Petrov D.A.*, Yakovlev D.E.**

petrov-jakovlev *Architects Ateliers Classica, Moscow (dpetrovsr@yandex.ru)

**Central scientific-conservational public housing ateliers, Moscow

Key words: Kremlin, Borovitskaya gatetower, emblems, two-headed eagles, lion, serpent, rider.

The article presents the results of an external examination of the three limestone blocks with bas-reliefs, installed on the Borovitskaya gatetower of the Moscow Kremlin. Images carved on blocks are of: 1) rider with raised sword in his hand on a galloping horse; 2) vertical shapes of a lion with a sword in his paw and serpent (wyvern), both under two closed (imperial) crowns and two-headed eagles with the three – teeth crowns. As a result, the inspection found that the stone blocks set in the original masonry of 1490.