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Zeman: Migrationskrise ist organisierte Invasion und muss militärisch gestoppt werden

Airstrike on Gorlovka, a big city close to Donetsk

There are some details of yesterday's bombing of Gorlovka: "..." On Sunday in the afternoon Kiev for the first time since last summer used its military aircraft, causing a series of blows with high power bombs on residential areas of Gorlovka. As a result of the bombing the ukrainian ghouls killed more than 30 civilians, among them - the children. They've caused a considerable damage to the infrastructure of the city and the residential sector, "- said Deputy Chief of Staff of the DNR militia Edward Basurin.

The ukrainians used 500-kg high-explosive bombs. Bombs were dropped from a height of 5,000 meters without selecting a specific purpose. No military need for such barbaric use of such a powerful weapon..

It is worth remembering that there was a no-fly zone in Libya, which was introduced for far smaller transgressions of Gaddafi. Here it is - just one of the everyday scenes of genocide population of Donbass. And, of course, there are no consequences for Poroshenko.

http://el-murid.livejournal.com/2195815.html

More news in English at http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2015/01/us-backed-naked-kiev-aggression-on.html

The map of the Lugansk region in 1860

I had a discussion with a lady on what was the name of the Schastie (Happiness in Russian) before the 1917. She told me it was Kovalivka (a very ukrainian sounding name). I told her it was Neschasniy (Unhappy in Russian). The only map I could find din't have the villiage at all. So it is still a mystery, but I am going to visit a library.

Historic Singer Company Building (Dom Knigi) on Nevsky Prospekt

The site at the intersection of Nevsky Prospekt and the Griboedov Canal, opposite Kazan Cathedral, was the location of the riding school of Duke Ernst Johann von Biron, the powerful favourite of Empress Anna. When this building burnt down, it was replaced by three-storey residential building, where St. Petersburg's first photographer, Sergey Levitskiy, had his workshops in the 1850s. In 1902, the plot of land was bought for a million rubles by Singer Manufacturing Company, the world-famous maker of sewing machines.
The company wanted a building similar to the skyscraper that was then being constructed for them in New York. However, St. Petersburg's strict building codes dictated that no building could be higher than 23.5 meters at the cornice. Despite these limitations, the architect Pavel Syuzor managed to create a supremely elegant building that captured the spirit of the age, and featured a number of technological innovations. It was the first building in St. Petersburg to use a metal frame, which made possible the huge windows on the ground floor. Another first for St. Petersburg was the glass-roofed atrium, and the building was equipped with the latest lifts, heating and air-conditioning and an automatic system for clearing snow from the roof.

Smolny Cathedral, St. Petersburg

Smolny Cathedral is one of the best architectural ensembles in Russian Baroque style. It is located on the shore of the river Neva, on a place, where pitch yards that delivered pitch for ship building were located. In spite of stopping the pitch works on that place soon after St-Petersburg's foundation, this area took name "Pitch Yard" (in Russian - Smolny dvor).

In XVIII century near this picturesque place a small Smolny Palace was constructed, where, during a short period of time, Peter's daughter Elisabeth used to live.

Construction of the magnificent Smolny Cathedral was begun by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli in the reign of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna and was completed by V.P. Stasov under Emperor Nicholas I.

The Cathedral is rightfully recognized as the gem of St Petersburg baroque. By the royal decree, it was named the Cathedral of all educational establishments. It was in the period when the cathedral construction started that the Empress Elizaveta issued a decree reestablishing in the northern capital a five-domed structure – a characteristic feature of the Orthodox church. 

The cathedral’s spectacular appearance, expressive design and external decor make it one of the highest achievements in world architecture.

The center of the convent complex was a magnificent white and blue Smolny Cathedral, which architecture smoothly combines the styles of Old Russian and European architectural elements. It is located in the center of convent yard and has the height of 93, 7 meters. A splendid frontage's decoration, an abundant usage of gold, ornate combination of blue walls and white-stone modeling give the Cathedral its festivity and solemnity. Around the Cathedral Rastrelli designed four churches and monastery's building.

Rastrelli, who died in 1771, hadn't seen the ending of construction works that stopped in the late XIX century. Architect V. Stasov resumed the church's decoration works in 1830. Big church hall was marbled, three majestic iconostases were constructed. Among preserved treasures of the Cathedral we should name icons of A. Venetsianov "The Resurrection" and "Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple".

Monument to Alexander Nevsky, St. Petersburg

Alexander Nevsky Plaza . Nevsky is often heralded as uniting the Russian people when he pushed the Swedes back to the Baltic Sea in 1240.

Weighing nine tons and standing almost nine meters high, this impressive equestrian statue, erected in 2002, honours one of the symbolic protectors of St. Petersburg and provides a symmetrical counterpoint to the Bronze Horseman, the famous monument to Peter the Great at the opposite end of the historic centre.