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Red
Square (Russian: Кра́сная
пло́щадь, tr. Krásnaya
plóshchaď, IPA: [ˈkrasnəjə
ˈploɕːətʲ])
is
a city
square in Moscow, Russia.
It
separates
the Kremlin,
the
former
royal
citadel
and
now
the
official
residence
of
the president
of
Russia,
from
a
historic
merchant
quarter
known
as Kitai-gorod.
Red
Square
is
often
considered
to
be
the
central
square
of
Moscow
since
the
city's
major
streets,
which
connect
to
Russia's
major
highways,
originate
in
the
square.
In
Moscow,
the
name Red
Square originally
described
the
small
area
between St.
Basil's
Cathedral,
the Spasskaya
Tower of
the Kremlin,
and
the Lobnoye
Mesto herald's
platform.
Tsar Alexei
Mikhailovich officially
extended
the
name
to
encompass
the
entire
square,
which
had
previously
been
called Pozhar,
or
"burnt-out
place",
reflecting
that
previous
buildings
occupying
the
site
had
burned
down
The
Kremlin
and
Red
Square
were
together
recognised
as
a UNESCO World
Heritage
Site in
1990,
due
to
their
inextricable
links
to
Russian
history
since
the
13th
century.
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