One of the five existing stations in St. Petersburg and one of the four stations, taking long-distance trains. Originally was called Nicholas. Building was built in the years 1847-1851, and was a “twin” of the Leningrad railway station in Moscow. In 1868, due to significantly increased flow of passengers building Nicholas station rebuilt. Added two-storey outbuilding for receiving luggage, the right wing of the building was connected to the royal chambers. In 1898 from Ligovsky...
The opening of the St. Petersburg Planetarium occurred November 5, 1959, he became the third in Russia after Moscow and Volgograd In it are five halls:. Star Hall, astronomical observatory, “Cosmic Voyage”, “planet” and laboratory entertaining experience Star hall is one of krupshenih in Russia. Its dome is 25 meters in diameter and 15 meters in height, it is designed so that it is not visible from the outside of the structure is installed in the hall device...
Monument to Alexander III is very different from the usual image of the Russian Tsars on horseback. He ponderously and quietly sitting on a horse, to match him, while the statue of Peter I the same radiates energy and excitement. The Emperor did not like so much of his image that he was not invited to the opening of the sculptor and thought to send a monument in Irkutsk. However, May 23, 1909 he was installed on Znamensky Square near the Moscow railway station today. Due to the roughness...
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...