summary of four buildings

The Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building:
Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building is one of seven stalinist skyscrapers laid down in September, 1947 and completed in 1952, designed by Dmitry Chechylin (then Chief Architect of Moscow) and Andrei Rostkovsky. Main tower has 32 levels (including mechanical floors) and is 176 meters tall.


The Small Hermitage:
To the order of Empress Catherine II, the Southern Pavilion of the SmallHermitage was erected in 1765-66 according to a design by the architect Yury Velten. The appearance of this building organically combined the features of the Late Baroque style with Early Classicism. Later, in 1767-69, the architect Jean Baptist Vallin de la Mothe constructed the Northern Pavilion on the bankof the Neva using the Early Classicism style. The two structures are joined at the level of the first floor by the Hanging Garden, which has galleries on both sides. 




Saint Isaac's Cathedral:
Saint Isaac's Cathedral or Isaakievskiy Sobor (Russian: Исаа́киевский Собо́р) inSaint Petersburg, Russia is the largest Russian Orthodox cathedral (sobor) in the city. It is dedicated to Saint Isaac of Dalmatia, a patron saint of Peter the Great, who had been born on the feast day of that saint


Saint Vasily's Cathedral:
The Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat(Russian: Собор Покрова пресвятой Богородицы, что на Рву) or Pokrovsky Cathedral (Russian: Покровский собор) - both are official names used by the Russian Orthodox Church^[4] - also known as the Cathedral of St. Vasily the Blessed but popularly as Saint Basil's Cathedral (Russian: Собор Василия Блаженного), is a Russian Orthodox church erected on Red Square in Moscow in 1555–61 on orders from Ivan the Terrible. It commemorates the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan.