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Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg (city later renamed Sverdlovsk) Ipatiev House (Russian: Дóм Ипáтьева) was a merchant's house in Yekaterinburg (city in 1924 renamed Sverdlovsk, in 1991 renamed back to Yekaterinburg) where the abdicated Emperor Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918, reigned 1894–1917), all his immediate family, and other members of his household were murdered [1] in July ...
The Church on Blood in Honour of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land [a] is a Russian Orthodox church in Yekaterinburg.Being built on the site of the Ipatiev House where Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, and his family, along with members of the household, were murdered by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War, the church commemorates the Romanov sainthood.
The emperor apparently conceived Catherinehof as the first imperial estate located on the road leading from the capital to his main summer residence, Peterhof. A pet project of Peter I, the estate was abandoned following his death. His niece Empress Anna (reigned in 1730-40) added two wings to the palace, but these were demolished in 1779.
Yekaterinburg (jɪˈkætərɪnbɜːrɡ/ yih-KAT-ər-in-burg; Russian: Екатеринбург IPA: [jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk] ⓘ), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk (Russian: Свердловск IPA: [[svʲɪrˈdlofsk]] ⓘ; 1924–1991), is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia.
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Main menu. move to sidebar hide. Navigation Main page; Contents; Current events; ... 1.1 Imperial era. 1.2 1917-1919. 1.3 Since 1920. 2 Events on the square. 3 ...
A landmark urban resort on the Bosphorus shore, Çırağan Palace includes an actual 19th-century imperial palace. In 2023, the hotel got a sumptuous neo-Ottoman makeover, which bestowed its 317 ...
Courteney Cox is celebrating her decades-long friendship with Jennifer Aniston!. On Tuesday, Feb. 11, Cox marked her fellow Friends alum's 56th birthday with a sweet Instagram post. "Happy ...