Enter the Kremlin

Author: Zuo Fengrong
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Publish Date: 2001-09-02
Features: The Kremlin has developed alongside Russia, chronicling the country's rise, growth, crises, and uncertainties. Today, the Kremlin is open to the public, but access is limited to churches and the weapons museum. In people's eyes, the Kremlin remains enigmatic, its tall, sturdy red walls separating it from the outside world. This book will take you into the Kremlin, unveiling its mysterious facade. Although these reforms played a significant role in strengthening centralization and elevating the political status of the landed nobility, they did not completely eliminate the socio-economic foundation of the boyars—hereditary land ownership, and the class system was not abolished. Ivan the IV was dissatisfied with this, wanting to personally suppress the boyars to demonstrate his power as a monarch.