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Aleksandro-Nevskaia Lavra Naberezhnaia Reki Monastyrki, 1, St Petersburg, 193167 |
Just along the Neva River at the most eastern end of Nevskii Prospekt is the oldest monastery in St. Petersburg. Surrounded by walls and moats, the Alexander Nevsky Monastery...
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Aleksandrovskaia Kolonna Dvortsovaia Ploshchad', St Petersburg |
The centerpiece of Palace Square is a memorial to Russia's victory over Napoléon. Approximately 156 feet tall, it was commissioned in 1830 by Nicholas I in memory of his brother, Tsar Alexander I, and was designed... more
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Aleksandrovskii Dvorets Dvortsovaya Ulitsa, 2, Tsarskoe Selo, Pushkin, 196600 |
After the war, the Soviet Ministry of Culture and the Leningrad Commission for the Preservation of Historic Monuments made detailed plans to restore and present the Alexander Palace as a museum devoted to Alexander Pushk... more
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Aleksandrovskii Park Kronverskii Prospekt, St Petersburg, 193000 |
Whilst one side of this somewhat barren park is bordered by rows of kiosks, the other side takes you to the island where the Peter and Paul Fortress is situated. There are one...
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Alexander Gardens Kremlin, outer west wall, Moscow, 103073 |
Laid out in the 19th century by the Russian architect Osip Bove, this garden named after Alexander I stretches along the northwest wall of the Kremlin, where the Neglinnaya River once flowed. The river now runs beneath t... more
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Alexander Pushkin Dacha Pushkinskaya Ulitsa 2, Pushkin, St. Petersburg |
This literary museum, dedicated to Russia's most celebrated poet, stands just a few yards away from Palace Square and two blocks from Nevsky Prospekt on the quiet embankment of the Moika River. The museum is housed in Al... more
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All-Russian Exhibition Centre Prospekt Mira, Moscow, 129223 |
The exhibition had to be closed during the war years, and was only reopened in 1954, with the addition of the magnificent arch that stands at the main entrance and further exhibition pavilions that extended the area of t... more
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Anichkovskii Most Nevskii Prospekt, (at Fontanka river), St Petersburg |
This bridge, the first to cross the Fontanka River, has undergone a series of reconstructions and is noted for its elaborate cast-iron fencing and striking horse and human sculptures.
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Anichovskii Dvorets Nevskii Prospekt, 39, St Petersburg, 190000 |
Isaac Babel wrote two stories about the once spending the night in this magnificent palace, formerly the residence of the dowager empress Maria Fedorovna, nee Princess Dagmar of Denmark, and the mother of Rsussia's last ... more
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Annunciation Cathedral Kremlin, Moscow, 103073 |
This remarkable monument of Russian architecture, linking three centuries of art and religion, was the private chapel of the royal family. Its foundations were laid in the 14th century, and in the 15th century a triangul... more
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