St Petersburg: "blood Cathedral excite people's mind"

Blood Cathedral, formally known as the "Cathedral of the resurrection of Christ", also known as "the Cathedral of christ". Its location in the not far from the Gerry Boyer Dov Nevsky Avenue near the canal.

Blood Cathedral

Blood cathedral was built in 1883 to 1907, the Europeanization of St Petersburg area is rare pure Russian style building, the emperor Alexander II was assassinated in March 1, 1881, ad 1883, Tsar Alexander Sans to honor the father, his father was assassinated in place to build the church.

Gerry Boyer Dov canal

The Gerry Boyer Dov canal is a canal in St Petersburg numerous canals, excavation in 1739, followed by several years to deepen and construction of granite dike. The canal connected Mo ICA River northeast, southwest connecting the fontanka River, 5 kilometers in length, maximum width 32 meters.

Formerly known as the Ekaterina canal, after 1923, the Soviet government to the Russian playwright and diplomat Alexander Griboedorf renamed. A total of 21 bridge on the canal.ItalyThe bridge is a single-span iron footbridge, named after the connection of the large, Little Italy street. The bridge is about 20 meters long, 3 meters wide.

Blood Cathedral in the sunset

The Russian defeat in 1853-1854 years in the Crimea war, the Russian domestic discontent culminated in. The following year, Nicola died, Alexander S succeeded to the throne, but this time Russia is declining national power, be threatened by growing crises. Alexander realized, the Russian exposed in the Crimea war problems, is essentially a Russian industrial and political system lags behind western problem. Based on this judgment, Alexander II to domestic reform, his reform is the abolition of serfdom, the establishment of local autonomous parliament, revision of the judicial system, enrich the elementary education, reform of military system, in order to seek the modern revolution in Russia.

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