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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



A GRIM MONUMENT TO REVOLUTIONARY SACRILEGE 



Furrowed by shells and riddled with shot, this noble edifice, the Church of the Twelve 

 Apostles, presents an even sorrier spectacle within (see page 385) 



the right temple, and then the whole 

 figure, considered always as the defense 

 of the Holy Kremlin. 



THE GREATNESS AND THE GLORY OE THE 

 KREMLIN 



The Gate of the Saviour was till now 

 honored by traditional custom, where 

 every one who went through, even the 

 foreigner and the pagan, bared his head 

 as a mark of reverence. Now no one 

 enters here and armed guards stand 



smoking cigarettes, scolding the passers- 

 by, and quarreling among themselves. 



The famous clock with the musical 

 chimes is shattered. The hands stopped 

 at the moment when a heavy shell broke 

 into the Kremlin wall and left its indeli- 

 ble trail of blood and shame on this hal- 

 lowed heart of Moscow. 



One would like, as so many have said, 

 to open the Kremlin gates that all people, 

 not only of Moscow, but of all Russia, 

 might see the ruin of their sacred places. 



