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'anging at the Ermitazh
... by a huge statue-topped archway. Pretty grandiose indeed. In the centre of the square is a massive angel-tipped pedestal called Alexander Column, built in 1812 to commemorate Napoleon's defeat. It was the scene for much military pomp and ceremony, as ...
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Window to the West
... and the beginning of the end for Napoleon Bonaparte. Also, in the middle of the square is the Alexander Column (for Alexander I--the tsar who defeated Napoleon) also commemorating this victory. The victory over Napoleon ranks as Russia's ...
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Time in St. Pete Coming to an End
... front and center of the standing room section (where the majority of ticket-holders were), probably about 40 feet diagonally from the Alexander Column in the middle of the square. The concert was supposed to start at 7:30, but started a bit late ...
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Loving St. Petersburg
... Moscow. We walked past the Kazaan Cathedral and Church of the Spilled Blood. Then we went to the Dvortsovaya Plaza where the Alexander Column and Hermitage is (the 2nd largest museum in the world after the Louvre). We finished up with lunch at a cafe ...
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Russia... The MASSIVE city of St Petersburg
... to see St Pete's folk at normal life. Hermiatge Museum - 1st Thursday of every month it is free, go early to avoid queues. The Alexander Column is out front. Canal Cruise - I didn't do it as it was winter but imagine it would be nice in the summer St ...
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Moscow, St Petersburg and into the Baltic
... . On our next trip to Russia we'll be ready to venture further afield, and get to see how the average Russian lives. Sat 11 June St Petersburg-Tallinn (Estonia) Up before the alarm, get hot water after running for about 20 minutes. Out by 7am for ...
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St. Petersburg - First Afternoon
... of the generals who were heroes of the War of 1812 and subsequent campaigns. At one end is a huge portrait of Alexander I. Along the sides are many head and shoulder portraits as well as some full portraits of important generals. It ...
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St Petersburg - end of the line
... couldn't beat the location. Masha took us to the huge Dvortsovaya square. In the centre of the square was the massive Alexander column, on top of which was a triumphant angel whose face resembled that of Alexander. While the column celebrates the victory ...
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Sibelius Express
... of all the views that I saw. As Europe goes, this is a young city. St. Petersburg was only founded in 1703 and became the Russian capital in 1712. After the Russian revolution the name of the city became Petrograd and in ...
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Day 110: St Petersburg Day 2 - Hermitage Museum
... to look at it…. there is a huge square called Dvortsovaya sq in front of the palace where has an impressive Alexander Column in the middle. There are some people in traditional Russian consume hanging around to take pictures with as well as ...
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- General Staff Building
- St. Nicholas' Naval Cathedral
- Loft Project
- State Hermitage Museum and Winter Palace
- Pushkin Museum and Memorial Apartment
- Cinema "Gigant"
- Museum of Local Lore
- Gagarin Park
- Palace Bridge
- Radio-Tele Antenna
- Tsar Carpenter
- Yelagin Island
- Kamenny Island
- Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood
- Zoological Museum
- Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan (Kazansky Sobor)
- Immanuel Kant's Grave
- Nevsky Prospekt
- Bronze Horseman (Monument to Peter the Great)
- St. Isaac's Cathedral