HISTORIC RUSSIAN CHURCH.
A church in Petrograd having both autocratic and revolutionary associations is the Church of the lledeemer. It was erected, at a cost of_£soo,ooo, on the exact site of the murder of the ex-Czar's grandfather, Alexander 11. The spot where he fell remains (though now within the building) precisely as it was, even to the blood on the stones, each of which has an identification number. Above these is a wonderful canopy of malachite stone, from which > depend an orb, a sceptre and a crown of thorns. Folding doors of pure silver and ikons encrusted with precious stones surround tho shrine.
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Bruce Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 74, 20 September 1917, Page 6
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103HISTORIC RUSSIAN CHURCH. Bruce Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 74, 20 September 1917, Page 6
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