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Something is missing

There is no mention of the large, round stone podium that sits just north and east of St. Basils Cathedral. I am surprised it is still there, it was probably in the way of some military parade at some time. Anyway, it was used to give speeches and political addresses at one time. Now you can find anyone sitting on the steps talking or smoking and drinking. Some people think that is it like a wishing well, and there are hundreds of coins inside the fence around the top. Apparently, if you land your coin on the stone that sits in the middle, you get a wish! It's a fun place to sit, you meet all sorts of interesting people. If you look at the Sattelite Image of Saint Basil's Cathedral you can see it.

I believe you speak about Lobnoe mesto. I will start the article later today. --Ghirlandajo 07:33, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

World Heritage Listing

I need to know why it became world heritage listed. I can't find it anywhere!!! Kombatwombats (talk) 09:42, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Too many photos

There are far too many photographs in this article; the overall impression is very cluttered as a result. I would recommend removal of many of them. WP is not an image repository etc. Anyone care to make some executive decisions on those what should remain? Jimjamjak (talk) 09:12, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

"Red" Square

"Krasnyi" means "red", but "krasivyi" is "beautiful". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.245.147.30 (talk) 20:39, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

No, you perhaps don't have enough knowledge of Russian language. The main meaning of word "krasnyi" (this is masculine, feminine form is "krasnaya") is "red" (colour), that's right - but it also has the second (now archaic) meaning as "beautiful" (in modern time the words "krasivyi" or "prekrasnyi" are used for that meaning). Many of Russian fairy tales contain a lot of expressions like "krasnaya devitsa" (= "beautiful girl"), "krasnyi molodets" (= "handsome guy") or "krasnyi terem" (= "charming palace")... 213.234.223.193 (talk) 13:31, 5 March 2014 (UTC)Martin Eden
This link between the words for beautiful and red is widely mentioned in books about Moscow, specifically to explain the name Red Square. It should definitely be in the article. 83.251.170.27 (talk) 12:55, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 1 December 2016

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: not moved. Closed early per WP:SNOW. Calidum ¤ 01:45, 2 December 2016 (UTC)


Red SquareBeautiful Square – The Russian word ‘красная’ means ‘beautiful’ in this context. Also ‘Beautiful Square’ is used in reliable sources; exempli gratiā, Robert Lyall, M.D. (1823). THE CHARACTER OF THE RUSSIANS, AND A DETAILED HISTORY OF MOSCOW. p. 51., James Bell (1832). A SYSTEM OF GEOGRAPHY, POPULAR AND SCIENTIFIC, OR A PHYSICAL, POLITICAL, AND STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD AND ITS VARIOUS DIVISIONS. VOL. I. p. 94., THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, OR CRITICAL JOURNAL: FOR APRIL......JULY, 1834. VOL. LIX. p. 377., &c. Γρηγόριος (talk) 03:16, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

  • Do you discriminate me by the quantity of my edits?
    ‘Красная Армия’ means ‘Red Army,’ but ‘Красная площадь’ means ‘Beautiful Square’. These are different things. Also you must reach a consensus in accordance with WP:CONS. All you do at present is dictatura. Γρηγόριος (talk) 00:53, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Meaning of the word "krasnaya"

This word has only one meaning in modern Russian, this meaning is "red". "Beautiful" is the former meaning of this word in very old Russian. So, please, fix this sentence in article: "Russian word красная (krasnaya), which means both "red" and "beautiful"..." MBH (talk) 12:54, 10 June 2017 (UTC)