Church on Spilled Blood

Magnific multi-domed colorful church built where Alexander II was murdered. Stalin turned it into a potato storage facility. 24yrs to built, 27yrs to restore.

RUSSIA: Saint Petersburg experience in pictures

May 16th 2007
"Priviet" (hi). As promised, here are some pictures from St Pete. I was fortunate to have a true Russian experience, as I stayed with a Russian couple. I got to taste real Russian food (mostly delicious), coffee (nice and strong), and champagne (yeap! I really liked it, and I did even know Russia had anything but vodka). I got to see a Russian production of the Swan Lake and I got to ... read more

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more

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