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Fire of Moscow (1547)

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The Kremlin located here was damaged during the fire.

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Fire of Moscow (1547)

The great fire of Moscow in 1547 destroyed sections of Moscow which had been built almost entirely of wood. The fire began on June 24, several months after Ivan IV was officially crowned as first Tsar of Russia. The fire swept into the Kremlin and blew up the powder stores in several of the Kremlin's towers.

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