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Bolshoi Drama Theatre. GA BDT
Bolshoi Drama Theatre. GA BDT

The idea of ​​the theater belongs to Maxim Gorky, as well as the Commissioner of theaters and circuses and actress Maria Andreeva. In August 1918, MF Andreeva signed a decree on the establishment of Petrograd “theater of tragedy, romantic drama and high comedy,” today . world-famous by the acronym BDT One of the founders of the theater was also an artist, who later became a director at the BDT -. Alexander Benois basis of the troupe made actors of Theatre and drama Theatre...

The museum complex universe water
The museum complex universe water

Museum “The Universe of Water” became one of the youngest and most modern in the northern capital. It is located within the walls of the main water supply station, erected in 1861. By city trёhsotletiyu old tower has been restored and placed in it a modern museum and exhibition complex. Since the apartment on the museum floors of the tower, it is equipped with lifts for the elderly and disabled. The entrance to “The Universe of Water” water carrier ukrashёn figure...

Arch of the General Staff
Arch of the General Staff

Arch of the Main Staff was opened October 24, 1828. K. Rossi, projecting the central area of ​​the northern capital, decided to connect the two wings of the Main Staff of the triumphal arch, which was the final monument was dedicated to the Patriotic War of 1812 year. This architecture has been used previously in the construction of an ensemble of triumphal arch of the Admiralty. Architect offered job the sculptors (SS Pimenov, VI Demuth-Malinovsky), who carried out the project. Force...

Sampson Cathedral
Sampson Cathedral

One of the oldest buildings in the city. It was erected on the site of a wooden church built in honor of the victory at Poltava won by June 27, 1709 – the day of St. . Sampson Sampson Cathedral complex includes: the building of the cathedral, the bell tower and chapel. It differs from other famous urban constructions by mixing pre-Petrine forms and elements of architecture of early Petersburg. Researchers credited his appearance to one of the trends of the first half of the eighteenth...

Church of St. Catherine
Church of St. Catherine

Since the emergence of St. Petersburg, Peter I laid it not only forts, palaces and museums, but also the spirit and tradition of tolerance. So in 1716 based the parish of St. Catherine of Alexandria, and in 1738 Anna Ivanovna signed a decree on the construction of a Catholic temple obschiny.Eto this was not the first Catholic church of St. Petersburg, but he was destined to become the “cradle” for all Catholics Rossii.Sobor turned grandiose, topped with a large dome and at the same...

Mariinskii Opera House
Mariinskii Opera House

The Mariinsky Theatre is one of the most famous and the largest in Russia and in the world of opera and ballet theaters. Theater traces its history from the founded in 1783 by order of Empress Catherine the Great, the Bolshoi Theatre, which was located in the building, later rebuilt by the St. Petersburg Conservatory. July 12, 1783 issued a decree approving the theater committee “to manage the show and the music.” October 5 unveiled Big Stone theater on the carousel area, which...