Kazan Gallery

St, Basils Cathedral at night, Red Square, Moscow, Russia

The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, commonly known as Saint Basils Cathedral, is a church in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. The building, now a museum, is officially known as the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat or Pokrovsky Cathedral. It was built from 1555-61 on orders from Ivan the Terrible and commemorates the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan

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Saint Isaac's Cathedral

Saint Isaac's Cathedral or Isaakievskiy Sobor (Russian: ) in Saint Petersburg, Russia is the largest Russian Orthodox cathedral (sobor) in the city. It is the largest orthodox basilica and the fourth largest (by the volume under the cupola) cathedral in the world. It is dedicated to Saint Isaac of Dalmatia, a patron saint of Peter the Great, who had been born on the feast day of that saint

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Kazan, Baumana Street - The Schtschetinski Hotel

The Schtschetinski Hotel on Baumana Street - (now) a pedestrian street in the heart of Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. It is named after Nikolay Bauman, a Russian revolutionary, and is located in the central part of the city. Formerly known as Prolomnaja Street. Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection