moskav River. The main entrance to the Kremlin today is the Spasskiye Vorota Gate which opens onto Red Square. In 1625 an Englishman erected the famous chimes in the tower above this gate, from which the "International" was pealed at
noon and 6 o'clock in the evening. The "Russian Revolutionary Funeral March" was also played, at 3 and 9 p.m.
These gates, with their drawbridges, made the Kremlin an island fortress when the alarm tower gave warnings of the approach of an enemy. By the 17th century, when the danger of barbarian aggressors had become less imminent, the Kremlin lost its importance as a fortress, and in the following two centuries the structure fell into disrepair with the accompanying loss of many monuments of medieval Russian architecture. But today, the Kremlin has emerged from its long and varied history — not only as the center of Moscow, but what is even more significant, as the heart of the vast nation that is modem Russia.