Kreml

Proper noun

the Kreml

1. (rare) Synonym of Kremlin.
   • The naturally conspicuous object of the Kreml is the cathedral, a massive, squarely built piece of Russo-Byzantine architecture, that ends in five cupolas, and has a tower from which, historical works aver, the metropolitan of Astrakhan was once flung headlong.1885 June, Edmund Noble, “Six Months at Astrakhan”, in The Atlantic Monthly, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2024
   • However, of all parts of Moscow, none, perhaps, is more typical than that labyrinth of clean, quiet, winding streets and lanes which lies at the back of the Kreml, between two great radial streets, the Arbát and the Prechístenka, and is still called the Old Equerries’ Quarter, —the Stáraya...1898 September, P[eter] Kropotkin, “The Autobiography of a Revolutionist”, in The Atlantic Monthly, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Oct...

   Synonyms:

   Kremlin