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.
Nicholas II
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Nicholas II was Emperor of Russia from 1 November 1894 until his abdication in 1917. He was the last Russian monarch before the Russian Revolution and oversaw the Russian Empire's participation in Wor
Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
…religious services, however, resumed in 2000. The cathedral houses the remains of almost all the Russian emperors and empresses from Peter the Great to Nicholas II and his family, who were finally laid to rest in July 1998. Of the post-Petrine rulers, only Peter II and Ivan VI are not buried here. Peter II is…
Nicholas in 1912
Nicholas II in Nikolo Tikhonov Monastery 01
Nicholas with his mother, Maria Feodorovna, in 1870
Nicholas with his cousin, George V of the United Kingdom (right), wearing German military uniforms in Berlin before the war; 1913