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Built in the 1500s at time of Ivan the Terrible There are eight domed chapels symbolizing the eight

t assaults on Kazan Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich later added the ninth chapel to house the grave of St. Basil (green dome with gold spots)


Was named for St. Basil because he correctly predicted a fire across Moscow which impressed Ivan the Terrible


Each chapel is decorated differently, varying from very elaborate to very modest


Statue of Dmitry Pozharsky and Kuzma Minin in front They rallied Russian troops against Polish invaders in the late 16th century Stalin was going to destroy it but was stopped buy the architect Baranovsky

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