Alexander Column

     The vertical shape in the Palace Square centre is the Alexander Column, which was designed by Auguste Montferrand and unveiled in a gala in 1834. Crowned by an angel with a cross, whose face is supposedly modeled on Alexander I’s, the monument is 47,5 m high – one of the tallest of its kind in the world!

Bronze Horseman

A symbol of indomitable will and ruthless vision, the famous statue of Peter the Great known as the Bronze Horseman was commissioned by Catherine the Great to glorify the “enlightened absolutism”, designed by a French sculptor Etienne Falconet and mounted on the 1600-tonne “Thunder Rock” in 1782.

Charge!!!

Peter and Paul Fortress

Across the Neva from the Winter Palace, on a small island, lies the Peter and Paul Fortress, which was laid by the order and to the plot-plan of Peter the Great on the Zayachiy (Hare) Island in 1703 and which is considered to be the birth place of St. Petersburg!

The Fortress is often referred to as “Russian Bastile”, for in 1718 it was converted into a political prison – the most dismal jail that tsarist Russia ever had.

Today the Fortress is cherished as a historical monument.   :)

Russia

Traveling to Russia!

Russia is the world's largest country. It has 1,000 major cities. It has more than 100,000 rivers!
It's landscapes are beautiful! 
It has a strong culture and background!
And a beautiful language!!! :)
Enjoy!!!!!