The Peter and Paul Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox cathedral located inside the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is the first and oldest landmark in St. Petersburg, built between
Petropavlovskiy Sobor
Tombs inside the cathedral
Tombstones marking the burial of Tsar Nicholas II and his family in St. Catherine's Chapel
Peter and Paul Cathedral.
Maria Feodorovna, known as Princess Dagmar of Denmark before her marriage, was Empress of Russia from 1881 to 1894 as the wife of Emperor Alexander III. She was the fourth child and second daughter of
Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
…or Kholmogory (alleged discovery at Kholmogory in 2010 currently under forensic investigation). On September 28, 2006, 78 years after her death, Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia, was reinterred in the Cathedral of St Peter and Paul. Wife of Tsar Alexander III, and mother of Nicholas II (the last Russian tsar…
Empress Maria in 1881
Tsesarevna Maria Feodorovna of Russia, 1870s
Alexandra and Dagmar, ca. 1859-1870; from the 19th Century American Trade Cards collection of the Boston Public Library
Dagmar's birthplace and childhood home, the Yellow Mansion in Copenhagen