Ivan Yegorovich Starov was a Russian architect from St. Petersburg who devised the master plans for Yaroslavl, Voronezh, Pskov, Yekaterinoslav, Nikolaev, and many other towns in the Russian Empire. Hi
Portrait by Stepan Shchukin, c. 1794–1800
One of Starov's Neoclassical châteaux in White Russia
Aerial view of Tauride Palace
The Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra is a Russian Orthodox cathedral in Saint Petersburg. It is in the Diocese of Saint Petersburg and part of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, where it
Aerial view of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. The Holy Trinity Cathedral at centre dominates the monastic complex.
Cathedral interior, showing the arched vaulting of the naves and the dome
The silver sarcophagus of St Alexander Nevsky, removed from the cathedral in 1922