St. Basil's Cathedral celebrated in a Google doodle - in pictures

Clouds float over Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow on September 20, 2009 Photograph: Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images

St Basil's Cathedral in Red Square, Moscow, Russia Photograph: Helmut Berendt/Getty Images

A man walks across Red Square near the GUM state department store Photograph: Stringer/Reuters

Russians walk near St. Basil's Cathedral under heavy snowfall Photograph: Michael Eckels/AFP/Getty Images

Ministry of Defence handout photo of 2 Company The 1st Battalion The Welsh Guards outside St Basil's Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow, Russia. 76 Members of the 1st Battalion The Welsh Guards Parade through Red Square in Moscow to commemorate the 65th anniversary of Victory in Europe Photograph: Cpl Russ Nolan RLC/PA

Fireworks explode over St. Basil cathedral Photograph: Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images

Russian soldiers march past St. Basil's cathedral during a Victory Day military parade night rehearsal Photograph: Andrey Smirnov/AFP/Getty Images

St Basil's Cathedral seen through illuminated New Year and Christmas decoration, December 14, 2005 Photograph: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters

Policeman in front of St Basil's Cathedral in Red Square Photograph: Alex Segre/Alamy