Cathedral of the Archangel (Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel) is located on Cathedral Square in the Moscow Kremlin. The first building of the cathedral's appeared in this place in the Kremlin in about 1247-1248 years was wooden. In 1333 Ivan Kalita in one summer was built a stone church. Newly built Archangel Cathedral was consecrated on September 20, 1333 Metropolitan Feognost.

The existing nowadays cathedral was built in 1505-1508 gg. For the construction was invited Italian architect Aloisio the New. Built on the site of the Cathedral of the 14th century, a new Archangel Cathedral was consecrated in September 1508, Metropolitan Simon.

The building of the cathedral was built of brick and decorated with the decor of white stone. The decoration of the temple walls used architectural motifs of Italian Renaissance. This multi-eaves, to order pilasters with capitals decorated with floral ornaments. Zakomary decorated with "shells". The temple 5 chapters. He pyatiapsidny, shestistolpny, vosmipridelny. For women royal family were built special choruses on the second tier. Initially, the head of the church were covered with "black-polished" tiles.

The interiors of the church is richly decorated with frescoes ages 15-16. The wooden iconostasis of the church icons of 17-19 centuries. Murals of the 16th century, was destroyed, and the temple was once again painted in the years 1652-1666 painters Armory. The authors of the frescoes - Kazanets Jacob, Joseph Vladimirov, Stepan Ryazanets.

The cathedral is the burial memorial. In 1508, at the behest of Grand Prince Vasily III in the Archangel Cathedral was founded Necropolis. In the necropolis were transferred the relics of the Great Russian knyazey.Vsego 54 burial in the church. These include cancer of St. Prince Dmitry Ivanovich and Michael of Chernigov cancer. 46 tombstones are dated 1636-1637 years. Bronze Glass cancers dated 1903 year. From 1599 to 1765 years, the bishops made a special memorial service - commemoration of kings and princes.

From 1743 to 1883 the Archangel Cathedral was the cathedral church of the Moscow diocese.

In 1913, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty in the shadow of the cathedral was erected over the burial of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich. Sen was decorated with two massive lamps that lit himself Emperor Nicholas II.

Archangel Cathedral suffered during the War of 1812 and in 1917 during the shelling of the Kremlin, and in 1918 was closed. In 1929, after the demolition of the Kremlin Ascension Monastery, where the tomb of queens and grand duchesses, in the basement of the cathedral's moved their remains. Since 1955, in the Archangel Cathedral is a museum.