It is locat­ed on the right high bank, at the con­flu­ence of the Vol­ga and Oka rivers. The north­west­ern part of the Krem­lin descends almost to the foot of the slopes, the south­east­ern part over­looks Minin and Pozharsky Square, and the south­west­ern part ris­es above the deep Pochain­sky ravine and Nation­al Uni­ty Square. The only Krem­lin that can be walked around in a com­bat cir­cle.