Wandering around The Red Square and The Kremlin
( "Moscow Kremlin and The Red Square" is an UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990 ) It was suffocatingly crowded during our visit . There was a country Fair ( Jatre) atmosphere . We were told that it was the fag end of the visitors season and soon, everything would shut down for the harsh winter season. The Red Square is the historic City Square that separates The Kremlin from a merchant quarter known as The Great Possad. It is the heart of Moscow , with all arterial roads of the city passing by it. The left side of the Square is lined by a long palatial two storey edifice , with glass skylights , dating from the 1890s . Built as a posh super market during the time of Peter The Great in a grand neoclassical style , it still functions as a super market . Called GUM ( acronym for the Russian phrase meaning ‘Main Universal Store’, pronounced ‘Goom’ . ) Dozens of souvenir vending kiosks outside the old Market building were doing great...