Topic: Tsarskoye Selo
I have discovered a new monument to Emperor Nicholas II at Tsarskoye Selo.
The monument was erected in 2011 on the site of a chapel built near the Alexandrovskaya Railway Station. The chapel was a memorial to Alexander II erected after an assassination attempt on the emperor's life in Paris in 1867. It was demolished by the local Soviets in 1949.
It was from the Alexandrovskya station that Emperor Nicholas II, his family and retinue departed Tsarskoye Selo and sent into exile in the early morning hours of 14 August [O.S. 01 August] 1917.
There are now three monuments to Russia's last tsar found at Tsarskoye Selo.
© Paul Gilbert @ Royal Russia. 04 October, 2012
Posted by Paul Gilbert
at 5:58 AM EDT
Updated: Saturday, 6 October 2012 10:00 AM EDT
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