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"AD Travels: Russia\nArchitecture on a grand scale: Discover the captivating detail of the world's largest country.\nArguably the most famous square in the world, Moscow's Red Square is home to the capital city's most legendary buildings: Saint Basil's Cathedral, the Kremlin and Lenin's Mausoleum.\nAlexandre Vassiliev, an international costume and set designer based in Paris, decorated his 1950s apartment in Moscow and a 1913 family house in Vilnius, Lithuania, with a studied eye to the past. Above: The designer's green bedroom in Moscow. (August 2006)\n\"We had to adjust an orthogonal plan within the curved lines of the building's walls to make the interiors look symmetrical and orderly,\" says architect Dmitry Velikovsky, who reworked a Moscow apartment with designer Angie Diggle. Windows frame city views in the living space, which \"comprises five different sections; the central sitting area occupies most of it and is the focal point,\" explains Velikovsky. (August 2005)\nThe Kazan Kremlin, the historic citadel commissioned by Ivan the Terrible, contains numerous cultural sites including the the Qols\u00E4rif mosque (16th century, above)\u2014the largest mosque in Russia and, reputedly, in Europe. Today the mosque primarily serves as the Museum of Islam.\n\"When I first saw Ostankino, I said, This is my new studio,' \" recalls noted photographer Deborah Turbeville. \"I love its slightly threadbare quality.\" The palace was built in the late 18th century by Count Nikolai Sheremetev. \"Every part of Ostankino feels like a stage set, not just the theater.\" Gilt torch\u00E8res crafted under the supervision of serf master artisan Ivan Mochalin, faux-marbre columns, rich brocades and gray-marble atlantes holding up entablatures add to the ornateness of the Blue Room. (January 2004)\nA 1901 Moscow residence designed by Fedor Shekhtel has been restored by its current tenant, the Australian embassy. Shekhtel, one of Russia's leading Art Nouveau designers, integrated the interiors with the architecture. The focal point of the house is the double-height Bolshoi Hall, above. (November 1999)\nMany of the buildings at Tsaritsyno\u2014Catherine the Great's uncompleted palace complex near Moscow\u2014have been restored. Above: The Figured Gate leads to the Opera House; both were designed by Vasily Bazhenov, the site's original architect. Catherine hated the palace he put up and fired him. (December 2000)\nOver 25 dealers participated in Russia's first International Art and Antiques Show in Moscow at the famed Dolgorukov Palace. Above: A 26th-piece silver service surrounds a 19th-century centerpiece in Bernard De Leye's exhibit. The tapestry is Flemish. (September 2004)\nOne of the famed \"Seven Sisters\"\u2014 a series of distinguished skyscrapers built by during Stalin's last years\u2014this apartment building is located on the Kotyelnicheskaya Nabyerezhnaya embankment in Moscow. Each building was designed in the style of both Gothic and Russian Baroque architecture.\nA view from the Red Square of a busy shopping district in Moscow."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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