More photos of our favourite church. A little more background info: the church was built on the site where Emperor Alexander II was fatally wounded in March 1881.The church was built between 1883 and 1907, and the construction was funded by the imperial family:
The church is prominently situated along the Griboedov Canal; paved roads run along both sides of the canal. On March 13, 1881 (Julian date: March 1), as Tsar Alexander's carriage passed along the embankment, a grenade thrown by an anarchist conspirator exploded. The tsar, shaken but unhurt, got out of the carriage and started to remonstrate with the presumed culprit. A second conspirator took the chance to throw another bomb, killing himself and mortally wounding the tsar. The tsar, bleeding heavily, was taken back to the Winter Palace, where he died a few hours later. (source)
We weren't actually in there for very long, about 40 minutes I should say, but it was a lovely place. When we went out the very last of the bad weather had completely and utterly dissipated and all that was left were blue, brilliantly speedwell-blue skies.
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