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Storm of Sapun Mountain on May 7, 1944 Diorama Black Sea · Ukraine · Sevastopol

Diorama is a Greek word meaning "see through", "see a part". A diorama is a scenic canvas of an open, semicircular view with figures and other objects in the foreground. The founders of a diorama painting principle were two French artists of the early 19th century, Louis Daguerre and Charles Bouton. Russian artists began to adopt the principles of ...

Marble Palace Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg

The Marble Palace (the Palace, for short), an architectural monument of the second half of the 18th century, was deemed by its contemporaries as "the only of its kind." Built at the location of the Post Court of Peter the Great, the Palace became a splendid "last piece" of the grand Palace Embankment along the Neva River. Catherine the Great who...

Pushkin Apartment Museum on the Moika River Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg

The Pushkin Apartment Museum on the Moika River is a memorial museum of the poet dedicated to the last period of his life and oeuvre. The Museum is situated in one of the oldest stone buildings of St. Petersburg in 12 Moika River Embankment. The building had belonged to the Volkonsky ducal family since 1806. This is the house where Pushkin and h...