Natalia, our neighbor, met the Chief Bell Ringer for the Moscow Kremlin Bells and also for the Christ Our Savior Cathedral, Igor Konovalov. He invited her and a few friends on a tour and to watch them ring the bells on Sunday morning. We LOVED it!
There are bells outside on all four corners of the Cathedral. This is looking from one bell tower to another.
In this bell tower there are 14 bells. The clapper is attached to a wire and the bell ringer will push on the wire to ring the smaller bells. He uses a foot pedal to ring the larger bells. Igor Konovalov is the man in the brown coat, Natalia is in the blue scarf, Jim is behind her, Katya is next and her friend is behind the bells.
Ivan, Natalia' son, and Jim. Katya on the side.
I am standing underneath a bell and touching the one metric ton clapper. Notice my Babushka scarf! Katya and her friend are behind me. 
Looking down from one of the bell towers I could see this wooden church on the grounds of the Cathedral. 
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Those are amazing bells, so huge!
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