Kolomna Kremlin: a walk near the ancient walls, kalachi and toy museum

There were 17 towers in the Kolomna Kremlin, and only 7 of them have been preserved, including the famous Marinkina Tower, in which а Polish girl Marina Mnishek, crowned as a Russian tsarina, was languishing. She was the wife of a pretender king False Dmitry I who pretended to be the son of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. The oldest square of Kolomna – Sobornaya is in the center of the Kremlin. It is surrounded by churches. In particular, the oldest Uspensky Cathedral with a bell tower, which was rebuilt in the XVII century, the Novo-Golutvin Holy Trinity Monastery of the XIX century, as well as the Tikhvin Church of the XVIII century. It is important to pay attention at the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross of the XIX century, in the guise of which the features of classicism and ancient Russian architecture are combined. In addition, there are several interesting and distinctive museums in the Kolomna Kremlin. For example, one can go to the Kalach Museum. Here visitors will learn about the ancient process of cooking these rolls and even taste a ruddy roll made in a real oven. It is worthwhile to also go to the Museum of Favorite Toy, the Marshmallow Factory Museum and to the Museum Forging Settlement.