Printing House in St. Petersburg was founded in 1827 by the decision of Nicholas I. reason was the need for modrenizatsii printing industry in the early 20th century. Second, new printing complex was built in 1907-1910. The area unoccupied by the beginning of XX century, has been allocated for the construction of the printing complex in 1905. Complex has a modernly equipped workshops and a host of social and domestic premises. The large three-storey house located hostel workers’...
January 7, 1868 on the Nevsky Prospekt bookstore and library. proximity of the Imperial Public Library did not prevent the rapid growth of its popularity in the St. Petersburg intelligentsia society were opened. Library deservedly considered the best among private in St. Petersburg. This was achieved thanks to a wide selection of modern books and periodicals, the non-profit nature of the institution, mu progressive direction, as well as the personality of its owner. Alexander Cherkesov was a...
Fyodor Dostoyevsky Literary Memorial Museum was opened in honor of the 150th anniversary of the writer’s birth in 1971. This building served as the last home this famous writer. Here was born the novel “The Brothers Karamazov”. Interior room apartment reconstructed memorial on the memoirs of contemporaries and materials from the archives. It exhibits genuine thing was common in the family of the writer; books, donated to the museum by his descendants. Volume literary...
Rose Pavilion erected at the beginning of the XIX century at the intersection of the four parts of the park:. White Birch, Parade Field, Old and New Sylvia originally on the shore of the pond, near the alley leading to the side of the palace, a summer residence Alexei Kurakin. Sold to the treasury, it was reconstructed. Park pavilion, called the Pink pavilion was surrounded by rose gardens and in the decoration of the building it was related to the theme of this flower. Soon the hall was one...
Imperial Public Library was founded May 16, 1795 the highest command of Empress Catherine II. National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg is the oldest and first public Russian National Library, which has become one of the largest libraries in the world and the second largest funds in the Russian Federation, national memory storage nationwide information, research and cultural center. Throughout its existence, the Library continues to enrich the collection of the National Fund of printed...
Vitebsk (former Tsarskoye Selo) station is interesting for its architectural design, the train is sent from the second floor. First railway in Russia was built in 1837 between Peteburgom and Tsarskoye Selo. The building itself was a wooden train station and was located on the parade ground Semenovski polka.Spustya 20 years, he became the stone got its current name due to the fact that the paths were laid to Vitebsk. With increasing passenger traffic for all sites is not enough to take down the...