• The Ivan the Great Bell Tower today contains 22 bells. Of these, 18 small bells hang in the base and in the middle of the bell tower.
  • The Ivan the Great Bell Tower is a kind of architectural center of the Moscow Kremlin, uniting all its buildings into a single ensemble.
  • After exploring the exhibitions, visitors can climb 137 steps to the top of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower for a spectacular view over the Kremlin and Moscow!
  • In December 1813 Muscovites heard the bells of the ‘Ivan the GreatBell Tower for the first time after Napoleon was ousted from Russia.
  • While retreating, the Napoleonic army blew up and burned many buildings, and the Ivan the Great Bell Tower suffered greatly, among others.
  • But he confused the cathedral with the Ivan the Great Bell Tower which only had a gilded iron cross.
  • Located in the heart of the Kremlin complex, the bell tower was erected in the late 15th century by the orders of Russian Tsar Ivan III (the Great).
  • The white stone complex of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower dominates an entire side of Cathedral Square and houses several of the largest bells in the world.
  • In the center of the Kremlin's Cathedral Square stands the miracle of architectural art of the 16th century, Ivan the Great Bell Tower.
  • Church of St. John the Baptist, Borovitskaya tower and Stablings prikaz (department) in the Kremlin - Fyodor Alekseyev.