Today we are in Petergoff.
More precisely next to Peter and Paul Cathedral, which I mentioned some
time ago in one of winter albums.
ÑThe Cathedral is
situated not far from Petergoff's road on the left-hand side (if you
going from St-Petersburg)
It was built in 1895-1904 by the project
of architects N.Sultanov and V. Kosiakov.
It belongs to the same
NeoRussian or PseudoRussian architectural trend as the Cathedral on the
Spilled Blood in St-Petersburg.
Before the Cathedral an architect Sultanov was virtually unknown, but
He was very active as a researcher and enthusiast of early Russian
architecture. In this field he somehow came into the light of Tsar
Alexander's III attention.
The result is in front of you.
The Cathedral is about 80 m tall.
The stylized lamp is adorning one of the porches.
The viewer sent very interesting story to me:
During the war the Nazis observers used the cathedrals elevation
for directing the fire. So Russian Navy in Kronstadt was trying to
destroy it for some time. The most amusing is the fact that the very
same person who use to direct the Russian artillery was in tern put in
charge of the cathedrals restoration after the war.
The electricity transformer's shed, not
long ago beautified in the same stile with the cathedral.
Some subservient building next to
Cathedral.
The typical Russian firewood shed.
The entrance into the Cathedral.
Through here one can get to the viewing point (about half of the
buildings height).
Next couple albums will show you a bit more of Petergoff.
