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major fortified central complex found in historic Slavic cities

AI overview

A kremlin is a heavily fortified central area found in historic Slavic cities, typically containing important government and religious buildings. It matters because these structures represent significant centers of political and cultural power in Slavic history and remain important landmarks today.

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Subclass of
fortress
Image
Vadimrazumov copter - Zaraysk.jpg
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Commons category
Kreml
topic's main category
Category:Kremlins
topic has template
Template:Kremlins
OpenStreetMap tag
castle_type=kremlin
different from
gremlin
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Encyclopedic overview

A kremlin (/ˈkrɛmlɪn/ KREM-lin ; Russian: кремль, romanized: kreml’, IPA: [ˈkrʲemlʲ] ) is a major fortified central complex found in historic Russian cities. The word is often used to refer to the Moscow Kremlin, and metonymically to the government based there. Other such fortresses are called detinets, such as the Novgorod Detinets.

Etymology

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “kremlin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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