Kremlin Definition

krĕmlĭn
noun
The citadel of Moscow, housing the offices of the Russian government and formerly those of the Soviet government. The outer walls of the compound date to the 1400s.
American Heritage
In Russia, the citadel of a city.
Webster's New World
The government of Russia and formerly that of the Soviet Union.
American Heritage
pronoun

The Moscow Kremlin official residence of the president of Russia.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Kremlin

Noun

Singular:
Kremlin
Plural:
kremlins

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Kremlin

  • the Kremlin

Origin of Kremlin

  • Obsolete German Kremelin from Old Russian kremlĭnŭ separate from kremlĭ a separate place, citadel

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Ultimately from Old East Slavic кремль (kremlĭ).

    From Wiktionary

  • Special use of kremlin.

    From Wiktionary

Kremlin Sentence Examples

  • The Kremlin, or old fort, occupies one of these hills facing the Volga.

  • The throne was vacant, the great nobles quarrelling among themselves, the Catholic Poles in the Kremlin of Moscow, the Protestant Swedes in Novgorod, and enormous bands of brigands everywhere.

  • The Troitsk or Trinity monastery is the most sacred spot in " middle Russia, the Great Russians regarding it with more veneration than even the cathedrals and relics of the Kremlin at Moscow.

  • Napoleon passed the night in a house in the western suburb and next morning rode to the Kremlin, the troops moving to the quarters assigned to them, but in the afternoon a great fire began and, continuing for two days, drove the French out into the country again.

  • It was the occupation of Moscow and the desecration of the Kremlin, the sacred centre of Holy Russia, that changed his sentiment for Napoleon into passionate hatred.

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