Red Square If you've heard of Moscow, you've probably heard of Red Square, smack-dab in the city center adjacent to the Kremlin. The word red doesn't refer to the color of the bricks or to Communism. In Russian, the square is called Krasnaya Ploschad. The word krasnaya means both red and beautiful, and the latter, referring to St. Basil's Cathedral at the southern end of the square, was the ...