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The Archangel Cathedral , built in 1505 – 1508 by
the Italian architect Aleviz Novy , is the most
original monument in the whole ensemble of
the Cathedral Square of the Moscow Kremlin .
With the construction of the Cathedral of the
Archangel , the restructuring of the grand -
ducal residence , conceived and carried out by
Ivan III , the grand duke , sovereign of " All
Russia " ( 1462 – 1505 ), ended . During his reign ,
the process of unification of the Russian
lands , which finally liberated from the
Mongol - Tatar yoke in 1480 , was completed ,
and the international prestige of the
Muscovite state gained strength . A reflection
of this was the grandiose construction in the
Kremlin . In the ideological program that the
customer himself invested in the
transformation of the Moscow Kremlin , an
important role was assigned to the Archangel
Cathedral , the main princely temple , which
had become the tomb of the Moscow grand -
prince ' s house at that time .
The temple is dedicated to the Archangel
Michael , the heavenly patron of princes in
their feats of arms . Grand princes came here
for prayer before going to war , hoping to beg
spiritual power for a feat . Here his younger
brothers took the oath of allegiance to the
Grand Duke . Later , the king went to the
temple to worship the tombs of the ancestors
at the head of a solemn procession after the
wedding ceremony of the kingdom .