       Kremlin Churches  Kremlin Churches     View of the so-called "House on the Embankment" (Дом на Набережной), a block-wide apartment house.
It was completed in 1931 as the Government Building, a residence of Soviet elite. It was designed by Boris Iofan.
 Ilya Glazunov Art Gallery  Pedestrian Bridge leading over the Moskva River
 Kremlin seen from the pedestrian bridge
 Kremlin seen from the pedestrian bridge
 After a brief but heavy rain shower this beautiful rainbow emerged above the Kremlin.
 Drizzling again ....
 Historic 19th Century Krasny Oktyabr (Red October) chocolate factory What started as a small shop producing sawed sugar and later on a small workshop for production of chocolate and sweets on Arbat Street, developed into a factory on the bank of the Moskva River. The year of foundation was 1867.
The brand name became world-renowned, and for the first time took home the Grand Prix at the Paris World Fair in 1900. Its reputation grew and in 1913 it began supplying the Tsar.
After the October Revolution in 1917 the confectionary plant was nationalized and in 1922 it acquired the name of "Krasny Oktyabr." The factory was closed with the beginning of 2008 to be converted into luxury flats.The Red October factory museum will, however, remain open on the island, as well as a hand-made chocolate production department.
The production and about 3,000 workers were gradually moved to the new site in the outskirts or Moscow, where the company plans to make 120,000 tonnes of confectionery a year, mostly for Russia and other former Soviet countries.  Red October Chocolate Factory and Peter the Great Statue
  The 94 meters tall statue of Peter the Great, by Zurab Tsereteli, is the seventh tallest statue in the world.
  Detail of the Christ the Saviour Cathedral  Church of St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker on Bersenevka
   Ilya Glazunov Art Gallery
 Tower belonging to the Ministry of Defense
   Padlocks of love, attached by married couples as a guesture that they are connected now.
The key is being thrown down into the Moskva river.
   This one reads: Pasha and Nastja, together forever.  This one reads: Be faithful to the one who is faithful to you. A&O
 This one simply says: Sveta and Oleg   Monument of Alexander II of Russia
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