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Today we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the day when red stars, a symbol of the Soviet Union and the image of Russia that is cognate abroad, were lighted up on the Moscow Kremlin towers. On November 2, 1937 five stars – on Spasskaya, Borovitskaya, Nikolskaya, Vodovzvodnaya and Troitskaya towers – took the place of double eagles, symbols of tsar’s Russia. This event was timed to the 20th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution.
The first stars of Kremlin towers were made of gilded stainless steel and copper and enchased with Ural gems. But they lost their luster soon and were replaced with present ones.
Now every star weights less than one ton and consists of two parts – inner opal glass, which diffuses light, and outer ruby glass. The stars are installed on special bearings and revolve like weathercocks do. Every five years all stars are washed to move off the dirt that accumulated on them, and every eight years they are renovated. Every month lighting facilities of stars are examined. Special systems guarantee that stars will keep burning even if lamps blow out or power supply is cut off.
You can watch the Kremlin towers from the windows of Le Royal Meridien National Hotel rooms.
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