Mikhailovsky Palace, better known as the building of St Petersburg Russian Museum. It was intended for the younger brother of Alexander I-Duke Michael, and should be in place already posroen suschetsvuyuschi buildings, but then plans changed and the place vacant lot was selected, which was ennobled and built up in the same style. Beginning with the population of the Grand Duke, meetings and high-society receptions and continued after his death, has shifted towards the intelligentsia, there...
Mariinsky Palace, built in 1844, is part of an ensemble of St. Isaac’s Square. It was intended as a gift for the wedding of the daughter of Nicholas I, who refused to leave her husband home and stayed in St. Petersburg. That is for the construction of this palace was enlarged Blue Bridge, which connects the two islands, the Kazan and the Admiralty. Since the Princess’s husband was extremely educated man, before moving into the building couples Palace can visit anyone. But in 1884,...
Vorontsov Palace building in baroque style, built in the mid-18th century, richly decorated with stucco, gilded carvings and other decorative elements. It was built for the new Vice-Chancellor Vorontsov, it spared no means alone the state rooms were not less than fifty. In addition to the rooms there was Vorontsov’s personal library and a garden, which spreads down to the Fontanka. These costs have driven the graph to bankruptcy, and he was forced to sell the house in 1763. After it was...
St. Andrew’s Church, one of the first cathedrals of St. Petersburg. Founded in 1732, it was supposed to be the main church of the city, as it Vasileoostrovsky region Peter I planned to make a central, but after his death, Catherine I just carried on his work. A series of failures, such as lightning hit the building and collapse the dome, permanently transfers its opening and only in 1780 it began to function. After the October Revolution, the church has come into disrepair, it was used...
Hygiene Museum, founded in the early 20th century, took the idea of popularization of hygiene in reducing the common people. The museum is located in the former mansion of Count Shuvalov, built in the mid 18th century. Prior to that, there were the so-called anatomical theater, which was accessible only to physicians, but the first opening of the exhibition of this kind was a huge success, people like sanitary educate and raise their kulturu.Vo the Great Patriotic War, the current...
Smolensk church, one of the oldest Orthodox churches in St. Petersburg. She was laid back in 1758, became involved in the construction are now Saint Xenia of Petersburg. The church was built in the style of Russian classicism, it is a rectangular building with a two-tiered bell tower, painted in blue tsvet.Oblik it does not change much over time, but added new limits. Like most churches, before the war it was closed, despite the fact that it suffered one of the most famous Russian icon Our...