Kremlin
See also: kremlin
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Special use of kremlin.
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Kremlin
- The Moscow Kremlin; a fortified complex in Moscow, Russia that serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation.
- 1971, Lyndon Johnson, “The 1964 Campaign”, in The Vantage Point[1], Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 102:
- Goldwater brought the peace issue into focus early in the campaign with a series of statements implying that he would more than willingly threaten to use, or even use, nuclear weapons to gain American ends. Statements such as "I want to lob one into the men's room of the Kremlin and make sure I hit it" created the image of an impulsive man who shoots from the hip, who talks and acts first and thinks afterward.
- (metonymically) The Russian or Soviet government.
- Synonym: Moscow
- The Kremlin announced plans to increase funding for museums and the arts.
- 1988, Richard Nixon, “The Superpowers”, in 1999: Victory Without War[2], Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 38:
- Moscow has put itself into a unique historical position: It does not have a single ally among the major powers of the world. The Kremlin faces potential adversaries in Western Europe, China, Japan, Canada, and the United States, whose combined gross national products account for over 60 percent of the world economy.
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the Moscow Kremlin
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the Russian or Soviet government
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- Politburo (also a proper noun sense from a common noun sense, and also often a metonym for the senior Soviet leadership)
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Kremlin m
- Kremlin (the Moscow Kremlin)
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Kremlin m
- Kremlin (the Moscow Kremlin)
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Kremlin m
- Kremlin (the Moscow Kremlin)