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Kazan Cathedral [RU]
Saint Petersburg - Kazan Cathedral

UNESCO : Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments Date of Inscription: 1990 Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)(vi)

RUS - 1811

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Church of the Savior on Blood [RU]
Saint Petersburg - Church of the Savior on Blood

UNESCO : Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments Date of Inscription: 1990 Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)(vi)

RUS - 1907

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Spilled blood
Saint Petersburg - Church of the Savior on Blood

St. Petersburg, Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. Erected on the spot where tsar Alexander II was mortally wounded by anarchists in 1881, the...

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IMG_0003_CRW - The Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan

During white nights in St.Petersburg, Russia / The Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan Казанский Собор во время белых ночей, Санкт-Петербург, Россия

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Night is coming [RU]
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg

UNESCO : Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments Date of Inscription: 1990 Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)(vi)

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The church with a strange name
Saint Petersburg - Church of the Savior on Blood

So, they call it the Church of Saviour on Spilled Blood... the French translations are very various, but at least, it is clear that it refers to the...

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Night is coming [RU]
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg

UNESCO : Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments Date of Inscription: 1990 Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)(vi)

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Sunset & Russia
Sunset & Russia

Church of Our Savior on The Spilled Blood

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Beloselskiy-Belozerskiy Palace [RU]
Beloselskiy-Belozerskiy Palace [RU]

UNESCO : Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments Date of Inscription: 1990 Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)(vi)

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Deep Freeze
Deep Freeze

St. Petersburg before dawn in January, view across the frozen Neva river.

It's very VERY hot here at the moment, and there is no relief in sight, I...

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IMG_0052_RAW - Peter and Paul Fortress at white night
Deep Freeze

Peter and Paul Fortress at white night in St. Petersburg, Russia Петропавловская крепость под покровом белой ночи, Санкт-Петербург, Россия

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Spilled Blood in Winter
Spilled Blood in Winter

This was the very first photo I took on the last trip, still jetlagged, and long after the blue hour, yet the sky still had some definition, so I...

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Inside & Out
Inside & Out

View of the inside and outside of the .....

the rest is from Wikipedia.......

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood (Russian: Церковь Спаса на...

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San Petersburgo
St. Petersburg - Ermitage
by Enrica Fabriani

El Palacio de Invierno, antigua residencia de los zares, alberga hoy uno de los museos más importantes del mundo, el Hermitage. Asimismo, su asalto fue el que dio comienzo a la revolución rusa de 1917. Desde 1990 es Patrimonio de la Humanidad junto al centro histórico de San Petersburgo.

Church of the Savior on Blood [RU]
Saint Petersburg - Church of the Savior on Blood

UNESCO : Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments Date of Inscription: 1990 Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)(vi)

RUS - 1907 #Explore...

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Spilled blood
Saint Petersburg - Church of the Savior on Blood

And the last church. This is NOT Basil's in Moscow, but the Saviour on the Spilled Blood in St Petersburg (Russia, July 2006)

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Spilled Blood in Winter
Saint Petersburg - Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood

From another angle the following evening, shame about all the wires, impossible to avoid them.

The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood (Russian:...

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Kazan Cathedral [RU]
Kazan Cathedral [RU]

UNESCO : Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments Date of Inscription: 1990 Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)(vi)

RUS - 1811

This is...

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Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Центральный район!
Most notably Andrey Sulitskiy, Andrey Bogdanov and Yi Jiang.