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| Brian McMorrow | profile | all galleries >> Europe >> Russia & USSR >> St. Petersburg - Ленингра́д >> State Russian Museum >> St Michael's Castle | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 St Michael's Castle, also known as the Engineer's Castle |
 St Michael's Castle was built in as a residence for Tsar Paul I, 1797-1801 |
 Tsar Alexander I was assassinated in his bedroom in 12 March 1801 after only 40 nights of residence in the castle |
 St Michael's Castle became a branch of the Russian Museum in the 1990s |
 Monument to Tsar Peter I (the Great) in front of St Michael's Castle |
 The monument to Peter the Great was dedicated in 1800 |
 Bronze cavalry relief, Peter I monument |
 Bronze naval relief, Peter I monument |
 Southern Façade, St Michael's Castle |
 Imperial Monogram of Tsar Paul I |
 Façade decoration, St Michael's Castle |
 St Michael's Castle branch of the State Russian Museum |
 Courtyard of St Michael's Castle |
 The castle was turned over to the military in 1823 to serve as the army's School of Engineering |
 Courtyard of St Michael's Castle |
 Monument to Tsar Paul I, who was assassinated in St Michael's Castle in 1801 |
 Tsar Paul I, son of Peter III and Catherine the Great, reigned 1796-1801 |
 Exhibition poster - Peter the Great: His Era and His Inner Circle |
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