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    The Narva Triumphal Arch (Russian: На́рвские триумфа́льные ворота, lit. Narvskie Triumfal'nyye vorota) was erected in the vast Stachek Square (prior to...
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    Triomphe in Paris, the Narva Triumphal Arch in Saint Petersburg, or Marble Arch and the Wellington Arch in London. After about 1820 arches are often memorial...
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    including the Alexander Column by Montferrand, erected in 1834, and the Narva Triumphal Arch. In 1825, the suppressed Decembrist revolt against Nicholas I took...
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    painted in a yellow-white color. The Novocherkassk arches served as a prototype for the Narva Triumphal Arch in St. Petersburg, which was built in 1833 as...
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  • is completed. Middletown Alms House in Connecticut is completed. Narva Triumphal Arch in Saint Petersburg, Russia, designed by Giacomo Quarenghi, is built...
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  • post-Roman triumphal arches. Since the Renaissance period, rulers and states have sought to glorify themselves or commemorate victories by erecting triumphal arches...
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  • Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania, by Vasily Stasov. Reconstruction of the Narva Triumphal Arch in Saint Petersburg in stone by Vasily Stasov. Grand Prix de Rome...
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    The Moscow Triumphal Gate (Russian: Моско́вские Триумфа́льные воро́та, Moskovskiye Triumfalnye vorota) is a Neoclassical triumphal arch in Saint Petersburg...
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    St. John Lateran Somerset House, London, 1776, William Chambers Narva Triumphal Arch, Saint Petersburg, 1814 Ethnographic Museum (former Palace of Justice)...
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    During the reign of Nicholas I, Stasov designed Moscow Triumphal Gates and Narva Triumphal Gates in St Petersburg and the present-day Presidential Palace...
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    Public Library. While working on compositions for Vasily Stasov's Narva Triumphal Arch in the early 1830s, he came into conflict with Emperor Nicholas I...
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    with Tsar Nicholas I, seemingly over his sculptures to decorate the Narva Triumphal Arch, built in 1814 to mark the Russian victory over Napoleon, but most...
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    1955-11-15 57 Baltiysky Rail Terminal Narvskaya Нарвская M1 1955-11-15 52 Narva Triumphal Arch Kirovsky Zavod Кировский завод M1 1955-11-15 50 Kirov Plant Avtovo...
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    Lesnoy Mole Rear Range Light Saint Petersburg TV Tower Moscow Triumphal Gate Narva Triumphal Arch Demographics of Saint Petersburg Politics of Saint Petersburg...
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  • publication. 1813 – Red Bridge built. 1814 Imperial Public Library opens. Narva Triumphal Arch erected. 1818 Otechestvennye Zapiski begins publication. Blue Bridge...
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    Narva Triumphal Arch...
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  • Russov, "Herzen street", "Stalin Avenue", "Neva River embankment", "Narva Triumphal Arch" by Arseny Semionov, "On plein air" by Elena Skuin, "A First Line...
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    Building of the General Staff (1819–1829), which centers on a double triumphal arch crowned with a Roman quadriga. In the centre of the square stands the...
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    the events of January 9. Thus, the worker V. A. Yanov, chairman of the Narva branch of the "Assembly," when asked by the investigator about the petition...
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    (155 ft 8 in) tall and is topped with a statue of an angel holding a cross, as a triumphal column it may be the highest but the Monument to the Great Fire of London...
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  • commemorated by the Narva Triumphal Gate (1827–1834), and the victory in the Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829 — by the Moscow Triumphal Gates (1834–1838)....
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    after the Narva Triumphal Gate, located opposite of the entrance to the station. The name indicates that once there was a gate of the road to Narva. Despite...
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    Cherbourg on 15 June and on 12 August entering St. Petersburg through the Triumphal arch, constructed by the Emperor's order in the memory of excellent service...
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    Berlin included a gigantic dome based on the Pantheon in Rome and a triumphal arch more than double the height of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Neither...
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  • The Chariot of Victory on the Narva Triumphal Gates, Saint Petersburg...
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  • spire, in a fire in 16 April 2024. During World War II, 98% of the town of Narva was destroyed due to Soviet bombing raids. Only 3 buildings, including the...
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    World War One as a volunteer. He was present at battles against Red army in Narva and Pihkva frontals, in Southern-Estonia and in Latvia. From May 1919 he...
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    1867 Sculptor, Horse Tamers on the Anichkov Bridge, statuary of the Narva Triumphal Gate, quadriga above the portico of the Bolshoi Theatre, Monument to...
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  • Bibliotheek, The Hague (url) Romeyn de Hooghe (1645–1708), 1 etching : Battle of Narva on 19 November 1700, The Hermitage, St. Petersburg (url) Daniel Hopfer (1470–1536)...
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