Moscow Kremlin Was Originally Painted White

Maybe most of the people know of Moscow's Red Square and the Red Kremlin building - the center point of Russian power and authority. However, it did not have its reddish hue in the nineteen century. Since the eighteen century the Moscow Kremlin had been painted... white. Deliberately painted white and refreshed its white coloring every few years. Sixty seven years ago Stalin gave an order to paint the Kremlin red. Napoleon's army, which once stormed Moscow and occupied the Kremlin, saw it when it was white. Well not really white, as Moscow was burned down before Napoleon entered it, so the Kremlin was covered with smoke stains. Later, when Napoleon was driven out of the Russian capital, the Kremlin was restored to its white hue again.