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Olga Mas's Articles Display Category|Title|Newest|Oldest Petrograd, Leningrad and St. Petersburg. Part 3 The war was not yet over, but Leningrad had already started to recover from the tragic years of the Siege and all the damage it wrought on the city. Some of the city‘s museums, such as the Cabin of Peter the Great for instance, reopened as early as 1944. By the time the victorious Soviet army marched back into the city, Leningrad looked fresh and clean, and the ruins of some of its most celebrated buildings had been covered with temporary cardboard walls, in an attempt to depicting their pre-war appearance. The whole city, the whole country, had dreamt of a revival and it did come. Petrograd, Leningrad and St. Petersburg. Part 2 Shortly after the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin died, the city was renamed Leningrad (supposedly by public demand). During the years of the Revolution the population of the city had dropped dramatically and the city was slow to recover from the rigors and tragedies of the war. Petrograd, Leningrad and St. Petersburg. Part 1 When WWI broke out in August 1914 it was decided to change the name of the Russian capital from the Germanic St. Petersburg to the more Russian equivalent, Petrograd. Germany was now Russia‘s enemy and all of the forces within the country‘s power had to be employed to defeat her. Most of the city‘s industry began to work to support the war effort and many of Petrograd‘s buildings, including a large portion of the Winter Palace, were turned into hospitals. Most construction work in the city stopped. The energetic northern capital, Reykjavik Reykjavik is the capital of Iceland, the young and blazing city full of contrasts. Hermitage – largest art gallery in Russia The State Hermitage occupies six magnificent buildings situated along the embankment of the River Neva, right in the heart of St Petersburg. The leading role in this unique architectural ensemble is played by the Winter Palace, the residence of the Russian tsars that was built by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli in 1754-62. Italian sights: Siena Siena has lots of good examples of medieval architecture. No wonder why its centre was declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site.	Authors Sign Up for a free account. Submit your articles. Publishers Category RSS feeds. Resources Downloadable Audio Books Recommended Resources

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