Happy 450th Birthday, St. Basil's Cathedral

St. Basil's Cathedral
Peter Turnley / Corbis

Red Square
Vladimir Lenin's tomb, on the right in this photo, stands not far from the Cathedral on Red Square. The entire area, along with the adjacent Kremlin, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1990.

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