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Kremlin
Kremlin is the Russian word for "fortress", "citadel" or "castle" and refers to any major fortified central complex found in historic Russian cities. Outside Russia, the name "Kremlin" is sometimes mistakenly thought of as being Saint Basil’s Cathedral because of its distinctive environment, although this is not a part of the Moscow Kremlin.

The name Kremlin has been allocated to various Soviet Navy vessels during construction. In each case, the name was changed prior to commissioning. Russia's presidential administration is located in the Kremlin. During the Soviet era the government of the USSR was located in the Kremlin, but now the Russian government occupies a building outside it.
Grand Kremlin Palace
The Grand Kremlin Palace was built from 1837 to 1849 in Russia on the site of the estate of the Grand princess, which had been established in the 14th century.
The Russian Kremlin Palace was formerly the tsar's Moscow residence. Its construction involved the demolition of the previous Baroque palace on the site.
Thon's palace is 125 meters long, 47 meters high, and has a total area of about 25,000 square meters. It includes the earlier Terem Palace, nine churches from the 14th, 16th, and 17th centuries, the Holy Vestibule, and over 700 rooms. The buildings of the Palace form a rectangle with an inner courtyard. The building appears to be three stories, but is actually two. The upper floor has two sets of windows. The west building of the Palace held state reception halls and the imperial family's private chambers.
State Kremlin Palace
The State Kremlin Palace is a large modern building inside the Moscow Kremlin.
The building was built under personal insistence of Nikita Khruschev as a modern arena for Communist Party meetings. Although the architecture of the projected building contrasted sharply with the historic milieu, building work started in 1959. The building is a modern glass and concrete design and nearly half of it submerged underground. The main hall is able to hold six thousand people and its acoustics were considered to be the most advanced at the time. Over the years this was the main place for mass state events (particularly party congresses). Presently it is used for official and popular concerts. It is also the scene of the Kremlin ballet group. Also currently the Bolshoj Theatre is performing there while their historic building is closed for repairs. The number of individual rooms is well over eight hundred.

Externally the palace is faced with white marble and the windows are tinted and reflective, which particularly makes the ancient architecture in the Kremlin appear very picturesque. However, from the start, the construction of a large public building in an ancient ensemble generated quite uproar of argument. The building also replaced some of the historical constructions including the old neo-classical building of the State Armory and some of the back corpuses of the Great Kremlin Palace. Although this was hardly the first time that the Soviet government destroyed architectural heritage in Kremlin and generally, however by the mid 1950s laws were in place effectively considering all pre-Soviet constructions as historical monuments and protecting their demolition, in some ways making the construction illegal.

 

Source: Wikipedia