Pskov Kremlin - Russia

This card is so, so beautiful. It was in my favorites and I got it thanks to Svetlana with whom I traded some time ago. 

Pskov is one of the oldest cities in Russia. The city located about 20 kilometers (12 mi) east from the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. 

The Krom is the main attraction of Pskov, its architectural and historical center. This old building, majestically rising on a rocky promontory, is considered one of the best examples of ancient Russia defensive architecture. The height of the strong walls of Krom, occupying an area of 3 ha, comes to 8 meters, while their thickness is 6 meters.

Nobody knows, when the Kremlin walls were established, or when its first tower out of its numerous ones (there are seven of them with a sightseeing platform, built on the Vlasiev Tower) was erected, while the Kremlin fortress as already existing one was first mentioned in written records of 1605.

The Pskov Kremlin, together with the other city’s fortifications, experienced more than a hundred wars and dozens of sieges, but actually, was destroyed only once - as a result of betrayal, rather than the fall of the walls. This long-suffering fortification surrendered only to the fascist invasion: after occupation by the Nazi, the Krom, which was in active military use nearly 1,000 years, turned into ruins. - in: http://www.advantour.com/russia/pskov/pskov-kremlin.htm