The Alexander Column (Aleksandrovskaia Kolonna), the focal point of Palace Square, was designed by the French-born architect Auguste de Montferrand and built between 1830 and 1834. The monument is 155 feet 8 inches tall and is topped with a statue of an angel holding a cross (the face of the angel is said to be modeled on the face of Emperor Alexander I).
| Affiliation | Russian Orthodox |
|---|---|
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | State Historical Museum |
| Status | Secularized (1930's) |
| Website | Savior on the Spilled Blood |
| Architectural description | |
| Architect(s) | Alfred Alexandrovich Parland |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Architectural style | Romantic Nationalism |
| Groundbreaking | 1883 |
| Completed | 1907 |
Lebed is a river in Siberia in eastern Russia, a tributary of Biya. Its source is in the Abakan Range (a northern continuation of the Altay Mountains), and it flows through theKuznetsk Basin.
Author Irina Esinevich.
Smolny Convent or Smolny Convent of the Resurrection (Voskresensky), located on Ploschad Rastrelli, on the bank of the River Neva in Saint Petersburg,Russia, consists of a cathedral (sobor) and a complex of buildings surrounding it, originally intended for a convent. Built 1748-1769, architect Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli.
The Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, was, from 1732 to 1917, the official residence of the Russian monarchs. Situated between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, adjacent to the site of Peter the Great's original Winter Palace, the present and fourth Winter Palace was built and altered almost continuously between the late 1730s and 1837, when it was severely damaged by fire and immediately rebuilt. The storming of the palace in 1917 as depicted in Soviet paintings and Eisenstein's 1927 film October became an iconic symbol of the Russian Revolution.
Monument to Alexander Pushkin in St.-Petersburg. It is established on June, 19th, 1957 in Leningrad on the area of Arts. Sculptor M.K.Anikushin and architect V.A.Petrov.
Map of St.Petersburg.
Palace Bridge is a road traffic and foot bascule bridge spanning the Neva River in Saint Petersburg between Palace Square and Vasilievsky Island. Like every other Neva bridge (except for Big Obukhovsky Bridge), it is drawn by night, making foot travel between various parts of the city virtually impossible. It was built by the French firm Société de Construction des Batignolles.
The total length of Palace Bridge is 260.1 metres, width is 27.8 metres. It is actually composed of five spans, the southernmost joining Palace Embankment between Winter Palace and Admiralty and leading to Palace Square.
St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral (Никольский морской собор, Nikolskiy morskoy sobor) is a major Baroque Orthodox cathedral in the western part of Central Saint Petersburg. It has always been closely associated with the Russian Navy, serving as its main shrine until the Russian Revolution.
In the upper church there are numerous memorial plaques for the crews of the sunken Soviet submarines, including K-278 Komsomolets. The crew of the submarine K-141 Kursk has also been commemorated there.
The marine regimental church was built on the bank of the Kryukov Canal in 1753–1762 to a design by Savva Chevakinsky, the main architect of the Russian Navy, in place of an earlier wooden church. A freestanding four story bell tower with a tall gilded spire was erected in 1755–1758. The main church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas (a patron saint of seamen) and the feast of the Epiphany
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