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der Kreml (no pl.)  the Kremlin

Das russische Wort „Kreml“ bedeutet [die] Zitadelle. Im politischen Sprachgebrauch wird das Wort Kreml als Synonym für die Führung Russlands oder der ehemaligen Sowjetunion verwendet.
The Russian word “Kremlin” means citadel. In political language the word Kremlin is used as a synonym for the leadership of Russia or the former Soviet Union.

Related: der Moskauer Kreml the Moscow Citadel, die Kreml-Partei (von Waldimir Putin) the Kremlin Party (of Vladimir Putin)

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