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Church of the Savior on Blood/Blutskirche

Erected on the site where political nihilists fatally wounded Emperor Alexander II in March 1881, the church was constructed between 1883 and 1907, funded by the imperial family.

 

Sie ist nach dem Vorbild der Moskauer Basilius-Kathedrale gestaltet Erbaut wurde sie von 1883 bis 1912 an der Stelle, an der Alexander II. einem Attentat zum Opfer gefallen war

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Uploaded on October 5, 2019
Taken on August 14, 2019