Bugry

Populated Place, Leningradskaya Oblast'

Russian Federation

Engineers' Castle Saint Michael's Castle was built by architects Vincenzo Brenna and Vasily Bazhenov in 1797–1801. It was named for St Michael the Archangel, patron saint of the royal family. The castle looks different from each side, as the architects used motifs of various architectural styles such as French Classicism, Italian Renaissance and Gothic

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Bugry is a populated place in Leningradskaya Oblast', Russian Federation. It has a population of 6,154 and an elevation of 23 meters above sea level. It is also known as Bugry, Pukra, Бугры. Information correct as at Friday 29th March 2013.

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Engineers' Castle

Saint Michael's Castle was built by architects Vincenzo Brenna and Vasily Bazhenov in 1797–1801. It was named for St Michael the Archangel, patron saint of the royal family. The castle looks different from each side, as the architects used motifs of various architectural styles such as French Classicism, Italian Renaissance and Gothic

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Mariinsky theatre

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Yusupov palace. Central hall

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A griffin on the University Embankment

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_RED2133 - The Winter Palace

The Winter Palace is a palace in Saint Petersburg that served as the official residence of the House of Romanov, previous emperors, from 1732 to 1917. It is locate on the Palace sqare. The palace and its precincts now house the Hermitage Museum.

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_WIT2503 - Saint Isaac's Cathedral from Hare Island

The view on Saint Isaac's Cathedral and the Admiralty Board from Zayachy Island (literally Hare Island)? that is an island in the Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is separated by the Kronverksky Strait from Petrogradsky Island to the north, to which it is connected by the Kronverksky and Ioannovsky bridges.

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_RED2003 - Saint Isaac's Cathedral

Saint Isaac's Cathedral or Isaakievskiy Sobor is a large architectural landmark cathedral that currently functions as a museum with occasional church services in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is dedicated to Saint Isaac of Dalmatia, a patron saint of Peter the Great, who had been born on the feast day of that saint. It was originally built as a cathedral but was turned into a museum by the Soviet government in 1931 and has remained a museum ever since, with church services held in a side chapel since the 1990s. In 2017, the Governor of Saint Petersburg offered to transfer the cathedral back to the Russian Orthodox Church, but this was not accomplished due to the protests of St Petersburg citizens opposing the offer.

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Hermitage, St Petersburg

One of many opulently decorated rooms in the Winter Palace.

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_WIT2777 - The Smolny Cathedral and the Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge

The Smolny Cathedral or the Smolny Convent of the Resurrection, located on Ploschad Rastrelli (Rastrelli Square), on the left bank of the River Neva in Saint Petersburg, Russia, consists of a cathedral (sobor) and a complex of buildings surrounding it, originally planned as a convent. The Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge is a bridge across the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The bridge's length is 334 meters, the width is 23 meters. The bridge features three spans; the central one can be drawn.

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