Moscow is the city whose New Year's Eve celebration is centered on the Kremlin clock chimes in Red Square.
The chimes come from the clock on the Spasskaya Tower, one of the Kremlin's best-known towers. At midnight in Moscow, the clock's ringing is traditionally carried by radio and television broadcasts, making it a familiar sound across Russia. Red Square provides the iconic backdrop, although public access and event arrangements can vary.
The tower's clock is a major timekeeping symbol rather than an ordinary municipal clock. The Spasskaya Tower was built in the late fifteenth century, and its clock mechanism has been replaced and modernized several times. The present bells are associated with the tower's famous quarter-hour and hour signals.
The celebration is sometimes described as taking place at the Kremlin itself, but the specific landmark associated with the midnight chimes is the Spasskaya Tower. Moscow's position in the country's time zones also makes its broadcast a prominent national marker.