Car-Free Areas by City - Saint Petersburg Pedestrian Zones, Church of the Savior on Blood, Alexander Column, Monument to Peter I, Palace Square (Paperback)

Chapters: Saint Petersburg Pedestrian Zones, Church of the Savior on Blood, Alexander Column, Monument to Peter I, Palace Square, Petrogradskaya, Griboyedov Canal, Avtovo, Gorkovskaya, Zvyozdnaya, Alexander Park. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood (Russian: ) Kham Spasa na Krovi is one of the main sights of St. Petersburg, Russia. It is also variously called the Church on Spilt Blood and the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ (Russian: ), its official name. The name refers to the blood of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, who was assassinated on that site in 1881. Construction began in 1883 under Alexander III, as a memorial to his father, Alexander II. Work progressed slowly and was finally completed during the reign of Nicholas II in 1907. Funding was provided by the Imperial family with the support of many private donors. The Church is prominently situated along the Griboedov Canal. The embankment at that point runs along either side of a canal. On March 13, 1881 (Julian date: March 1), as Tsar Alexander's carriage passed along the embankment, a grenade thrown by an anarchist conspirator exploded. The tsar, shaken but unhurt, got out of the carriage and started to remonstrate with the presumed culprit. Another conspirator took the chance to explode another bomb, killing himself and mortally wounding the tsar. The tsar, bleeding heavily, was taken back to the Winter Palace where he died a few hours later. Detail of the richly decorated facade and onion domes A temporary shrine was erected on the site of the attack while the project for a more permanent memorial was undertaken. It was decided that the section of the street where the assassination took place was to be enclosed within the walls of a church....More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=93936