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Chapel of Mother of God Joy of All Who Sorrow
Chapel of Mother of God Joy of All Who Sorrow

The chapel was built in 1832 by architect Adrian I. Ochakov. Compound Holy-Transfiguration Valaam Monastery. Since 1919 he became the parish church. In 1932 – closed. In the 1990s, returned to the chapel to the Valaam monastery and re-opened for parishioners After construction -. Chapel of St. Nicholas wore the name.. In the early twentieth century in the parish church, in which then the number of the chapel, stored image of St. Nicholas, donated by merchant D. Polezhaev. In 1820,...

Manor Princes Beloselsky-Belozersky
Manor Princes Beloselsky-Belozersky

Built for the famous princely family in 1846-1847 under the project of the famous Andrei Ivanovich Shtakenshnejdera. during World War II it was destroyed, and in 1960 finally dismantled. In 2004-2006, restored according to the original drawings of the...

Holy Trinity Community of the Sisters of Mercy
Holy Trinity Community of the Sisters of Mercy

The complex of buildings, consisting of – Women’s Hospital with the Church, outpatient and residential premises (. Vorotilov architect Evgraf, 1874-75), service wings (. Architect AF Krasovsky, 1882-84), girls’ school (architect WR. . Kurzanov, 1889-91), men’s hospital (1876-1880-e, Vorotilov, Krasovsky, Kurzanov). restaurant sisters of mercy community was established in 1844 on the initiative of Paul I, granddaughter of Princess Theresa of Oldenburg, Duchess of...

Church of St Helena queen
Church of St Helena queen

In 1870, the Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, widow of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich, patronized health facilities, proposed the establishment of a hospital for the poor with 100 beds, by combining it with the scientific and educational center. In 1878 tab of the new building was carried out by architect P . Gedike. Fixed assets allocated for the construction of the Treasury, on the petition of the Grand Duchess. May 21, 1885, the feast of St Queen Helena, the country’s first institution of...

Mansion PM Bogomolets
Mansion PM Bogomolets

Designed by architect V.A.Reysa in 1896-1897. Mansion, wing, entrance gates,...

Grand Choral Synagogue
Grand Choral Synagogue

Great Choral Synagogue, the spiritual center of Petersburg, multi-religious Jews. Built in the late 19th century on the orders of Alexander II, as a gesture of liberalization and the easing of restrictions for Jews, to the same, high level of education of the past could quickly occupy high positions in the machine and help gosudartsvennoy to grow the community. But even after the approval of the king of the search for land for the construction of the building (by the way, too, erected on the...