Situated in the northeast of St. Petersburg, Russia, the Smolny Palace is an elegant building built between 1806 and 1808, formerly the Aristocratic Women's College and now the St. Petersburg City Hall. The building is luxurious and spectacular, with a combination of Baroque and Byzantine style.
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Situated in the northeast of St. Petersburg, Russia, the Smolny Palace is an elegant building built between 1806 and 1808, formerly the Aristocratic Women's College and now the St. Petersburg City Hall. The building is luxurious and spectacular, with a combination of Baroque and Byzantine style.
The Smolny Palace is a three-story baroque building, elegant and luxurious. Some of its houses were boarding schools, a noble girls' school built in the early 19th century by the orders of Yekaterina II. In the October Revolution of 1917, Lenin placed the Revolutionary Command at the Smolny Palace and issued a declaration of the establishment of the Soviet regime here. It was the center of the Soviet regime until it moved to Moscow in 1918. In the 1960s, eight more stout columns and seven arched porches were built at the main entrance. Now it is the seat of St. Petersburg city government and government.
The Smolny Palace is the last attraction in St. Petersburg. It was the night before leaving. It was really unresistible to the blue building. The architectural style was very similar to the Navy Church. The night view was really beautiful.
St. Petersburg only has more than 90 sunny days a year. After yesterday's light rain, it's sunny today in St. Petersburg. Then there are the famous sightseeing spots in St. Petersburg - "Smolney Palace, Isakiev Church, Sphinx on the Neva River, Blood Dripping Church, December Party Square, Peter Paul Fortress, etc.
The Smolny Institute is a three-storey Baroque building with elegant appearance. It used to be a noble girls'school in the 19th century. The October Revolution of Soviet Russia endowed it with new revolutionary significance. Lenin set up the Revolutionary Command in Smolney Palace, where he issued the declaration of the establishment of the Soviet regime. Until the capital moved to Moscow in 1918, it was the center of the Soviet regime. Visitors can see eight magnificent columns and seven arched porticos. There is a flower bed and a statue of Lenin in front of the building. Nearby is Smolney Cathedral, with statues of Marx and Engels on both sides of the road. I got a red education here.
It is necessary to return from the church to the south of the Proletarian Dictatorship Street and cross Smolney Boulevard from the south entrance to see the classical architecture at the south end of the monastery. Now Smolney Palace is the seat of St. Petersburg's city government. The bronze statues of Marx and Engels stand on both sides of Smolney's avenue for people to look up to. The two great men sat opposite, seemingly contemplating - "Where on earth is the cause they started, where is history going in twists and turns, and when to realize the ideal of great harmony of mankind,