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kremlin
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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
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- architect
- Aloisio da Milano
- 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.
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