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Baltic Sea · Russia · Pushkin
In the mid-1900s, Tsarskoye Selo became the main imperial residence. At the same time, it was suggested to build a regimental church for the Imperial Escort Guard and Mounted Regiment.
In the late 1908, it was decided to start construction. Emperor Nicholas I pointed the place where to build the church himself. It was a wide glade near the north...
Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg
The Jewish community played a significant role in the development of Russia and its new capital, St. Petersburg. Despite an order by Catherine I, according to which the Jews were prohibited to reside not only in St. Petersburg, but also throughout the whole country, they still came to the capital for a short time. During the reign of Empress Anna o...
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Russia · Veliky Novgorod
The Holly Spirit Cathedral is a part of the Holly Spirit Monastery. The Monastery was first mentioned in the 1162 chronicle.
All buildings were wooden until the mid-14th century. In 1357, a stone Holly Spirit Temple was built, while all other constructions remained wooden till the mid-16th century.
When Dmitry Donskoy's army approached the to...