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Old Posted Mar 17, 2011, 7:32 PM
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The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg


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(petersburg-lodging.com)

How did it get its name? The church was built on the spot where Tsar Alexander II was assassinated by a suicide bomber in 1881.


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