#SANKT PETERBURG

[whiskyvictor]

Even culture suffers at time, Sankt Peterburg, Russia

[deheans]

State Bedroom of the Empress Maria Feodorovna at Pavlovsk Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia

[theoreticalgirl]

State Bedroom of the Empress Maria Feodorovna at Pavlovsk Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia

[mag-nikolaev]

Sankt-Peterburg- privorot

[alexxx-malev]

Russia. Lake Ladoga. Valaam. Cruise ship "Sankt-Peterburg" Ладожское озеро. Валаам. Теплоход "Санкт-Петербург"

[magicmod]

Ceiling inside The Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia

[evol-liverpool]

by Osdu on Flickr.Cathedral of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood, St Petersburg, Russia.

[scienceofsarcasm]

by Osdu on Flickr.Cathedral of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood, St Petersburg, Russia.

[dimensionsintime]

by Osdu on Flickr.Cathedral of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood, St Petersburg, Russia.

[stromuprisahat]

Siege and Storm- Chapter 19 (Leigh Bardugo)

Os Alta is pretty far south. Does it mean most of Ravka doesn't have full nights?

Somebody better in geography, write down the consequences, please, because that would put all of Fjerda above polar circle, and Novyi zem is on the same level as Ravka- does it have extremely warm currents around to keep those huge fields warm? It should have those white nights too!

Would making Grishaverse globe larger help explain any of this?

Red star is Sankt Peterburg- an equivalent of Os Alta, since that's the Tsar-related city with famous White Nights festival.

I've used maps on oats, wheat (Russia) and rye (Sweden) production to see how far reaches crop production (Other crops maps were similar in how far does it reach.).

I put US plantations cca. in the rectangle- that one might be less accurate, but it should be enough to paint the picture, since polar circle is the green line in the upper part of the map. Novyi Zem, I cut similarly.

Just... compared to Grishaverse:

Even Wandering Isle should be freezing pretty much all the time!

Length of the daylight, temperatures... my head's refusing to operate with different data than ours.

Can somebody find an explanation, how can Fjerda grow enough to feed itself? Does this mean Wandering Isle isn't really pseudo-Ireland? Isn't Ravka just too far north to feed larger population, because from our world's map, it's too short to have those most cultivated areas?

[tchaikovskaya]

Should it be called St. Petersburg, or was Petrograd/Leningrad a better choice?

Petrograd is goated idgaf. St. Petersburg is too imperial and leningrad (as much as I love it) is too commie coded but those few years when it was Petrograd…. Chefs kiss. A nod to the original name but adapted to be properly russian (wtf is sankt peterburg fuck off) Petrograd is S tier

[xylophonetangerine]

I think that Sankt-Peterburg is terrible name for the city. Obviously I would prefer that it still be called Leningrad but if you can't have that they should go back to Petrograd which is actually Russian and not German.

[thommi-tomate]

Leon Goretzka

Chile vs Germany

(Confederations Cup, Final, Stadion Krestovsky, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, July 2, 2017)

[mojisnovi]

Muzej Faberže, u Šuvalovskom dvorcu

Sankt Peterburg, Rusija🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

Plava soba u Muzeju gde se nalaze 9 carskih

uskršnjih jaja,radjena po narudžbi 2 poslednja

Cara Romanovih

[best-romanov-monarch]

BONUS POLL 4: Look at all the snazzy buildings in (and around) Sankt Peterburg!

Before we convene on the final bloodbath of the season, we should just... Relax and find some more chill topic to discuss. Like fancy residences. No, I'm serious.

I've picked a handful of the most interesting residences built by house Romanov. I'm guessing the most avowed of the Romanov nerds in our audience will have the time of their life... But even if you've never heard about any of these (which, c'mon, would you really even be here if you haven't at least heard of them?) - well, at least you can check out the ample photographic material included. Because who doesn't like to look at some good Rastrelli?

OUR CONTESTANTS:

Winter Palace Construction began: 1710 on the orders of Pyotr I. Description: A historical behemoth, site of both the legendary 300th anniversary ball and Bloody Sunday. Also the seat of the Provisional Government, and as such at the center of attention during February Revolution. Part of the Hermitage museum (my beloved).

Oranienbaum (palace complex) Construction began: 1710 on the orders of Pyotr I. (well, Menshikov) Description: As mentioned, originally built as Menshikov's residence, but after his fall from grace, the palace was taken over by the royal family. Its most notable resident was Pyotr III. before his ascencion. Look, I just think it's cute, okay?

Anichkov Palace Construction began: 1741 on the orders of Elizaveta Petrovna Description: Alexander III. really loved this one for some reason (the fact that his father narrowly avoided being assassinated in the previous residence, Winter Palace, might've had something to do with it). Nikolai II. grew up here.

(Great) Gatchina Palace Construction began: 1766 on the orders of Ekaterina II. Description: Originally built for Grigory Orlov of all people, but after his death, Ekaterina thought it's so swell she bought it for the royal family. Alexander III. loved this one too, to the point that it was called "The Citadel Of Autocracy".

Alexander Palace Construction began: 1793 on the orders of Ekaterina II. Description: Built for her beloved grandson Alexander I. as a wedding gift. Alexander moved out of it after his ascencion to the throne, giving it to his brother Nikolai I. Nikolai II. was born there, and it subsequently became his favourite residence.

Saint Michael's (Engineers') Castle Built: in 1797 by Pavel I. Description: Pour one out for my boi Pavel. He didn't feel safe in Winter Palace, so he built a new one for himself, and a few weeks after it was finished, he was assassinated there. After that whole mess, the royal family didn't want anything to do with it, so they gave it to Main Engineering School (higher education institution for army engineers). I picked this one just for the historical value, and for poor Pavel I.

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[ryotarox]

-burg ドイツ語で Burg は城砦（要塞としての機能を備えた中世の城）、避難所（保護者）を意味し、-burg は、ドイツ語・オランダ語・アフリカーンス語で城主の管区を意味する接尾辞である。英語の -burgh, -bury ・フランス語の -bourg も同様。 ハンブルク（Hamburg、ドイツ、詳細は地名の由来参照）、ヨハネスブルグ（Johanesburg、南アフリカ）、フライブルク（Freiburg、ドイツ）、ティルブルフ（Tilburg、オランダ）、サンクトペテルブルク[1]（Sankt-Peterburg、ロシア）、ピッツバーグ（Pittsburgh、アメリカ合衆国ペンシルベニア州）、エディンバラ（Edinburgh、スコットランド）、カンタベリー（Canterbury、イングランド）、ストラスブール（Strasbourg、フランス）

地名接尾辞 - Wikipedia