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Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood | St. Petersburg Sights & Activities | Fodor's Online Travel Guide
The church opened in 1907 but was closed by Stalin in the 1930s. It suffered damage over time, especially throughout World War II, but underwent meticulous reconstruction for decades (painstaking attempts were made to replace all original components with identically matched materials) and finally re...
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Cathedrals and Churches- Saint Petersburg, Russia - VirtualTourist.com
Also called Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood. It was built on the spot where Emperor Alexander II was assassinated in March 1881. The church was built between 1883 and 1907 and was officially called the Resurrection of Christ Church. The construction of the church was almost entirely funded...
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The Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg, Russia
This marvelous Russian-style church was built on the spot where Emperor Alexander II was assassinated in March 1881. After assuming power in 1855 in the wake of Russia’s disastrous defeat in the Crimean war against Britain, France and Turkey, Alexander II initiated a number of reforms. In 1861 h...
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The Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia
After the October Revolution of 1917 the church met the sad fate the vast majority of the country's churches and was closed for services in the late 1920s. It served briefly as the venue for an exhibition of revolutionary propaganda and gradually fell into decay. It was suggested many times that the...
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Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood - St. Petersburg - Reviews of Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood - TripAdvisor
Built to memorialize Alexander II following his assassination in 1881, this magnificent church with Italian pink marble floors and numerous mosaics was modeled after 16th and 17th century churches, contrasting sharply with the prevail...
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Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. St.Petersburg. Tours/Excursions. Russian St.Petersburg Tours
It is long since been tradition in Russian architecture to erect religious buildings in honour of historic events. The Church in the Name of the Resurrection of Christ on the Site of the Mortal Wounding of His Honoured Majesty Alexander II, so the church’s canonical title reads, stands on the exact ...
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Church on Spilled Blood, Saint Petersburg
The flamboyant exterior of the building is adorned with icons in a riot of color and becomes more mind boggling the closer you get. Amongst this colorful exterior are 20 granite plaques recording the historic events of Alexander II's reign. Inside there is almost 7,000 sq. meters of Italian marble a...
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Church of the Saviour on the Spilled Blood, St.Petersburg Photo Gallery by Tachi at pbase.com
The Church of the Saviour on the Spilled Blood (Church of the Resurrection of Christ) stands on the exact spot where the Russian Emperor Alexander II was fatally injured on March 1, 1881. The construction and decoration of the church lasted a total of 24 years (1883-1907). Regular church services we...
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Church on the Spilled Blood St Petersburg | Russia - St Petersburg Life
The Church of Our Saviour on the Spilled Blood derives its catchy title from the fact that it is built on the spot where Alexander II was assassinated by a hand grenade in 1881. In fact, inside the cathedral, you can see the very cobbles where his blood was spattered! The Church (commissioned as a t...
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