Russia 2008: Christopher Blade Design

Peter and Paul Cathedral

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The Peter and Paul Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox cathedral located inside the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is the first and oldest landmark in St. Petersburg, built between 1712 and 1733 on Zayachy Island along the Neva River. Both the cathedral and the fortress were originally built under Peter the Great and designed by Domenico Trezzini. The cathedral's bell tower is the world's tallest Orthodox bell tower. Since the belfry is not standalone, but an integral part of the main building, the cathedral is sometimes considered the highest Orthodox Church in the world.

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Peter and Paul Cathedral, St Petersburg

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Imperial Tombs: peter and Paul Cathedral

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The cathedral is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, the patron saints of the fortress (Saint Peter being the patron saint of the city). The current cathedral is the second one on the site. The first, built soon after Peter's founding of the city, was consecrated by Archbishop Iov of Novgorod the Great in April 1704.
The current building, the first stone church in St. Petersburg, was designed by Trezzini and built between 1712 and 1733. Its golden spire reaches a height of 404 feet and features at its top an angel holding a cross. This angel is one of the most important symbols of St. Petersburg.

The cathedral houses the remains of almost all the Russian Emperors and Empresses from Peter the Great to Nicholas II and his family who were finally laid to rest in July 1998. Also was Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia for 34 years. (Of the post-Petrine rulers, only Peter II and Ivan VI are not buried here. Peter II is in the Cathedral of Michael the Archangel in the Moscow Kremlin. Ivan VI was executed and buried in the fortress of Shlisselburg

•Alexander II, murdered 1881- tomb carved from a solid block of green Altai jasper.
•his wife Empress Maria, a princess of Hesse Darmstadt. Died 1880. tomb carved from a solid block of pink Ural rhodonite
•their son, Alexander III, died 1894
•his widow, Marie, born a Princess of Denmark, died and buried in Danish exile in 1928, recently reburied in Russia.

Samara: Memorial

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Glory Monument, Samara
Located on a square of the same name, Glory Square (Slavy Ploshad), the Monument of Glory was erected to commemorate Samara's aviation workers during World War II.

Samara: Memorial

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Glory Monument, Samara
Located on a square of the same name, Glory Square (Slavy Ploshad), the Monument of Glory was erected to commemorate Samara's aviation workers during World War II.

Samara: Memorial

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Glory Monument, Samara
Located on a square of the same name, Glory Square (Slavy Ploshad), the Monument of Glory was erected to commemorate Samara's aviation workers during World War II.

Samara: Memorial

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Glory Monument, Samara
Located on a square of the same name, Glory Square (Slavy Ploshad), the Monument of Glory was erected to commemorate Samara's aviation workers during World War II.

Eternal Flame, Samara

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Eternal Flame, Samara

Not far from Glory Monument is the Samara's Eternal Flame, which pays recognition to fallen soldiers of World War II.

Eternal Flame, Samara

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Eternal Flame, Samara

Not far from Glory Monument is the Samara's Eternal Flame, which pays recognition to fallen soldiers of World War II.

Saint George Cathedral, Samara

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Saint George Cathedral
Standing on the north-east corner of Glory Square, the cathedral is relatively new, built in 2001 in place of an older cathedral destroyed during the Soviet era.

Saint George Cathedral, Samara

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Saint George Cathedral
Standing on the north-east corner of Glory Square, the cathedral is relatively new, built in 2001 in place of an older cathedral destroyed during the Soviet era.

Samara: Mosaic wall

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Samara: War Memorial detail

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Vasily Chapayev Memorial

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Vasily Chapayev Memorial

Chapayev, depicted at the forefront leading his men into battle, was a celebrated Red Army Commander during the Russian Civil War.

Vasily Chapayev Memorial

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Vasily Chapayev Memorial

Chapayev, depicted at the forefront leading his men into battle, was a celebrated Red Army Commander during the Russian Civil War.

Kazan: Peter & Paul Church

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Kazan: Peter & Paul Church

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Kazan: Peter & Paul Church

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Kazan: Kremlin UNESCO site

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Kazan: Kremlin UNESCO site

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Kazan: Kremlin UNESCO site

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Kazan: Shopping centre

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Suzdal: Door way to Church

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Suzdal: Landscape

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Suzdal: Fresco

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Suzdal: Fresco

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Vladimir: Dormition Cathedral - Assumption Cathedral

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Dormition Cathedral in Vladimir (sometimes translated Assumption Cathedral) used to be a mother church of medieval Russia in the 13th and 14th centuries. It is part of the World Heritage Site entitled White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal.
The cathedral was commissioned by Andrew the Pious in his capital Vladimir and dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), whom he promoted as the patron saint of his lands. Originally erected in 1158-1160, the 6-pillared 5-domed cathedral was expanded in 1185-1189 to reflect the augmented prestige of Vladimir. Embracing the area of 1178 sq. meters, it remained the largest of Russian churches for the following 300 or 400 years.
Andrew the Pious, Vsevolod the Big Nest, and other rulers of Vladimir-Suzdal were interred in the crypt of this church. Unlike many other churches, the cathedral survived the great devastation and fire of Vladimir in 1239, when the Mongol hordes of Batu Khan took hold of the capital.
The exterior walls of the church are covered with elaborate carvings. The interior was painted in the 12th century and then repainted by the great Andrei Rublev and Daniil Chernyi in 1408. The Dormition Cathedral served as a model for Aristotele Fioravanti when he designed the eponymous cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin in 1475-1479. A lofty belltower, combining genuinely Russian, Gothic, and Neoclassical influences, was erected nearby in 1810.

The Cathedral: Vladimir

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Vladimir

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Vladimir

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Vladimir

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St Lazarus' Church: Suzdal

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St Lazarus' Church: Suzdal

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St Lazarus' Church: Suzdal

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The Kremlin: Suzdal

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The Kremlin: Suzdal

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Tile detail of the Kremlin roof: Sudal

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Traditional wooden architecture: Church Suzdal

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Traditional wooden architecture: Suzdal

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Traditional wooden architecture: Suzdal

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Traditional wooden architecture: Suzdal

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Traditional wooden architecture: Suzdal

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Traditional wooden architecture: Suzdal

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Suzdal

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Moscow: Red Square at night

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Moscow: Tourists in Red Square with St Basils' Cathedral

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The Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat (Russian: Собор Покрова пресвятой Богородицы, что на Рву), popularly known as Saint Basil's Cathedral (Russian: Собор Василия Блаженного), is a Russian Orthodox church erected on the Red Square in Moscow in 1555–61. Built on the order of Ivan the Terrible to commemorate the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan, it marks the geometric center of the city and the hub of its growth since the 14th century.[4][5] It was the tallest building in Moscow until the completion of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in 1600.

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Moscow: St Basils' Cathedral

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Moscow: Red Square

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Moscow: Red Square

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Moscow: Decorated domes of St Basil's Catedral

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Moscow: Decorated domes of St Basil's Catedral

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Moscow: Decorated domes of St Basil's Catedral

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Moscow: Fresco wall inside St Basils' Cathedral

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Moscow: Fresco wall inside St Basils' Cathedral

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Moscow

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Moscow

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Moscow; The worlds most ornate Metro stations

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Moscow

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Moscow: Young grafitti artists

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Sculpture in Moscow

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Moscow: Novodevichy Convent

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Moscow: Novodevichy Convent

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Moscow: Novodevichy Cemetary

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Moscow: Novodevichy Cemetary

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Russian Dolls

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St Peterburg: Peter & Paul Cathedral & Fortress

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St Petersburg: Summer Palace grounds

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Autumn colours at the Summer Palace

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St Petersburg: Summer Palace Fountins

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St Petersburg: Summer Palace Fountins

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St Petersburg: Summer Palace Fountins

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St Petersburg: Summer Palace Gardens

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St Petersburg: Summer Palace Fountins

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St Petersburg: Summer Palace Fountins

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St Petersburg: Summer Palace Fountins

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St Petersburg: Night view of the city over the Elba River with the Cruiser Aurora

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St Petersburg: Church of the Saviour on the Blood

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Dragoman group with Church of the Saviour on the Blood

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St Petersburg: Church of the Saviour on the Blood

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St Petersburg: Church of the Saviour on the Blood

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St Petersburg: Church of the Saviour on the Blood

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St Petersburg: Church of the Saviour on the Blood

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