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Church of St. Michael
Church of St. Michael

This Lutheran church was established in the first years of life of our city for the Germans, which Peter I called into his service. Also besides the Germans, it was intended for the Cadets, in whose territory it actually was. But Nicholas I did not like that in the military institution can enter civilians and ordered to demolish the building, also issued 5 thousand rubles to rent another room. Only in 1861, permission was granted to establish their own parish, which started fundraising. With...

Isidorovskaya church
Isidorovskaya church

St. Isidorovskaya church-acting trehpridelny Orthodox temple. It originated in 1903 on the initiative of the Orthodox Estonians who lived at that time in our city, because of their own arrival they did not have. Money for the construction of the donations collected in the original plan also included a school with a dormitory and a library. Construction was delayed until 1907, is chairman of the building committee has not made the missing 50 thousand rubles. In 1923 courses theologians were...

Narva Triumphal Arch
Narva Triumphal Arch

Narva Triumphal Arch was originally vypoleneny of wood in 1814 for a meeting of the Russian Guard, returning from Paris after the end of the military campaign of 1812-1814. However, erected in 1814, designed by Giacomo Quarenghi in wood and alabaster gates soon fell into disrepair. The Governor-General of St. Petersburg veteran MA Miloradovich made on their behalf, and at the highest level, Nicholas I decided to build a new gate made of stone on the bank of the river Tarakanovka that south of...

Kikin chambers

Kikin Chambers -. A monument of architecture in the Petrine Baroque It is the only extant home of Admiral advisor and one of the companions of Peter I – Alexander Kikin. It was built in 1714-1720 by the architect, whose name is unknown, close to Smolny. In 1718 Kikin was executed for his help in escaping from the Russian Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich and Kikin Chambers moved to the treasury. In the years 1719-1727 it housed a collection of Peter’s Kunstkammer and personal library of...

Factory them. NK Krupskaya
Factory them. NK Krupskaya

Confectionary Factory named after NK Krupskaya founded in Leningrad in 1938. While Narkompischeproma by order of the USSR earned the Chocolate Factory, established on the basis of factory-kitchen. During the Great Patriotic War, the factory worked mostly on the front and for a single day did not stop production by making confectionery in various alternatives. During the hard work in the factory during the war inscribed in the Book of Honor of the city. During 1943 her 3 tons of sweets were...

Barracks and Cossack Ataman Regiment
Barracks and Cossack Ataman Regiment

Despite the preference features of the service, the military department does not get called “ceremonial army». Ataman Cossacks and Cossack regiments took part in the battles of the Napoleonic wars, they showed themselves as heroes of Poltava and battles Russian-Turkish wars of the XIX century, as well as participated in the campaigns against Poland. On the sidelines of the First World War battles fighting banners of these regiments were also enveloped in immortal glory. Architectural...