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Workers speech arsenic a dovetail-shaped bony connected apical of the Kremlin partition was breached successful Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. One of the dovetail-shaped teeth decorating the Kremlin partition was breached by scaffolding that collapsed owed to beardown winds successful Moscow. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

MOSCOW – Falling scaffolding broke disconnected 1 of the “teeth” connected the apical of the Kremlin partition connected Friday, prompting Russian authorities to seal disconnected Red Square.

A gust of upwind brought down the scaffolding, which was being utilized to repair a conception of the Kremlin partition adjacent Soviet laminitis Vladimir Lenin's tomb connected Red Square, breaking 1 of the 1,045 teeth, known arsenic merlons, that person V-shaped notches successful them.

Videos of the incidental showed the scaffolding topping a agelong conception of the Kremlin partition betwixt the Spasskaya Tower and Lenin’s tomb raised by upwind and thrown down the partition arsenic crowds swarming Red Square watched successful bewilderment.

The Federal Bodyguard Service, oregon FSO, a authorities information bureau successful complaint of protecting apical officials and securing the Kremlin and different authorities buildings and facilities, said cipher was hurt.

The authorities rapidly closed Red Square and dispatched operation workers to cod the rubble.

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The renovation works are portion of an effort to repair the Kremlin partition that has been going connected for respective years.

The wall, featuring 20 ornate towers, was built by Italian architects successful the precocious 15th century.

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