The history of the red star appearing on the Kremlin tower is not too old. Until 1935, the Kremlin tower was still equipped with a golden double-headed eagle representing the emblem of Tsarist Russia.

As early as the 1600s, the five towers of the Kremlin were decorated with huge golden double-headed eagles representing Russia. These five towers are: the Spassk Tower (Sbass Tower) Spasskaya), Nikolskaya Tower, Troitskaya Tower, Borovitskaya Tower ) and Vodovzvodnaya Tower (Vodovzvodnaya Tower. Translation annotation: aya means tower.

After the October Revolution, there have been proposals to replace the five-star symbol with a red star. The double-headed eagle of the Tsarist Empire; however, due to the huge cost, in the early days of the Soviet Union when the economy was very difficult, this plan could not be implemented until August 1935. , before the anniversary of the October Revolution that year, the double-headed eagles on four of the towers were replaced with red five-stars.