In 1870, the Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, widow of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich, patronized health facilities, proposed the establishment of a hospital for the poor with 100 beds, by combining it with the scientific and educational center. In 1878 tab of the new building was carried out by architect P . Gedike. Fixed assets allocated for the construction of the Treasury, on the petition of the Grand Duchess. May 21, 1885, the feast of St Queen Helena, the country’s first institution of...
Designed by architect V.A.Reysa in 1896-1897. Mansion, wing, entrance gates,...
Great Choral Synagogue, the spiritual center of Petersburg, multi-religious Jews. Built in the late 19th century on the orders of Alexander II, as a gesture of liberalization and the easing of restrictions for Jews, to the same, high level of education of the past could quickly occupy high positions in the machine and help gosudartsvennoy to grow the community. But even after the approval of the king of the search for land for the construction of the building (by the way, too, erected on the...
By the beginning of XX century the monastery of St. Andrew was the largest monastery on Mount Athos. In 1860 in the monastery began construction of the Cathedral of St. Andrew. In 1861 in Russia to collect this stproitelstvo funds privenzli icon of the Mother of God “The sorrow and grief consolation”. It was also decided to set up in St. Petersburg Athos courtyard. Dlchya farmstead device, the merchant’s wife in 1875 Dzhamusova AU pozheertvovala land with stone house. The...
At the site of this building in honor of the eldest daughter of Peter I – Anna Petrovna church was built of wood in the name of Archangel Michael when it decayed, Queen Anna Ivanovna ordered to lay a new stone.. Construction was carried out in an extremely short period of time. On the bell tower of the building height of 47 meters placed a clock with the battle lost at the end of 1731, 18 veka.V architect M. Zemtsov executed drawing, and in 1734 the temple was mainly otdelan.27 January...
The official name – the Cathedral of St. Prince Vladimir current Orthodox church and a monument of architecture of XVIII veka.V 1708 here, on a swampy place, a small wooden church named after St. Nicholas was built.. In 1713 at the same location it was built Mazankova temple. Its main altar was consecrated in 1719 in the presence of Peter the Great in honor of the Assumption of Our Lady. The size and number of Thrones this temple surpassed other (Trinity, St. Peter and Paul, St....