Peter-Pavel's Fortress. Russian-English translation Peter and Paul Fortress Description of the Peter and Paul Fortress in English
St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg (population nearly 5 million), formerly Leningrad, is Russia"s second largest city. Only Moscow, the capital, has more people. St. Petersburg is a major Russian port and one of the world"s leading industrial and cultural centers . The city lies in north-western Russia, at the eastern end of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea.
St. Petersburg was the first Russian city built in imitation of western European cities. Its magnificent palaces, handsome public buildings, and wide public squares resemble those of such cities as London, Paris, and Vienna. In the early 1800 s, a commission that included noted Italian architect Carlo Rossi established a design for the center of the city that includes a series of squares.
The city has had three names. Czar Peter I (the Great) founded it in 1703 as St. Petersburg. After Russia went to war against Germany in 1914, at the start of World War I, the name was changed to Petrograd. The country's officials chose this name, which means Peter's City in Russian, to get rid of the German ending burg.
In 1922, the Soviet Union was formed under the leadership of Russia. In 1924, the Soviet Unions Communist government renamed the city in honor of V. I. Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Communist Party. In 1991 - as Communist influence in the Soviet Union declined - the people of the city voted in a nonbinding referendum to restore the name St. Petersburg. In September 1991, the Soviet government officially approved the name change. In December 1991, the Soviet Union was dissolved, and Russia became an independent nation.
The city lies on a marshy lowland where the Neva River empties into the Gulf of Finland, at about 60° north latitude. Because of its far northern location, St. Petersburg has very short periods of daylight in winter. For about three weeks in June, it has "white nights" during which the sky is never completely dark.
The center of St. Petersburg is on the southern bank of the Neva. This area includes the main business district and most of St. Petersburg's famous buildings. Many fine examples of baroque and neo-classical architecture have been preserved in the area, and few modern structures have been built there. The city has about 900 small rivers and canals and about 400 bridges.
The historic Winter Palace (now the Hermitage Museum)" completed in 1762, stands in the center of the city. The palace was the winter home of the czars. The General Staff Building, designed by Rossi and completed in 1829, stands across Palace Square from the Winter Palace. Several blocks away is the Cathedral of St. Isaac of Dalmatia, whose massive golden dome dominates St. Petersburg's skyline. The Peter and Paul Fortress, begun in 1703, is the oldest building in St. Petersburg. Many Russian czars are buried in a cathedral at the fortress.
The center of St. Petersburg is surrounded by old residential areas that have stone or brick apartment buildings. Near the outskirts of the city there are thousands of modern apartment concrete buildings. The western section of St. Petersburg is the chief industrial district of the city.
Several luxurious palaces built in the 1700s still stand in three suburbs of St. Petersburg-Pavlovsk, Petrodvorets, and Pushkin. These palaces, famed for their architectural excellence, were summer homes of the czars. Today, they are popular resorts and tourist attractions.
Saint Petersburg
St. Petersburg (population nearly 5 million), formerly Leningrad, is Russia's second largest city. Only in Moscow, the capital, do more people live. St. Petersburg is the main Russian port and one of the leading industrial and cultural centers in the world. The city is located in northwestern Russia, in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea.
St. Petersburg was the first Russian city built on the model of Western European cities. Its magnificent palaces, luxurious public buildings, and wide squares are reminiscent of those in cities such as London, Paris and Vienna. In the early 1800s, a commission headed by the eminent Italian architect Carlo Rossi approved a design for the city center, which included a number of squares.
The city had three names. Tsar Peter I (the Great) founded it in 1703 as St. Petersburg. After Russia went to war with Germany in 1914, at the start of World War I, the name was changed to Petrograd. The country's officials chose this name, which means City of Petra, to get rid of the German ending -burg in the name in Russian.
In 1922, the Soviet Union was created under the leadership of Russia. In 1924, the communist government of the Soviet Union renamed the city in honor of V. I. Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Communist Party. In 1991, as communist influence in the Soviet Union waned, the city's population voted in a referendum to restore the name St. Petersburg. In September 1991, the Soviet government officially approved the name change. In December 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed and Russia became an independent state.
The city is located on a marshy area where the Neva River flows into the Gulf of Finland, at approximately 60° north latitude. In winter in St. Petersburg, due to its northern location, the days are very short. In June, there are “white nights” for about three weeks, when the sky never completely darkens.
The center of St. Petersburg is located on the southern bank of the Neva. This area includes the main business district and most of St. Petersburg's famous buildings. Many fine examples of Baroque and Neoclassical architecture have been preserved here, and several modern structures have been built alongside them. The city has approximately 900 small rivers and canals and about 400 bridges.
The historic Winter Palace (now the Hermitage Museum), completed in 1762, is located in the city center. The palace was the winter residence of the kings. The Admiralty Building, designed by Rossi and completed in 1829, is located across Palace Square from the Winter Palace. A few blocks away is the Cathedral of St. Isaac of Dalmatia, whose massive golden dome dominates the St. Petersburg skyline. The Peter and Paul Fortress, begun in 1703, is the oldest building in St. Petersburg. Many Russian tsars are buried in the fortress's cathedral.
The center of St. Petersburg is surrounded by old residential areas with stone or brick residential buildings. Near the outskirts of the city there are thousands of modern concrete residential buildings. The western part of St. Petersburg is the main industrial area of the city.
Several luxurious palaces built in the 1700s still stand in three St. Petersburg suburbs - Pavlovsk, Petrodvorets and Pushkin. These palaces, famous for their architecture, were the summer residences of the kings. Today, they are popular resorts and attractions.
The fortress was established by Peter the Great on May 16 (by the Julian Calendar, hereafter indicated using "(J)"; May 27 by the Gregorian Calendar) 1703 on small Hare Island by the north bank of the Neva River, the last upstream island of the Neva delta. Built at the height of the Northern War in order to protect the projected capital from a feared Swedish counterattack, the fort never fulfilled its martial purpose. The citadel was completed with six bastions in earth and timber within a year, and it was rebuilt in stone from 1706-1740.
From around 1720, the fort served as a base for the city garrison and also as a prison for high-ranking or political prisoners. The Trubetskoy Bastion, rebuilt in the 1870s, became the main prison block. The first person to escape from the fortress prison was the anarchist Prince Peter Kropotkin in 1876. Other people incarcerated in the "Russian Bastille" include Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich, Artemy Volynsky, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Alexander Radishchev, the Decembrists, Grigory Danilevsky, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Maxim Gorky, Mikhail Bakunin, Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Leon Trotsky and Josip Broz Tito.
Lacking the fame and tourist appeal of the Hermitage or the Mariinsky Theatre, the Peter and Paul Fortress is certainly no less of a St. Petersburg landmark.
The first structure to be built in St. Petersburg, and thus the birthplace of the city, it never served its intended defensive function. Instead it has had a rich, hugely varied, and sometimes sinister history as a military base, a home of government departments, the burial ground of the Russian Imperial family, the site of groundbreaking scientific experiments, and a forbidding jail that held some of Russia "s most prominent political prisoners.
Today, the Peter and Paul Fortress is for the most part under the auspices of the St. Petersburg Museum of History, with a number of permanent and temporary exhibitions charting the various aspects of the compound"s past.
While the central visitor attraction is undoubtedly the Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral, one of St. Petersburg's most striking buildings, there is plenty within the walls of the fortress to keep children and adults occupied for a full day at least.
The Peter and Paul Fortress is also the center of a number of St. Petersburg urban traditions, among them the daily firing of the cannon from the Naryshkin Bastion at noon and the "walruses" who use the beach in front of the fortress to sunbathe and swim in ice-holes in the winter.
In the summer, the beach is a popular picnic site and is also used to host a variety of events, festivals and concerts, including the respected Petrojazz annual festival.
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St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg (population nearly 5 million), formerly Leningrad, is Russia"s second largest city. Only Moscow, the capital, has more people. St. Petersburg is a major Russian port and one of the world"s leading industrial and cultural centers . The city lies in north-western Russia, at the eastern end of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea.
St. Petersburg was the first Russian city built in imitation of western European cities. Its magnificent palaces, handsome public buildings, and wide public squares resemble those of such cities as London, Paris, and Vienna. In the early 1800 s, a commission that included noted Italian architect Carlo Rossi established a design for the center of the city that includes a series of squares.
The city has had three names. Czar Peter I (the Great) founded it in 1703 as St. Petersburg. After Russia went to war against Germany in 1914, at the start of World War I, the name was changed to Petrograd. The country's officials chose this name, which means Peter's City in Russian, to get rid of the German ending burg.
In 1922, the Soviet Union was formed under the leadership of Russia. In 1924, the Soviet Unions Communist government renamed the city in honor of V. I. Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Communist Party. In 1991 - as Communist influence in the Soviet Union declined - the people of the city voted in a nonbinding referendum to restore the name St. Petersburg. In September 1991, the Soviet government officially approved the name change. In December 1991, the Soviet Union was dissolved, and Russia became an independent nation.
The city lies on a marshy lowland where the Neva River empties into the Gulf of Finland, at about 60° north latitude. Because of its far northern location, St. Petersburg has very short periods of daylight in winter. For about three weeks in June, it has "white nights" during which the sky is never completely dark.
The center of St. Petersburg is on the southern bank of the Neva. This area includes the main business district and most of St. Petersburg's famous buildings. Many fine examples of baroque and neo-classical architecture have been preserved in the area, and few modern structures have been built there. The city has about 900 small rivers and canals and about 400 bridges.
The historic Winter Palace (now the Hermitage Museum)" completed in 1762, stands in the center of the city. The palace was the winter home of the czars. The General Staff Building, designed by Rossi and completed in 1829, stands across Palace Square from the Winter Palace. Several blocks away is the Cathedral of St. Isaac of Dalmatia, whose massive golden dome dominates St. Petersburg's skyline. The Peter and Paul Fortress, begun in 1703, is the oldest building in St. Petersburg. Many Russian czars are buried in a cathedral at the fortress.
The center of St. Petersburg is surrounded by old residential areas that have stone or brick apartment buildings. Near the outskirts of the city there are thousands of modern apartment concrete buildings. The western section of St. Petersburg is the chief industrial district of the city.
Several luxurious palaces built in the 1700s still stand in three suburbs of St. Petersburg-Pavlovsk, Petrodvorets, and Pushkin. These palaces, famed for their architectural excellence, were summer homes of the czars. Today, they are popular resorts and tourist attractions.
Saint Petersburg
St. Petersburg (population nearly 5 million), formerly Leningrad, is Russia's second largest city. Only in Moscow, the capital, do more people live. St. Petersburg is the main Russian port and one of the leading industrial and cultural centers in the world. The city is located in northwestern Russia, in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea.
St. Petersburg was the first Russian city built on the model of Western European cities. Its magnificent palaces, luxurious public buildings, and wide squares are reminiscent of those in cities such as London, Paris and Vienna. In the early 1800s, a commission headed by the eminent Italian architect Carlo Rossi approved a design for the city center, which included a number of squares.
The city had three names. Tsar Peter I (the Great) founded it in 1703 as St. Petersburg. After Russia went to war with Germany in 1914, at the start of World War I, the name was changed to Petrograd. The country's officials chose this name, which means City of Petra, to get rid of the German ending -burg in the name in Russian.
In 1922, the Soviet Union was created under the leadership of Russia. In 1924, the communist government of the Soviet Union renamed the city in honor of V. I. Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Communist Party. In 1991, as communist influence in the Soviet Union waned, the city's population voted in a referendum to restore the name St. Petersburg. In September 1991, the Soviet government officially approved the name change. In December 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed and Russia became an independent state.
The city is located on a marshy area where the Neva River flows into the Gulf of Finland, at approximately 60° north latitude. In winter in St. Petersburg, due to its northern location, the days are very short. In June, there are “white nights” for about three weeks, when the sky never completely darkens.
The center of St. Petersburg is located on the southern bank of the Neva. This area includes the main business district and most of St. Petersburg's famous buildings. Many fine examples of Baroque and Neoclassical architecture have been preserved here, and several modern structures have been built alongside them. The city has approximately 900 small rivers and canals and about 400 bridges.
The historic Winter Palace (now the Hermitage Museum), completed in 1762, is located in the city center. The palace was the winter residence of the kings. The Admiralty Building, designed by Rossi and completed in 1829, is located across Palace Square from the Winter Palace. A few blocks away is the Cathedral of St. Isaac of Dalmatia, whose massive golden dome dominates the St. Petersburg skyline. The Peter and Paul Fortress, begun in 1703, is the oldest building in St. Petersburg. Many Russian tsars are buried in the fortress's cathedral.
The center of St. Petersburg is surrounded by old residential areas with stone or brick residential buildings. Near the outskirts of the city there are thousands of modern concrete residential buildings. The western part of St. Petersburg is the main industrial area of the city.
Several luxurious palaces built in the 1700s still stand in three St. Petersburg suburbs - Pavlovsk, Petrodvorets and Pushkin. These palaces, famous for their architecture, were the summer residences of the kings. Today, they are popular resorts and attractions.
St. Petersburg -St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg is a large beautiful city in the north-western part of Russia. It is a city of white nights, green parks, numerous channels and bridges, granite embankments and railings. Many famous Russian and foreign architects created the face of the city in the 18th and 19th centuries.
St. Petersburg is a large beautiful city in the north-west of Russia. This is a city of white nights, green parks, numerous canals and bridges, granite embankments and trellises (fences). Many famous Russian and foreign architects worked on the face of the city in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The St. Peter and Paul Fortress is located on the Hare Island. The foundation stone was laid by Peter the Great in Mai 1703. The fortress was always used only as political prison and never had any importance for military purposes. Such famous people as Gorki, Chernyshevski, Dostoyevski were also imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress.
The Peter and Paul Fortress is located on Hare Island. The foundation stone of the fortress was laid by Peter the Great in May 1703. The fortress was always used as a political prison and was never important for military purposes. Such famous people as Gorky, Chernyshevsky, Dostoevsky were also prisoners of the Peter and Paul Fortress.
The foundation of the colossal St. Isaac`s cathedral produced many problems because of the soft soil. The construction of the cathedral lasted forty years and was finished in 1858. The French architect Monferrand erected the 101.5 meter building. The interior space of it reaches 4000 square meters.
The construction of the foundation for the colossal St. Isaac's Cathedral gave rise to many problems due to the soft soil. Construction of the cathedral lasted forty years and was completed in 1858. The French architect Montferrand built the building with a height of 101.5 meters. Its internal area reaches 4000 square meters.
There are very many beautiful and interesting places in St. Petersburg. Among them are the Summer Garden with its famous railing, the Hermitage, the Kazan Cathedral, the Russian Museum, the Rostral Columns, the Alexander Nevski Monastery, the Alexander Column, the Palace Square, the Triumphal Arch, the Admiralty, the Field of Mars , etc.
There are a lot of beautiful and interesting places in St. Petersburg. Among them are the Summer Garden with its famous lattice, the Hermitage, the Kazan Cathedral, the Russian Museum, the Rostral Columns, the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, the Alexandria Column, Palace Square, the Arc de Triomphe, the Admiralty, the Field of Mars, etc.
The Hermitage is one of the most interesting museums in St. Petersburg. It occupies six buildings. The largest and the most important building designed by Rastrelli is the Winter Palace. The St. Petersburger Hermitage has 365 rooms and more than 2.7 million various exhibits. It is the largest art museum in our country and one of the most famous art museums in the whole world.