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Saint Petersburg   ___________________ Established for the  Czar Peter  the  Great One  on 27 of May in the year 1703.  It became the capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred years.  It  then  ceased being the Capital of Russia in 1918, after the Revolution of 1917. It also had other names: Petrogrado (1914-1924) and Leningrad (1924-1991    Russia __________________________________
Saint Petersburg   Dvortsovaya Square  -   Column  Remembering  Alexander  The Great   note Employees & Visitors to  the Hermitage Museum.
Saint Petersburg   Hermitage museum –  As it appears   beside the flowing river.  Established in 1764   and inaugurated in 1852, the museum occupies five contiguous palaces .   T he grea test   being  the old  Winter  Palace  which was the  official residence of the czars.
Saint Petersburg   Hermitage Museum. -  from the other  the side directed toward the Dvortsovaya Square.  Commissioned   by  Bartolomeo Rastrelli in white and green style .  T he palace has 1,057 halls and rooms; 1,786 doors and 1,945 windows.
Saint Petersburg   Catherine the Great  was  the  first imperial occupant.  The construction required more than  three million  craftsmen ,   one of its first great acquisitions  received  in 1865 –  Madona and the Child (Litta Madona), by  Leonardo of the Vinci  -
Saint Petersburg   Hermitage museum – Interior Balconey
Saint Petersburg   Hermitage museum  – Beautiful  architectural columns and glowing light of candelabras   
Saint Petersburg   Hermitage  m useum  - the old  original  library
Saint Petersburg   Hermitage museum  - the Raphael Loggias   gallery
Saint Petersburg   Hermitage museum  –  Perhaps the beginning  of  a  new great Russian artist? Who knows…
Saint Petersburg   Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan (1810-1811), the main cathedral of the  M etropolis of St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg   Peter The Great’s , summer palace .   Actually it is  a series of palaces and gardens, constructed between 1714 and 1725
Saint Petersburg   Peter The Great P alace  - the source  of the  “  Gulf of  Samson” and the canal  to  the sea, with sight of the  G ulf of   Finland , an arm of the Baltic sea. .
Saint Petersburg   Peter The Great  P alace - architecture and paintings
Saint Petersburg   Peter The Great Palace   One of the dining rooms
Saint Petersburg   Peter The Great Palace - One of the bedrooms.
Saint Petersburg   Resurrection church of Christ (known as the Church  of the spilled blood  of Our Savior) was constructed between 1883 and 1907
Saint Petersburg   Resurrection   of Christ Church (known as Church  of the spilled blood of  Our Savior
Saint Petersburg   The Catherine palace , in rococo   style .   It  was the  summer  residence of the Russian czars, situated in the district of Tsarskove  today  known as  , Pushkin   .
Saint Petersburg   Catherine palace  in Pushkin – architectural   details
Saint Petersburg   Catherine palace in Pushkin –  informal dining room
Saint Petersburg   Statue of Alexander Pushkin (1900), The  poet whose vast knowledge of the Russian language and wealth in its use influenced authors  such  as Gogol, Liermontov and Turgueneiev
Saint Petersburg   Mikhailovsky palace, constructed in 1819-1825,  home of  the State Russian Museum since 1895.
Saint Petersburg   Cathedral of Saint Isaac
Saint Petersburg   Cathedral of Saint Isaac  The   beautiful  decorated  dome
Saint Petersburg   Czar Nicholas II and  T he   Romanov  F amily –  in  1911  After the Revolution of 1917  (S t .   Petersburg),  then  capital of the Empire, lost its  title to  Moscow,  as  capital of Russia
Saint Petersburg   Aurora Cruiser –  launched in 1900, a  shining star  of the imperial shipyards,  it  became a symbol of the   October Revolution .   Today,  converted to  a museum.
Saint Petersburg   On  a summer night, with the Church Our Savoir  of  Spilled Blood and the deep canal
Saint Petersburg   ... The Same Area...  On a brisk winter day...
Saint Petersburg   But the n the  colo u rs of  S pring always arrive  in  St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg   Avtovo Subway Station
Saint Petersburg   Mariinsky Theatre - Inaugurated in 1860, it is historical theat re  of opera and ballet . (Kirov State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet  from  1935 up to 1992)
Saint Petersburg   Mariinsky Theatre  –  real ly   beautiful
Saint Petersburg   Swan Lake  – Presentation of the famous ballet of Tchaikovsky in the Imperial Theatre in Fontanka
Saint Petersburg   Neva, is the main street; planned for Peter  T he Great  O ne to be the  beginning of the road  between  Novogorod and Moscow.
Saint Petersburg   Nevsky Prospect - today the avenue goes  from  the Admiralty until the Moscow Railway Station
Saint Petersburg   Grand Europe Hotel
Saint Petersburg   Morning  Coffee  at  the Grand Europe Hotel
Saint Petersburg   Th is  most sumptuous  building other than the  imperial palace, was constructed in 1760 .  In 1830 it was bought by Duke N.B. Yusupov.  O n  a  visit to Italy the eccentric Duke  was so  enchanted with a staircase in white marble: he bought the palace only  to bring the steps   to  St.  Petersburg   . Today this palace is a museum .
Saint Petersburg   Monument to the water carrier – Museum and administrative complex of Vodokanal.
Saint Petersburg   Egyptian Bridge - crossing the Lermontov Avenue on the River Fontanka. “Esfínge” workmanship of the sculptor Pavel Sokolov - 1 9   th.  century.
Saint Petersburg   The r iver  s nows and the Twelve Colleges of the Saint Petersburg University
Saint Petersburg   Bank Bridge - on the Griboyedov canal –  19 th .  century
Saint Petersburg   Dom Knigi “Book House”, situated in  Art Nouveau  building  that was  once   the Singer  House
Saint Petersburg   Dom Knigi “book House” The Exterior Interior
Saint Petersburg   Fyodor Dostoievsky, writer whose work s  , including “Crime and Punishment”  ‘  The Karamazov Brothers”, had deep and permanent effect  on  intellectual thought and literature
Saint Petersburg   Dostoievsky   Memorial Museum - where  he  wrote `Crime and  Punishment '
Saint Petersburg   East  St.   Petersburg  is a  charmer  and  Dostoevsky  often said :  ”it’s  beauty only   will save the world”
Saint Petersburg   Just  one  normal  day  in  St Petersburg…
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St Petersburg Russia

  • 1. Auto Advance Music By The Boston Pops Orchestra While Not Russian musicians , this Russian music is universally popular all around the world
  • 2. Saint Petersburg ___________________ Established for the Czar Peter the Great One on 27 of May in the year 1703. It became the capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred years. It then ceased being the Capital of Russia in 1918, after the Revolution of 1917. It also had other names: Petrogrado (1914-1924) and Leningrad (1924-1991   Russia __________________________________
  • 3. Saint Petersburg Dvortsovaya Square - Column Remembering Alexander The Great note Employees & Visitors to the Hermitage Museum.
  • 4. Saint Petersburg Hermitage museum – As it appears beside the flowing river. Established in 1764 and inaugurated in 1852, the museum occupies five contiguous palaces . T he grea test being the old Winter Palace which was the official residence of the czars.
  • 5. Saint Petersburg Hermitage Museum. - from the other the side directed toward the Dvortsovaya Square. Commissioned by Bartolomeo Rastrelli in white and green style . T he palace has 1,057 halls and rooms; 1,786 doors and 1,945 windows.
  • 6. Saint Petersburg Catherine the Great was the first imperial occupant. The construction required more than three million craftsmen , one of its first great acquisitions received in 1865 – Madona and the Child (Litta Madona), by Leonardo of the Vinci -
  • 7. Saint Petersburg Hermitage museum – Interior Balconey
  • 8. Saint Petersburg Hermitage museum – Beautiful architectural columns and glowing light of candelabras  
  • 9. Saint Petersburg Hermitage m useum - the old original library
  • 10. Saint Petersburg Hermitage museum - the Raphael Loggias gallery
  • 11. Saint Petersburg Hermitage museum – Perhaps the beginning of a new great Russian artist? Who knows…
  • 12. Saint Petersburg Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan (1810-1811), the main cathedral of the M etropolis of St. Petersburg
  • 13. Saint Petersburg Peter The Great’s , summer palace . Actually it is a series of palaces and gardens, constructed between 1714 and 1725
  • 14. Saint Petersburg Peter The Great P alace - the source of the “ Gulf of Samson” and the canal to the sea, with sight of the G ulf of  Finland , an arm of the Baltic sea. .
  • 15. Saint Petersburg Peter The Great P alace - architecture and paintings
  • 16. Saint Petersburg Peter The Great Palace One of the dining rooms
  • 17. Saint Petersburg Peter The Great Palace - One of the bedrooms.
  • 18. Saint Petersburg Resurrection church of Christ (known as the Church of the spilled blood of Our Savior) was constructed between 1883 and 1907
  • 19. Saint Petersburg Resurrection of Christ Church (known as Church of the spilled blood of Our Savior
  • 20. Saint Petersburg The Catherine palace , in rococo style . It was the summer residence of the Russian czars, situated in the district of Tsarskove today known as , Pushkin .
  • 21. Saint Petersburg Catherine palace in Pushkin – architectural details
  • 22. Saint Petersburg Catherine palace in Pushkin – informal dining room
  • 23. Saint Petersburg Statue of Alexander Pushkin (1900), The poet whose vast knowledge of the Russian language and wealth in its use influenced authors such as Gogol, Liermontov and Turgueneiev
  • 24. Saint Petersburg Mikhailovsky palace, constructed in 1819-1825, home of the State Russian Museum since 1895.
  • 25. Saint Petersburg Cathedral of Saint Isaac
  • 26. Saint Petersburg Cathedral of Saint Isaac The beautiful decorated dome
  • 27. Saint Petersburg Czar Nicholas II and T he Romanov F amily – in 1911 After the Revolution of 1917 (S t . Petersburg), then capital of the Empire, lost its title to Moscow, as capital of Russia
  • 28. Saint Petersburg Aurora Cruiser – launched in 1900, a shining star of the imperial shipyards, it became a symbol of the October Revolution . Today, converted to a museum.
  • 29. Saint Petersburg On a summer night, with the Church Our Savoir of Spilled Blood and the deep canal
  • 30. Saint Petersburg ... The Same Area... On a brisk winter day...
  • 31. Saint Petersburg But the n the colo u rs of S pring always arrive in St. Petersburg
  • 32. Saint Petersburg Avtovo Subway Station
  • 33. Saint Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre - Inaugurated in 1860, it is historical theat re of opera and ballet . (Kirov State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet from 1935 up to 1992)
  • 34. Saint Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre – real ly beautiful
  • 35. Saint Petersburg Swan Lake – Presentation of the famous ballet of Tchaikovsky in the Imperial Theatre in Fontanka
  • 36. Saint Petersburg Neva, is the main street; planned for Peter T he Great O ne to be the beginning of the road between Novogorod and Moscow.
  • 37. Saint Petersburg Nevsky Prospect - today the avenue goes from the Admiralty until the Moscow Railway Station
  • 38. Saint Petersburg Grand Europe Hotel
  • 39. Saint Petersburg Morning Coffee at the Grand Europe Hotel
  • 40. Saint Petersburg Th is most sumptuous building other than the imperial palace, was constructed in 1760 . In 1830 it was bought by Duke N.B. Yusupov. O n a visit to Italy the eccentric Duke was so enchanted with a staircase in white marble: he bought the palace only to bring the steps to St. Petersburg . Today this palace is a museum .
  • 41. Saint Petersburg Monument to the water carrier – Museum and administrative complex of Vodokanal.
  • 42. Saint Petersburg Egyptian Bridge - crossing the Lermontov Avenue on the River Fontanka. “Esfínge” workmanship of the sculptor Pavel Sokolov - 1 9 th. century.
  • 43. Saint Petersburg The r iver s nows and the Twelve Colleges of the Saint Petersburg University
  • 44. Saint Petersburg Bank Bridge - on the Griboyedov canal – 19 th . century
  • 45. Saint Petersburg Dom Knigi “Book House”, situated in Art Nouveau building that was once the Singer House
  • 46. Saint Petersburg Dom Knigi “book House” The Exterior Interior
  • 47. Saint Petersburg Fyodor Dostoievsky, writer whose work s , including “Crime and Punishment” ‘ The Karamazov Brothers”, had deep and permanent effect on intellectual thought and literature
  • 48. Saint Petersburg Dostoievsky Memorial Museum - where he wrote `Crime and Punishment '
  • 49. Saint Petersburg East St. Petersburg is a charmer and Dostoevsky often said : ”it’s beauty only will save the world”
  • 50. Saint Petersburg Just one normal day in St Petersburg…
  • 51. The end Hope you Enjoyed the tour.