Senate square
Senate Square, Decembrists Squarerussia, Saint Petersburg
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Senate square
Senate Square, Decembrists Squarerussia, Saint Petersburg
Senate Square is one of the most important and oldest squares in St. Petersburg. It is located near the Alexander Garden and traces its history from the beginning of the 18th century. The square got its name after the Senate under Catherine II moved to the Bestuzhev-Ryumin mansion. For more than 80 years, this square was named after the Decembrists, since it was here that the uprising of nobles, officers and soldiers took place in December 1825. The famous equestrian monument to Peter I< /a>, better known as the Bronze Horseman, and the building of the Senate and Synod, which now houses the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the Presidential Library. B. Yeltsin.
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