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The Catherine Palace – a masterpiece of Baroque
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Art, Culture, Travel
The Catherine Palace is a former imperial palace located in the town of Pushkin (former Tsarskoye Selo), about 25 km from St. Petersburg. This summer residence of the Russian tsars is one of the largest palaces in the vicinity of St. Petersburg.
Construction of the building was started in 1717 by the order of Russian Empress Catherine I. It is an example of the late Baroque. Photos by deletant
beautiful architecture and interiors
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Trinity Bridge and Trinity Square in Saint Petersburg
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Photos
Wonderful view of one of the most beautiful bridges in St. Petersburg – Trinity Bridge, Trinity Square and Peter’s Embankment. Photo by Sergey Degtyarev
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Leningrad pioneers are ready for future war (1937)
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Leningrad (present Saint Petersburg) pioneers after the announcement of the alarm. 1937. Photographer Viktor Bulla.
There is something sinister and prophetic in this photo. Over the next years, they had a lot to go through and probably only a few survived.
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Peter and Paul Church in Sestroretsk
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This beautiful photo was taken in Sestroretsk, a small town which is a part of Saint Petersburg city.
Sestroretsk is a seaside health resort with its mineral waters and curative mud located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. Photo by Sergey Degtyarev
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Church of the Savior on Blood
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Religion, Travel
Church of the Savior on Blood in St. Petersburg was built in 1883-1907 to commemorate the fact that at this place, in 1881, as a result of the assassination, the Emperor Alexander II was mortally wounded. Height of the church is 81 meters.
It was built as a memorial to Alexander II of the money raised throughout Russia. This beautiful church, museum and architectural monument, is located in the historic center of St. Petersburg on the bank of the Griboyedov Canal near Mikhailovsky Garden. Photos by deletant
let’s go on a tour of the church
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St. Petersburg from bird’s-eye view
No comments · Posted by Alex Smirnov in Cities, Travel, Video
Beautiful video of cultural capital of Russia, Saint Petersburg, shot from a height.
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Saint Petersburg – the land of cloud castles
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Cities, Travel
Beautiful photo of Saint Petersburg – one of the most picturesque cities of Russia – taken by Alexander Atoyan
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St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral in autumn
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Wonderful autumn view of St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral – large Orthodox church standing on St. Nicholas Square in St. Petersburg. Photo by Ivan Turukhano
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Smoke City – Saint Petersburg on a frosty day
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Beautiful photo of Saint Petersburg, the second capital of Russia, made in a really cold day by Ivan Turukhano
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National show-museum “Grand Model of Russia”
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Entertainment, Photos, Travel
Not so long ago, in St. Petersburg, a new attraction “Grand Model of Russia” has appeared. It is the largest model in Russia (800 square meters) showing cities and towns, forests and seas, people and animals, roads and railways.
The exposition has all key and typical objects of every Russian region. You can see different scenes from the life of the country: moving trains and cars, naval base, spaceport, a shepherd with a flock of sheep, ships at sea, etc. Here is just a small part of the models presented. Photos by deletant
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