Walking through the halls of the Winter Palace
The Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, was, from 1732 to 1917, the official residence of the Russian monarchs. Today, the restored palace forms part of a complex of buildings housing the Hermitage Museum. Situated between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, adjacent to the site of Peter the Great's original Winter Palace, the present and fourth Winter Palace was built and altered almost continuously between the late 1730s and 1837, when it was severely damaged by fire and immediately rebuilt. The storming of the palace in 1917 as depicted in Soviet paintings and Eisenstein's 1927 film October became an iconic symbol of the Russian Revolution.
The palace was constructed on a monumental scale that was intended to reflect the might and power of Imperial Russia. From the palace, the Tsar ruled over 22,400,000 square kilometers (8,600,000 sq mi) (almost 1/6 of the Earth's landmass) and over 125 million subjects by the end of the 19th century. It was designed by many architects, most notably Bartolomeo Rastrelli, in what came to be known as the Elizabethan Baroque style. The green-and-white palace has the shape of an elongated rectangle, and its principal façade is 250 meters (820 ft) long and 30 m (98 ft) high. The Winter Palace has been calculated to contain 1,786 doors, 1,945 windows, 1,500 rooms, and 117 staircases. Following a serious fire, the palace's rebuilding of 1837 left the exterior unchanged, but large parts of the interior were redesigned in a variety of tastes and styles, leading the palace to be described as a 19th-century palace inspired by a model in Rococo style.
In 1905, the Bloody Sunday massacre occurred when demonstrators marched toward the Winter Palace, but by this time the Imperial Family had chosen to live in the more secure and secluded Alexander Palace at Tsarskoe Selo and returned to the Winter Palace only for formal and state occasions. Following the February Revolution of 1917, the palace was for a short time the seat of the Russian Provisional Government, led by Alexander Kerensky. Later that same year, the palace was stormed by a detachment of Red Army soldiers and sailors—a defining moment in the birth of the Soviet state.
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Мы официальный поисковый отряд. Занимаемся поиском и захоронением бойцов РККА, пропавших без вести в годы ВОВ,
Когда мы находим солдат стараемся узнать их имена, ищем родственников .
Все железо похожее на оружие и боеприпасы остается в лесу, дабы не иметь проблем с законом. В редких случаях некоторые образцы деактивируются прямо в лесу для последующей передачи в музеи.
Мы не занимаемся продажей находок.
Если находим Немецких солдат, то передаем их местонахождение в организацию, которая занимается поиском немецких солдат в России.
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LENINGRAD 1991 - The Last Soviet Winter - ROGER GEORGE CLARK photos
In Feb 1991 the English photographer and broadcaster ROGER GEORGE CLARK spent a week in snowbound Leningrad.
'It was the last Soviet winter,' he says. 'In September the city changed its name back to St Petersburg and at the end of the year the Soviet Union ceased to exist. That last winter the city looked beautiful under its coating of snow. Outside the Kazan cathedral film extras gathered for a period movie along with conscripts dressed in tsarist uniforms.
'Another intriguing sight was the snow-covered Cathedral of the Transfiguration. 102 Bronze cannon, captured during the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829, ring the building. As a child the poet and essayist Joseph Brodsky used to swing on the cast-iron chains linking these upside-down guns.
'I had the good fortune to photograph the Leningrad Philharmonic orchestra rehearsing. A sign of the times - they were playing Sibelius, whose Finnish nationalist music incurred Russia's suspicions even in tsarist times, let alone Soviet. Now they were playing Finlandia and Sibelius's Violin Concerto. Serge Kalagin conducted while Maxim Fedotov played the violin.
'Another sign of the times - a huge demonstration in Palace Square supporting the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. A few months before Hussein had invaded and looted Kuwait, sparking the first Gulf War. Many Russians were annoyed because the West had attacked and were freeing Kuwait. Here in Leningrad demonstrators appeared with large portraits of the dictator and posters accusing President Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev of supporting Zionism. The war aroused strong anti-Semitic sentiments, scuffles broke out in the crowd and the police hustled protesters away.
'The statue in silhouette depicts that sinister Communist revolutionary Felix Dzerzhinsky. He is better known by his nickname Iron Felix, or Bloody Felix. It was Dzerzhinsky who set up the Soviet State Security forces under their original name of the Cheka, later the KGB. Dzerzhinsky was Lenin's Himmler. The Cheka became notorious for torture and mass executions, especially during the Red Terror and Russian Civil War. This statue was torn down after Communism fell.
'Meanwhile, Leningrad's children played happily in the snow. As you can see those I photographed were well wrapped up to keep out the cold. Some looked surprisingly fashionable, as if dressed in designer clothes. In 1991, when the Soviets were still in power? Yes, I'm surprised, too, as I look at these photos now. The Soviets had a reputation for appalling clothes. But many parents took care of their children. Some of my pictures look as if they were taken for a Western fashion catalogue, but I assure these were just ordinary children I encountered while walking round the city.
'In addition you can see the fabulous Catherine Palace at Tsarskoe Selo under snow and the Cameron Gallery, plus the house where Anna Vyrubova lived. She was a confidant of the last empress and - fatally - introduced the royal family to Rasputin. Nicholas II and his family often met the mad monk in Anna's house, as well as the nearby Alexander Palace.
'The neo-gothic house is also something special - a miniature tsarist palace. The Cottage Palace, as it's called, can be found in the Peterhof Park. It was designed - like the Cameron Gallery - by a Scottish architect for Tsar Nicholas I.
'Down by the shore I discovered the snow-covered ruins of the Lower Palace - a favourite summer retreat of Nicholas II. Historic events happened here. In his study in the Lower Palace Nicholas II signed the 1905 October Manifesto granting a Duma (parliament) and civil liberties. And in 1914 he signed the order mobilising the Russian armies - a decision that plunged Europe into WWI and wrecked Russia. In 1917 the country collapsed and Lenin and the Bolsheviks seized power. The Lower Palace was destroyed by the Germans in WWII.
'I've reproduced some of these winter photos in earlier Leningrad/St Petersburg videos, but I thought I would put all the best winter shots in one video as I discovered I'd taken more snow photos than I thought I had. You may also be interested in my You/Tube videos - Soviet Sailors in Leningrad and Kronstadt - the Soviet Naval Base.'
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Peterhof Palace.
Palaces usually mean royalty and royalty usually means opulence. And if you believe that to be true, a visit to the Peterhof palace in Russia in a must.
Mysore Palace.
India has had the fortune of having many Kingdoms over the years who took pride in the arts. And they loved to make monuments!
The Pena National Palace.
What is interesting about the Pena palace in Portugal is that it did not start out as a palace. In fact, it was built as a monastery in 1493 in the hills of Sintra, and for a long time it existed peacefully as one King after another took it under their protection.
Schonbrunn Palace.
When it comes to beautiful cities, Vienna is a name that crops up very often. And one of the things that adds greatly to the beauty of the city is the Schonbrunn palace, one of the most popular cultural monuments in the city.
Summer Palace.
How often have we joked about the lack of space in modern cities? But if you ever happen to chance upon the Summer palace in Beijing, you will definitely get a new definition of space.
Chateau de Versailles.
It is usually a good idea to not disturb things too much when they are doing good. But such was the charm of the Chateau de Versailles that it prompted the King of France to shift his entire capital from Paris to Versailles.
Palazzo Pitti.
If you have heard of the name Medicis, you probably know that they were basically the ones through whose hands all money flowed in Florence.
Windsor Castle.
When it comes to castles, you usually think of them as abandoned places which have more often than not been turned into a museum.
Neuschwanstein Castle.
If there was one name which is associated with fairy tale castles, it is Walt Disney. The master has brought many fairy tales to life and what makes the Neuschwanstein castle so much more special is that Walt Disney actually got the inspiration for the Disney castle from here!
Hawa Mahal.
We all know that patriarchy existed almost everywhere in the world, especially in the royal households.
Hohenzollern Castle.
If you thought that castles are supposed to be found in fairy tales, a look at the Hohenzollern castle in Germany might very well make you think that fairy tales can be found in the real world!
Forbidden City.
Ok, so when a palace gets the word city in its name, it has to be huge right? That is exactly the case with the forbidden city in China which is the world’s largest palace complex!
St. Petersburg Summer Castle
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Hanseatic League | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:21 1 History
00:02:38 1.1 Foundation and formation
00:05:47 1.2 Commercial expansion
00:09:30 1.3 Zenith
00:13:00 1.4 Rise of rival powers
00:18:10 1.5 End of the Hansa
00:20:46 2 Modern Hanseatic connections
00:23:03 3 Organization
00:26:33 3.1 Quarters
00:27:28 4 Lists of former Hansa cities
00:28:36 4.1 Hansa Proper
00:28:44 4.2 Kontore
00:28:52 4.3 Ports with Hansa trading posts
00:29:18 4.4 Other cities with a Hansa community
00:29:28 5 Modern versions of the Hanseatic League
00:29:38 5.1 City League The Hanse
00:30:47 5.2 New Hanseatic League
00:31:16 6 Historical maps
00:31:26 7 See also
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The Hanseatic League (; Middle Low German: Hanse, Düdesche Hanse, Hansa; Standard German: Deutsche Hanse; Standard
Dutch: De Hanze; Latin: Hansa Teutonica) was a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Northwestern and Central Europe. Growing from a few North German towns in the late 1100s, the league came to dominate Baltic maritime trade for three centuries along the coasts of Northern Europe. Hansa territories stretched from the Baltic to the North Sea and inland during the Late Middle Ages, and diminished slowly after 1450.
Hanse, later spelled as Hansa, was the Old High German word for a convoy, and this word was applied to bands of merchants traveling between the Hanseatic cities – whether by land or by sea.Merchant circles established the league to protect the guilds' economic interests and diplomatic privileges in their affiliated cities and countries, as well as along the trade routes which the merchants used. The Hanseatic cities had their own legal system and operated their own armies for mutual protection and aid. Despite this, the organization was not a state, nor could it be called a confederation of city-states; only a very small number of the cities within the league enjoyed autonomy and liberties comparable to those of a free imperial city.
Famous cathedrals of Saint Petersburg
Among the most important attractions of Saint Petersburg are the various cathedrals that are well known both for their architectural design as well as for their religious significance to the Russian people. The cathedral of the spilled blood and the Kazan cathedral are located at the heart of the city (Alexander Nefsky avenue) and both attract thousands of visitors every day particularly during the summer months.
Palace in Leśnica real-time visualization part B
The main project realized in the INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION technology. Presents the monumental, XIIth - century palace, situated in Leśnica, nowadays the south-western district of Wroclaw. The current, XVIIIth century lump's form, was depicted in our presentation. The palace from the outside is available for sightseeing, as well as neighbouring park, lake and a small island on it.
Prague Castle Complex-A Must-See in Prague!
This medieval castle complex in Prague is quite impressive-the highlight is the Gothic cathedral, St. Vitus Cathedral. It took 1,000 years to finish! In the Third Courtyard, you can see the Old Provost's House, St. Vitus Cathedral, and a wing of the Royal Palace (you can take a tour here as well). The Golden Gate, which is the southern entrance to St. Vitus, features a beautiful gilded mosaic from the 14th century. You can also see the Changing of the Guard during various times in the day.
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Moscow (; Russian: Москва́, tr. Moskvá, IPA: [mɐˈskva] (listen)) is the capital and most populous city of Russia, with 13.2 million residents within the city limits and 17 million within the urban area. Moscow is one of Russia's federal cities.
Moscow is a major political, economic, cultural, and scientific centre of Russia and Eastern Europe, as well as the largest city (both by population and by area) entirely on the European continent. By broader definitions Moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the 14th largest metro area, the 18th largest agglomeration, the 14th largest urban area, and the 11th largest by population within city limits worldwide. According to Forbes 2013, Moscow has been ranked as the ninth most expensive city in the world by Mercer and has one of the world's largest urban economies, being ranked as an alpha global city according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and is also one of the fastest growing tourist destinations in the world according to the MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index.
Moscow is the northernmost and coldest megacity and metropolis on Earth. It is home to the Ostankino Tower, the tallest free standing structure in Europe; the Federation Tower, the second-tallest skyscraper in Europe; and the Moscow International Business Center. By its territorial expansion on July 1 2012 southwest into the Moscow Oblast, the area of the capital more than doubled, going from 1,091 to 2,511 square kilometers (421 to 970 sq mi), resulting in Moscow becoming the largest city on the European continent by area; it also gained an additional population of 233,000 people.Moscow is situated on the Moskva River in the Central Federal District of European Russia, making it Europe's most populated inland city. The city is well known for its architecture, particularly its historic buildings such as Saint Basil's Cathedral with its colourful architectural style. With over 40 percent of its territory covered by greenery, it is one of the greenest capitals and major cities in Europe and the world, having the largest forest in an urban area within its borders—more than any other major city—even before its expansion in 2012.
The city has served as the capital of a progression of states, from the medieval Grand Duchy of Moscow and the subsequent Tsardom of Russia to the Russian Empire to the Soviet Union and the contemporary Russian Federation.
Moscow is the seat of power of the Government of Russia, being the site of the Moscow Kremlin, a medieval city-fortress that is today the residence for work of the President of Russia. The Moscow Kremlin and Red Square are also one of several World Heritage Sites in the city. Both chambers of the Russian parliament (the State Duma and the Federation Council) also sit in the city. Moscow is considered the centre of Russian culture, having served as the home of Russian artists, scientists and sports figures and because of the presence of museums, academic and political institutions and theatres.
The city is served by a transit network, which includes four international airports, nine railway terminals, numerous trams, a monorail system and one of the deepest underground rapid transit systems in the world, the Moscow Metro, the fourth-largest in the world and largest outside Asia in terms of passenger numbers, and the busiest in Europe. It is recognised as one of the city's landmarks due to the rich architecture of its 200 stations.Moscow has acquired a number of epithets, most referring to its size and preeminent status within the nation: The Third Rome (Третий Рим), the Whitestone One (Белокаменная), the First Throne (Первопрестольная), the Forty Soroks (Сорок Сороков) (sorok meaning both forty, a great many and a district or parish in Old Russian).
Moscow is also one of the twelve Hero Cities. The demonym for a Moscow res ...
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Rus' people (Old East Slavic: Рѹсь; Modern Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian: Русь (Rus'); Old Norse: Garðar; Greek: Ῥῶς (Rhos); Arabic: الروس (al-Rūs) and Arabic: الروسية (al-Rūsiya)) are generally understood in English-language scholarship as ethnically or ancestrally Scandinavian people trading and raiding on the river-routes between the Baltic and the Black Seas from around the eighth to eleventh centuries CE. Thus they are often referred to in English-language research as Viking Rus'. The scholarly consensus is that Rus' people originated in what is currently coastal Middle Sweden around the eighth century and that their name has the same origin as Roslagen in Sweden (with the older name being Roden).
Basing themselves among Slavic and Finnic peoples in the upper Volga region, they formed a diaspora of traders and raiders exchanging furs and slaves for silk, silver and other commodities available to the east and south. Around the ninth century, on the river routes to the Black Sea, they had an unclear but significant role in forming the principality of Kievan Rus, gradually assimilating with local Slavic populations. They also extended their operations much further east and south, among the Turkic Bulghars and Khazars, on the routes to the Caspian Sea. By around the eleventh century, the word Rus' was increasingly associated with the principality of Kiev, and the term Varangian was becoming more common as a term for Scandinavians travelling the river-routes.
Little, however, is certain about this history. This is to a significant extent because, although Rus' people were active over a long period and vast distances, textual evidence for their activities is very sparse and almost never produced by contemporary Rus' people themelves. Nor do primary sources always mean by the word Rus' what scholars mean by it today. Meanwhile, archaeological evidence and researchers' understanding of it is accumulating only gradually. As a trading diaspora, Rus' people intermingled extensively with Finnic, Slavic, and Turkic peoples and their customs and identity seem correspondingly to have varied considerably over time and space.
The other key reason for dispute about the origins of Rus' people is the likelihood that they had a role in ninth- to tenth-century state formation in eastern Europe (ultimately giving their name to Russia and Belarus), making them relevant to what are today seen as the national histories of Russia, Ukraine, Sweden, Poland, Belarus, Finland and Baltic states. This has encouraged fierce debate as different political interest groups compete over who the Rus' originally were, in the belief that the politics of the ancient past legitimate policies in the present.
Night club London in Moscow/Ноћни клуб Лондон у Москви
From about 1900 to 1920, working class Americans would gather at honky tonks or juke joints to dance to music played on a piano or a jukebox. Webster Hall is credited as the first modern nightclub, being built in 1886 and starting off as a social hall, originally functioning as a home for dance and political activism events. During Prohibition in the United States, nightclubs went underground as illegal speakeasy bars, with Webster Hall staying open, with rumors circulating of Al Capone's involvement and police bribery. With the repeal of Prohibition in February 1933, nightclubs were revived, such as New York's 21 Club, Copacabana, El Morocco, and the Stork Club. These nightclubs featured big bands (there were no DJs).
In Germany, possibly the first discothèque was Scotch-Club.[citation needed] In Occupied France, jazz and bebop music, and the jitterbug dance were banned by the Nazis as decadent American influences, so as an act of French resistance, people met at hidden basements called discothèques where they danced to jazz and swing music, which was played on a single turntable when a jukebox was not available. These discothèques were also patronized by anti-Vichy youth called zazous. There were also underground discothèques in Nazi Germany patronized by anti-Nazi youth called the swing kids.
In Harlem, Connie's Inn and the Cotton Club were popular venues for white audiences. Before 1953 and even some years thereafter, most bars and nightclubs used a jukebox or mostly live bands. In Paris, at a club named Whisky à Gogo, founded in 1947,Régine in 1953 laid down a dance-floor, suspended coloured lights and replaced the jukebox with two turntables that she operated herself so there would be no breaks between the music. The Whisky à Gogo set into place the standard elements of the modern post World War II discothèque-style nightclub.
At the end of the 1950s, several of the coffee bars in Soho introduced afternoon dancing and the most famous, at least on the continent, was Les Enfants Terribles at 93 Dean St. These original discothèques were nothing like the night clubs, as they were unlicensed and catered to a very young public—mostly made up of French and Italians working illegally, mostly in catering, to learn English as well as au pair girls from most of western Europe. In the early 1960s, Mark Birley opened a members-only discothèque nightclub, Annabel's, in Berkeley Square, London. In 1962, the Peppermint Lounge in New York City became popular and is the place where go-go dancing originated. However, the first rock and roll generation preferred rough and tumble bars and taverns to nightclubs, and the nightclub did not attain mainstream popularity until the 1970s disco era. Sybil Burton, former wife of actor Richard Burton, opened the Arthur discothèque in 1965 on East 54th Street in Manhattan on the site of the old El Morocco nightclub and it became the first, foremost and hottest disco in New York City through 1969.
Vitré, France, Brittany / Витре, Франция, Бретань / Vitré, France, Bretagne
Vitré is a tiny town on the border of Brittany and Normandy,
but at the same time possessing a full set of the most interesting things.
Here is a fabulously beautiful castle, the city takes the third place in Brittany by the number of half-timbered houses,
and, of course, there is a Gothic cathedral.
Vitré has been well preserved since the Middle Ages, in particular,
it was not damaged during the war, and now it's easy to move to its streets five hundred years ago. (kolllak.livejournal.com)
Витре - крошечный городок на границе Бретани и Нормандии,
но при этом обладающий полным набором самых интересных вещей.
Здесь находится сказочно красивый замок, город занимает третье место в Бретани по количеству фахверка,
и, конечно, есть готический собор.
Витре хорошо сохранился со времен Средневековья, в частности,
он не пострадал во время войны, и теперь на его улочках легко можно перенестись на пятьсот лет назад. (kolllak.livejournal.com)
Vitré est une petite ville à la frontière de la Bretagne et de la Normandie,
mais possède en même temps un ensemble complet des choses les plus intéressantes.
Voici un château fabuleusement beau, la ville prend la troisième place en Bretagne par le nombre de maisons à colombages
et, bien sûr, il y a une cathédrale gothique.
Vitré a été bien préservée depuis le Moyen Âge, en particulier,
elle n’a pas été endommagée pendant la guerre et il est maintenant facile de s’installer dans ses rues il ya cinq cents ans. (kolllak.livejournal.com)
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The Holsten Gate (Holstein Tor, later Holstentor) is a city gate marking off the western boundary of the old center of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck. This Brick Gothic construction is one of the relics of Lübeck’s medieval city fortifications and the only remaining city gate, except for the Citadel Gate (Burgtor). Because its two round towers and arched entrance are so well known it is regarded today as a symbol of this German city, and together with the old city centre (Altstadt) of Lübeck it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987. For more information to visit
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Neuschwanstein and Harburg Castles, Bavaria, Germany Vlog!
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This is a tale of two castles: the Neuschwanstein and the Harburg, in Germany's Bavaria. My visit was enchanted by fairy tale delight, and I hope the tour brings out the Prince or Princess in you, too!
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I can recommend Rick Steves' video on Neuschwanstein if you would like to see film footage of the interior (he and his PBS crew were allowed to film!) You may view it at: youtube.com/watch?v=QrJyeearNNk
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Russia | Wikipedia audio article
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Russia (Russian: Росси́я, tr. Rossiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə]), officially the Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə]), is a country in Eurasia. At 17,125,200 square kilometres (6,612,100 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world by area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with about 144.5 million people as of 2018, excluding Crimea. About 77% of the population live in the western, European part of the country. Russia's capital, Moscow, is the largest metropolitan area in Europe proper and one of the largest cities in the world; other major cities include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod. Extending across the entirety of Northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spans eleven time zones and incorporates a wide range of environments and landforms. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both with Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the U.S. state of Alaska across the Bering Strait.
The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants, the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century. In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Rus' ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states; most of the Rus' lands were overrun by the Mongol invasion and became tributaries of the nomadic Golden Horde in the 13th century. The Grand Duchy of Moscow gradually reunified the surrounding Russian principalities, achieved independence from the Golden Horde. By the 18th century, the nation had greatly expanded through conquest, annexation, and exploration to become the Russian Empire, which was the third largest empire in history, stretching from Poland on the west to Alaska on the east.Following the Russian Revolution, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic became the largest and leading constituent of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the world's first constitutionally socialist state. The Soviet Union played a decisive role in the Allied victory in World War II, and emerged as a recognized superpower and rival to the United States during the Cold War. The Soviet era saw some of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century, including the world's first human-made satellite and the launching of the first humans in space. By the end of 1990, the Soviet Union had the world's second largest economy, largest standing military in the world and the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, twelve independent republics emerged from the USSR: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Baltic states regained independence: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania; the Russian SFSR reconstituted itself as the Russian Federation and is recognized as the continuing legal personality and a successor of the Soviet Union. It is governed as a federal semi-presidential republic.
Russia's economy ranks as the twelfth largest by nominal GDP and sixth largest by purchasing power parity in 2015. Russia's extensive mineral and energy resources are the largest such reserves in the world, making it one of the leading producers of oil and natural gas globally. The country is one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possesses the largest stockpile of weapons ...
Gothic architecture | Wikipedia audio article
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Gothic architecture is a style that flourished in Europe during the High and Late Middle Ages. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. Originating in 12th-century France, it was widely used, especially for cathedrals and churches, until the 16th century.
Its most prominent features included the use of the rib vault and the flying buttress, which allowed the weight of the roof to be counterbalanced by buttresses outside the building, giving greater height and more space for windows. Another important feature was the extensive use of stained glass, and the rose window, to bring light and color to the interior. Another feature was the use of realistic statuary on the exterior, particularly over the portals, to illustrate biblical stories for the largely illiterate parishioners. These technologies had all existed in Romanesque architecture, but they were used in more innovative ways and more extensively in Gothic architecture to make buildings taller, lighter and stronger.
The first notable example is generally considered to be the Abbey of Saint-Denis, near Paris, whose choir and facade were reconstructed with Gothic features. The choir was completed in 1144. The style also appeared in some civic architecture in northern Europe, notably in town halls and university buildings. A Gothic revival began in mid-18th-century England, spread through 19th century Europe and continued, largely for ecclesiastical and university structures, into the 20th century.
Places to see in ( Lubeck - Gremany ) Holstentor
Places to see in ( Lubeck - Gremany ) Holstentor
The Holsten Gate is a city gate marking off the western boundary of the old center of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck. Built in 1464, the Brick Gothic construction is one of the relics of Lübeck's medieval city fortifications and one of two remaining city gates, the other being the Citadel Gate (Burgtor). Known for its two-round towers and arched entrance, it is regarded today as a symbol of the city. Together with the old city centre (Altstadt) of Lübeck it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987.
The Holsten Gate is composed of a south tower, a north tower and a central building. It has four floors, except for the ground floor of the central block, where the gate's passageway is located. The side facing west (away from the city) is called the field side, the side facing the city the city side. The two towers and the central block appear as one construction when viewed from the city side. On the field side, the three units can be clearly differentiated. Here the two towers form semicircles which at their widest point extend 3.5 metres beyond the central block. The towers have conical roofs; the central block has a pediment.
The passageway once had two gates on the field side, which have not survived. A portcullis installed in 1934 does not correspond to the original security installations. Instead, there was once a so-called pipe organ at this location, with individual bars which could be lowered separately rather than together as a set. Thus it was possible to first lower all but one or two rods, leaving a small gap for their own men to slip through later. There is an inscription over the passageway on both the city side and the field side.
Functionally, the field and the city side have very different designs. While the city side is richly decorated with windows, this would be inappropriate on the field side considering the possibility of combat situations. On the field side there are accordingly only a few small windows. In addition, the walls are interspersed with embrasures. Also, the wall thickness on the field side is greater than on the city side: 3.5 metres compared to less than 1 metre. The reasoning during construction may have been to be able to quickly destroy the gate from the city side in an emergency, so that it would not fall into enemy hands as a bulwark.
In 1950 the Holsten Gate again served as a museum, this time for municipal history. Relics from historic Lübeck were presented, the development of medieval Lübeck was shown using models and pictures, and models of the ships of the Hanseatic League and the flagship Eagle of Lübeck were exhibited. The features of this museum were also not historically accurate. For example, the museum also included a torture chamber with a dungeon, a rack and other torture devices. But the Holsten Gate had never contained anything like that.
The Holsten Gate is located in the Lübeck city wall complex on the main access road connecting the main railway station with the suburb of St. Lorenz and crossing the Puppen Bridge. The Holsten Gate Square (Holstentorplatz) is enclosed on one side by a branch of the Deutsche Bundesbank; with new construction extending the original Reichsbank building to the rear. On the other side there is the brick expressionist Holsten Gate Hall (Holstentorhalle) between the historic salt warehouses and the DGB's House of Trade Unions (Gewerkschaftshaus). This building was altered with funds from the Possehl Foundation to create a rehearsal and teaching facility for Lübeck's University of Music (Musikhochschule Lübeck) was rebuilt. Another pedestrian bridge over the Upper Trave River was completed in spring 2007 to provide a connection the university's main building complex in the old city centre.
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Russia | Wikipedia audio article
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Russia
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Russia (Russian: Росси́я, tr. Rossiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə]), officially the Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə]), is a country in Eurasia. At 17,125,200 square kilometres (6,612,100 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world by area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with about 144.5 million people as of 2018, excluding Crimea. About 77% of the population live in the western, European part of the country. Russia's capital, Moscow, is the largest metropolitan area in Europe proper and one of the largest cities in the world; other major cities include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod. Extending across the entirety of Northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spans eleven time zones and incorporates a wide range of environments and landforms. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both with Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the U.S. state of Alaska across the Bering Strait.
The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants, the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century. In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Rus' ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states; most of the Rus' lands were overrun by the Mongol invasion and became tributaries of the nomadic Golden Horde in the 13th century. The Grand Duchy of Moscow gradually reunified the surrounding Russian principalities, achieved independence from the Golden Horde. By the 18th century, the nation had greatly expanded through conquest, annexation, and exploration to become the Russian Empire, which was the third largest empire in history, stretching from Poland on the west to Alaska on the east.Following the Russian Revolution, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic became the largest and leading constituent of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the world's first constitutionally socialist state. The Soviet Union played a decisive role in the Allied victory in World War II, and emerged as a recognized superpower and rival to the United States during the Cold War. The Soviet era saw some of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century, including the world's first human-made satellite and the launching of the first humans in space. By the end of 1990, the Soviet Union had the world's second largest economy, largest standing military in the world and the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, twelve independent republics emerged from the USSR: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Baltic states regained independence: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania; the Russian SFSR reconstituted itself as the Russian Federation and is recognized as the continuing legal personality and a successor of the Soviet Union. It is governed as a federal semi-presidential republic.
Russia's economy ranks as the twelfth largest by nominal GDP and sixth largest by purchasing power parity in 2015. Russia's extensive mineral and energy resources are the largest such reserves in the world, making it one of the leading producers of oil and natural gas globally. The country is one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possesses the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. Russia is a great power as well as a regional power and has b ...