(Rust20) The Smolny Cathedral of the Resurrection
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(Rust20) The Smolny Cathedral of the Resurrection |
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(Rust17) The Smolny Institute |
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(Rust16) Palace Square. From here on the 25 of October 1917 Bolsheviks occupied the Palace and called the occasion the Social Revolution. In the centre of the square is Alexandrinskaya Colonna (Alexander Column) which was erected in 1834 to commemorate the triumphant victory of the Russians over Napoleon in the Patriotic War 1812. It was built by architect Monferran and was named after Emperor Alexander The First. |
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Facade of the General Stuff of Russian Army and Ministries Building |
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(Rust14) View to
the Winter Palace ( Zimny dvorets ), an architectural masterpiece of the flamboyant Russian Baroque and the royal residence of all the Russian Emperors but Paul. It was built by Rastrelli at the close of the Empress Elizabeth reign, in 1754-1762 |
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(Rust13) Canals of Saint Petersburg |
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(Rust10) Monument to Peter the Great |
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(Rust8,9) The Church of our Saviour on the spilled blood (1881) (Khram Spasa na Krovi). Alexander II was assassinated nearby in 1881 |
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(Rust7) 7000 square meters of mosaics |
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(Rust4) Winter sunrise, Saint Petersburg |
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