The Mozhaysk Kremlin is a not preserved white-stone (wooden before the 16th century) fortress in the city of Mozhaysk, an imp

🇷🇺 The Mozhaysk Kremlin is a not preserved white-stone (wooden before the 16th century) fortress in the city of Mozhaysk, an important western outpost of the Russian state. The Mozhaysk Kremlin, as such, has not existed for several centuries. Only fragments of earthen defense ramparts, and part of the gate with walls at the base (in the undercrofts) of the Novo-Nikolsky Cathedral remind us of its existence. It is unusual to hear this about the Kremlin of a large historical city located in the European part of Russia, but it is so. Catherine II ordered to dismantle the walls of the dilapidated Kremlin. The borders of the country retreated far beyond Smolensk and the military importance of the Kremlin was lost. The Novo-Nikolsky Cathedral was built in its place, it was completed just before the Patriotic War of 1812. It was in this cathedral that Russian soldiers killed in the Battle of Borodino, who were delivered on carts along the Smolensk road, were buried. The Borodino field was a little more than 10 kilometers away. Napoleon himself lived a few days in Mozhaysk opposite the cathedral. He looked out the window at the white and red walls and admired their neo-Gothic style. During the Great Patriotic War (WWII), Mozhaysk was captured by the Nazis. On the territory of the cathedral there was a concentration camp for Soviet soldiers. After its liberation by our troops, about two thousand fallen soldiers were buried there. After the war, a recreation park was opened on the territory of the Kremlin. Only in 1994 services were resumed in the cathedral. InfoDefenseENGLISH InfoDefense Источник: InfoDefenseENGLISH