El IGreat Bell Tower ka-Ivan Omkhulu Kuyinto ende kunazo zonke emibhoshongweni yensimbi yesakhiwo seKremlin se EMoscow, nokuphakama okuphelele kwamamitha angama-81 (266 amamitha). Yakhelwe iCathedral of the Annunciation, engenayo imibhoshongo yensimbi, futhi kuthiwa imaka isikhungo sezwe laseMoscow.
Ukwakhiwa kwaqala ngo-1329. Ngemuva kokushona kuka-Ivan III (obizwa nangokuthi u-Ivan Omkhulu) ngo-1505, indodana yakhe uBasil III wayala umbhoshongo omusha njengesikhumbuzo sokuhlonipha uyise. Kusuka ku-1505 kuya ku-1508, kwakungumbhoshongo omusha webell owakhiwa eduze kwesonto ezisekelweni zombhoshongo wakudala, owawunika igama lawo.
Ekuqaleni, yayinemibhoshongo emibili yensimbi emazingeni ehlukene, kepha ngo-1600 ngaphansi kukaBoris Godunov yaphakanyiselwa ekuphakameni kwanamuhla. Kuze kube kwakhiwa iCathedral of Christ the Saviour, kwakuyisakhiwo eside kunazo zonke eMoscow yakudala, futhi kwakungavunyelwe ukwakha isakhiwo eMoscow esaside kunoBell Tower.
Kunenganekwane ethandwayo kodwa engaphikiswa yokuthi ngenkathi uNapoleon enqoba iMoscow ngo-1812, wezwa ukuthi isiphambano esisenkabeni yedolobha laseCathhedral of the Annunciation sasiphonswe ngegolide eliqinile, futhi ngokushesha wayala ukuba sisuswe.
IGreat Bell Tower ka-Ivan the Great imi eduze kweBell Tower of the Assumption, eyakhiwa phakathi kuka-1523 no-1543 ngumdwebi wezakhiwo wase-Italy uPetrok Maly Fryazino (owaguqukela ebuKristwini bama-Orthodox futhi wazinza eRussia).
Iqukethe i-Great Assumption Bell, eyasungulwa phakathi nekhulu le-19 nguZavyalov, futhi iyona enkulu kunazo zonke izinsimbi zaseKremlin. Lesi sethi sinezinsimbi ezinkulu ezingama-24.
