The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood,Saint Petersburg, Russia

"The preferred Russian name for this great church is Храм Спаса на Крови (Khram Spasa na Krovi), but each English-language tourist publication seems to list it under a different name. The moniker of "Spilled Blood" is most popular in preference to the likes of the Church of the Resurrection, Church of our Savior on the Blood, Cathedral of the Ascension, Resurrection of the Christ, or Assumption, Church of the Redeemer, or any permutation of the above.

This Church was built on the site where Tsar Alexander II was assassinated and was dedicated in his memory. It should not to be confused with the Church on Blood in Honour of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land, located in the city of Yekaterinburg where the former Emperor Nicholas II (1868–1918) and several members of his family and household were executed following the Bolshevik Revolution.

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Saint Isaac's Cathedral or Isaakievskiy Sobor: The largest Russian Orthodox cathedral

 The church on St Isaac's Square was ordered by Tsar Alexander I, to replace an earlier Rinaldiesquestructure, and was the fourth consecutive church standing at this place.^[1] A specially appointed commission examined several designs, including that of the French-born architect Auguste de Montferrand (1786–1858), who had studied in the atelier of Napoleon's designer, Charles Percier. Montferrand's design was criticised by some members of the commission for the dry and allegedly boring rhythm of its four identical pedimented octastyle porticos. It was also suggested that despite gigantic dimensions, the edifice would look squat and not very impressive. The emperor, who favoured the ponderous Empire style of architecture, had to step in and solve the dispute in Montferrand's favour.

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Significance Palace Square, St. Petersburg, Russia

The main square of St. Petersburg. The the tower of the Admiralty is the focal point of the roads, the tourist or pedestrian might get the impression that this square and its focal point, Alexander Column, is the public focal point of the vicinity and, as the center of the Capitol of the old Empire, the place of much history. Of course, it is analogous to the Red Square in Moscow and the big event here each year is the Victory Day Parade on May 9, just like in Red Square.

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The Red Square ( city square )

The Red Square  is a city square in Moscow, Russia. The square separates the Kremlin, the former royal citadel and currently the official residence of the President of Russia, from a historic merchant quarter known as Kitai-gorod. The Red Square is often considered the central square of Moscow and all of Russia, because Moscow's major streets—which connect to Russia's major highways—originate from the square.

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