Krasnaya ploshchad - богочеловечество

There is a square, which had previously been called Pozhar, or burnt-out place, in reference to the fact that several buildings had to be burned down to make place for the square.
I have been there.
The name of the Red Square originates neither from the pigment of the surrounding bricks - which, in real, were whitewashed at certain periods - nor from the link between the colour red and communism, not at all.
Rather, the name came about because the Russian word красная, which means red is related to the word красивая 'krasivaya' meaning just beautiful -  it was applied to a small area between St. Basil's Cathedral, the Spassky Tower of the Kremlin, and the herald's platform called Lobnoe Mesto.