Ascension Cathedral (Sophia, Pushkin)
The Ascension Cathedral in the town of Sophia in the vicinity of Saint Petersburg, was one of the first purely Palladian churches to be built in Russia. Rather paradoxically, it may also be defined as "the first example of Byzantinism in Russian architecture".
Ascension Cathedral (Sophia, Pushkin)
View of Sophia Cathedral, by Giacomo Quarenghi.
Pushkin, Saint Petersburg
Pushkin is a municipal town in Pushkinsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located 24 kilometers (15 mi) south from the center of St. Petersburg proper, and its railway station, Tsarskoye Selo, is directly connected by railway to the Vitebsky Rail Terminal of the city. Population: 92,889 (2010 Russian census).
Catherine Palace
Coat of arms
Empress Elizabeth of Russia in Tsarskoye Selo (Eugene Lanceray, gouache, 1905)
Tsarskoye Selo, postcard of 1904