Savior on the Spilled Blood
Onion-domed cathedral built over the exact spot of an emperor's assassination, blanketed in seven thousand square meters of mosaic.
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This guide to the Savior on the Spilled Blood in Saint Petersburg opens on the Griboyedov Canal embankment on March 1st, 1881, as Tsar Alexander II's carriage passes and a young man waits with a package that isn't a gift. It follows the two bombs thrown within minutes of each other, and the son who insisted a church rise on the exact spot afterward. Listen for the detail about the canal itself, narrowed by engineers so the walls could enclose it precisely.
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