- Since the 1980s, the Cathedral is used primarily as a concert hall and the surrounding convent buildings house various offices and government institutions as...
- In 1764 she founded what was called the Smolny Institute of Noble Maidens designed to “give the state educated women, good mothers, useful members of the...
- The convent was found in 1748 on the order of the Empress Elizabeth. ... The wooden model of the Smolny Convent made F. Rastrelli's work-room still remains.
- In 1991 faculty moved into the wing of Smolny Convent, where he is situated until nowadays.
- Smolny Convent. This beautiful blue complex of buildings was originally built to house Elizabeth, the daughter of Peter the Great.
- Today, Smolny Cathedral is used primarily as a concert hall and the surrounding convent buildings house various offices and government institutions.
- The Bolsheviks had their headquarters at the Smolny Convent during the Russian Revolution of 1917.
- smolny convent Smolny Convent or Smolny Convent of the Resurrection, located on Ploschad Rastrelli, on the left bank of the River Neva in Saint Petersburg...
- In April 2015 Smolny Cathedral was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church, and is now an active Orthodox church, the Divine Liturgy is held daily.[4].
- Smolny Institute Peterhof Palace Smolny Cathedral Smolny Convent Baroque architecture, Cathedral, building, city, saint Petersburg png.