Saint Basil's Cathedral

Standing in the Red Square of Moscow, Russia is the legendary Cathedral of Saint Basil. This building completes the Red Square with its color and architecture; it is sits next to the Russian Kremlin making it look much nicer. Eight chapels in form of spires, the tops looking much like the top of the Taj Mahal a curious influence, are built around a ninth larger one, the ninth chapel is the main and largest chapel. Though the exterior of the cathedral is painted in wild colors such as white, yellow, red, green, and tan, the interior is more of a darker tone, lit only by candle light, the interior may feel more of a maze and sets an entirely different tone then what the outside portrays.

The St. Basil's Cathedral, a Russian Orthodox Church, was built on the red square approximately on 1561.The Cathedrals religious importance to the peoples of its nation is the saint it was named after, Saint Basil. The builder, Ivan IV also known as the Terrible, had this Cathedral built to symbolize the capture of Kazan, the last Russian city to be captured during the Russo-Kazan Wars. Also with each spiral symbolizing a great victory won during the wars. This Cathedral marks the center of Moscow geographically and starts a growth of business from tourism starting from the 14th century. Until the completion of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in 16th century, Saint Basil's Cathedral used to be the tallest building in Moscow.

Known to the world as the Saint Basil's Cathedral this building is actually named the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Virgin by the Moat. The other more known name is named after Basil the Blessed, a Muscovite, one who is born and/or is living in Moscow. Saint Basil was born on 330 at Caesarea, a city in the Cappadocia, a region in present day eastern Turkey. This man is also known as a holy fool, for his styles of preaching the gospel. He would stand naked summer or winter, no matter the weather, and would challenge the fearsome Ivan the Terrible, which later he became the only person Ivan feared. In 370 Eusebius, the head bishop for the city of Caesarea, died, so Basil decided to take his position as the head bishop. Unfortunately he was plagued with a liver illness and his practice of self denial for the sake of god's kingdom, excessive asceticism, has seemed to have quickened his death to a fairly early age of thirty nine, the date of 379. A monument of his brave relationship with Ivan the Terrible, his struggle to convert people, and care for the poor was that he was buried right before the gates of Caesarea, some years before the building he was named after was constructed.

Ivan IV also known as the Terrible, the founder of the St. Basil's Cathedral, was a Great Russian Tsar. A Tsar or Czar is a title used to classify some European Slavic rulers or monarchs. A Slavic is a family of an Indo-European branch, their regions and languages includes Russian, Bulgarian, and Polish. Ivan