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Ekaterinburg 2008, Russia

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In that album you can see the CAPITAL OF THE Urals region & the story of the last Russian Tsar Nicolas II and his family assassination. You will visit Cathedral on Blood, which was erected on the place where Russian Tsar Nicolas II and his family spent th

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  • Dear friend, thank you a lot on this beautiful album of Ekatarinburg filled with beautifull pictures of gold covered and wooden churches. Thanks also for those sights of thrue russian forests. Best wishes and regards from Zrenjanin, Tomislav.

    said of kandelaria60 kandelaria60 2 months 28 days ago

  • Very beautiful album.Thanks a lot.Warm regards from Turkey,Rasim

    said of rasim1 rasim1 8 months 21 days ago

  • Hi Axel, I spent a good moment thanks to you !! I really appreciated your long comment about the history of Eaterinburg, I know so few about Russia !! Thank you very much for sharing !! Friendly,

    said of JossoRose JossoRose 2008.08.12 at 13:45:35 PDT

  • Excellent album dear Alex, a delight for our eyes. Thank you for share the beauty of Ekaterimburg. Best regard dear friend. Jesus from Spain

    said of raijomayo100 raijomayo100 2008.08.08 at 14:36:26 PDT

  • Hi Alex, This is a beautiful album. Thanks for sharing it, with us. All The Best, Teresa

    said of teres187 teres187 2008.08.06 at 11:13:23 PDT

  • A very interesting place to visit and what an awful death for all of them. The monastery reminds me a little of a Japanese pagoda in it's design. Great shots, Alex. Best wishes, Sue UK

    said of photosusy photosusy 2008.08.02 at 05:27:00 PDT

  • Another v. nice album of urs :) esp the lake and fire pics.. Looking fwd the seeing more trips of urs.. Wishes , Manasi

    said of manasibhargava manasibhargava 2008.08.02 at 04:38:45 PDT

  • Hi, Alex It was a real pleasure to go through this Ekaterinburg historic album with excellent photos, wonderful colors, and beautiful compositions. You have an excellent eye for photography. Thanks for the introduction note! Keep up the good work. Best regards, Manuel/Spain

    said of mdediego mdediego 2008.08.02 at 01:24:20 PDT

  • Great album but then I enjoy all your photos very much. :)

    said of rdywenur rdywenur 2008.08.01 at 18:51:46 PDT

  • Alex - what can I say? This is a fantastic album! The architecture is really wonderful, and the scenery is magnificent. It's such a beautiful country.....wow! Take care - Marg

    said of ceriann ceriann 2008.07.29 at 16:26:44 PDT

  • Thanks for the history review and the beautiful pictures. A wonderful album. From the USA "with love" :)-Pat

    said of phammarth phammarth 2008.07.29 at 15:18:58 PDT

  • HALLO HOVE R YOU I HOPE YOU IN WELL Ä°NSHALLAH GOD BLESS YOU ON EVERY WAY YOU DONE VERRY GOOD ALBUM AGAÄ°N THANKS AND HUGS NAZÄ°A

    said of deewany deewany 2008.07.29 at 10:20:38 PDT

  • interestnij albom istoriheskogo mesta.

    said of lnayvelt lnayvelt 2008.07.29 at 06:34:01 PDT

  • Another great album of the amazing architecture of Russia Alex & an honour to be the first to leave a comment. Nice work.

    said of michaelm43 michaelm43 2008.07.29 at 02:18:07 PDT

  • Ekaterinburg (Yekaterinburg), the capital city of the Urals, was founded in 1723 by Tzar Peter the Great (and named after his wife, Catherine). Laying on the border between Europe and Asia the city played an important trade-intermediary role. The city witnessed the death of monarchy in Russia, as it was there that the last Russian czar Nicolas II with his family was assassinated, in Ipatiev house by the Bolsheviks on July 16, 1918. On May 1, 1960 American U2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers was hit by a missile launched from the local military base. The city was closed to the outside world until 1990 because of its strategic defense industries. The city is associated with another famous political figure, Boris Yeltsin, who was born in the village of Butka not far from Ekaterinburg. Under Yeltsin's orders, the house where the Tzar and his family were killed was destroyed; a wooden cross and a chapel were been installed later. This place has been recognized by the Russian Orthodoxal church as a sacred and now Cathedral-on-the-Blood is constructed exactly on Ipatiev house once stood. The remains of Tzar family were taken away to the forest outside the town. Trying to hide remains, they burned the bodies, tried to dissolve them in acid and finally threw them in a flooded collapsed mine. Later they decided to move remains and hide it in deeper mine but by the pressure of attacking White Army they had to throw the bodies right under the road. This place was hidden and no investigations were successful until 1979 when czar remains were discovered but for political reasons they could not be exhumed. Exactly one day after taking power in 1991, Boris Yeltsin, first Russian president retrieved the remains, and the identification process began. Many teams of experts, Russian, British and American investigated these remains with DNA expertise for 10 years and came to conclusion that the bones were those of Nikolai, Alexandra, Olga, Tatiana, Anastasia and the four servants.

    said of russpsych russpsych 2008.07.29 at 01:55:50 PDT

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