Marine Nicholas Cathedral was conceived as a monument to all Temple-ever dead sailors. Plans for the construction of the Cathedral in Kronstadt arose as early as 1830, but permission to collect donations for the construction of the temple was received only in 1897. It was decided to build a temple in Anchor Square, formerly occupied the old anchors and let your space and organize around the cathedral and the park area for processions. One of the conditions was the construction of the dome...
In place of unclaimed after the war Hull airport in 1966, it was decided to lay the park. In the center of the park is a pond, and the overall layout features a large number of wound stripes. In 1968, on the shore of the pond is a monument to military pilots, which is a concrete base erected on the plane, the MiG-19. The height of the monument – 12 m. Many of St Petersburg is a place remembered for running in a park in 70-80s years of the mobile Czech amusement park “Lunapark» ...
House-Museum Polovtseva located in the center of the city and its appearance is not attractive splendor, but can affect the abundance of interior inside. In different periods this building occurred significant for Russian and world culture events. Here meetings were held Russian historical society and in the building was adopted to-date and today “Russian bibliografichesky slovar». The mansion Polovtseva practiced painting, stucco, decor and sculpture masters from around the world,...
In the period between 1897 and the October Revolution, the house became the property of the Nabokov family. They got it as a dowry of Helena Rukavishnikova. Vladimir Vladimirovich lived in the house until November 1917. House is described in detail in his autobiography and other shore Speak, Memory. Nabokov wrote about this place as “the world’s only home». In the future, even when the writer became wealthy, he never acquired another house and preferred to live in hotels. Basis...
The museum was founded September 11, 1872 as a telegraph museum In the years 1884-1919 the institution worked as a postal and telegraph museum, 1924 -. Folk Museum of Communication, 1945 – Central Museum of Communications AS Popov in 1974, the museum is closed due to avariynoysti building and the need for its overhaul. In 2000, it adopted the program of development of the museum, which includes his discovery to visit in 2003. After the reconstruction of the first phase of the new...
In 1727, King Peter II brought a gift of the German Lutheran community wasteland close to Nevsky Prospect, is located between the Big and Small Konyushennaya Street. Construction of the church on the site was launched June 29, 1728, the day of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. In 1730 the church was solemnly consecrated. The building was made of brick, included wooden cupola and can accommodate 1,500 people. In 1737, near the church built the two houses, which served as apartments for church...