Kremlins Outside Borders of Modern Russia
After the disintegrations of the Kievan Rus, the Russian Empire and the USSR, some fortresses considered Kremlin-type, remained beyond the borders of modern Russia. Some are listed below:
- Belz, Ukraine (only traces)
- Kiev, Ukraine (reconstructed tower of the Golden Gate)
- Chełm, Poland (only traces)
- Putyvl, Ukraine
- Novhorod-Siverskyi, Ukraine
- Grodno, Belarus (only traces under the castle)
- Chernihiv, Ukraine (only traces)
- Kamyanyets, Belarus (shafts and Belaya Vezha tower)
- Belgorod Kievsky, Ukraine (now village Belgorodka)
Many Russian monasteries have been built in a fortress-like style similar to that of a kremlin. For a partial list, see Monasteries in Russia.
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