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Winter morning by Alexander Pushkin

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< < < Matin d’automne / Autumn morning / Осеннее утро (Рус/Анг.) / (Рус/ Фра.)
Pourquoi suis-je fasciné par elle (Ru/Fr) / Why am I fascinated by her (Ru/Eng) / Зачем я ею очарован (Рус/Анг.) / (Рус/ Фра.) > > >

“Winter morning” by Alexander Pushkin is a poem that I really like, maybe because it’s the first one I learned in Russian

The poem “Winter Morning” by Alexander Pushkin was written in one of the most fruitful creative periods; during his exile in Mikhailovskoye

The poem “Winter Morning”, contains several important themes. The main and most obvious is the theme of love. With each verse, one feels the poet’s tenderness addressed to his beloved, his respectful attitude towards her.

Another theme is reflections on the birth of a new day that erases all previous sorrows and makes the world more beautiful and fun.

And, finally, the general idea of the whole work is the unity of man and nature in the general philosophical sense.

“Winter morning” text translated into English is under the Video

Зимнее утро	Winter Morning

Мороз и солнце ; день чудесный! Ещё ты дремлешь, друг прелестный — Пора, красавица, проснись : Открой сомкнуты негой взоры Навстречу северной Авроры, Звездою севера явись!	Frost and sun, the day is wondrous! Still you slumber, lovely friend. ‘Tis time, O beauty, to awaken; Open your eyes from blissful sleep, Your gaze to meet the northern aurora. Ah, you arise like the North Star!

Вечор, ты помнишь, вьюга злилась, На мутном небе мгла носилась; Луна, как бледное пятно, Сквозь тучи мрачные ж`ёлтела, И ты печальная сидела — А нынче… погляди в окно:	Last night, remember, the storm scolded, And darkness floated in the muddy sky, The moon was like a pale spot Through the dark clouds, gleaming yellow. There you sat in melancholy, But now … through the window, cast a look

Под голубыми небесами Великолепными коврами, Блестя на солнце, снег лежит; Прозрачный лес один чернеет, И ель сквозь иней зеленеет, И речка подо льдом блестит.	Beneath the bluish heavens Like a gorgeous carpet, In the sun, the snow is glittering; The forest is dusky and lonely, And the spruce gleams green through the frost. And under the ice, the river sparkles

Вся комната янтарным блеском Озарена. Весёлым треском Трещит затопленная печь. Приятно думать у лежанки. Но знаешь : не велеть ли в санки Кобылку бурую запречь?	The whole room shines with amber light … With a merry crackles, The woods bursts and pops in the stove. The sofa is so inviting, But perhaps, why shouldn’t we order A brown mare for our sleigh?

Скользя по утреннему снегу, Друг милый, предадимся бегу Нетерпеливого коня И навестим поля пустые, Леса, недавно столь густые, И берег, милый для меня.	Gliding over the morning snow, My friend, let’s surrender our trust To the running, impatient steed. We’ll visit the empty fields, The woods, that used to be so thick, And the shore, so dear to me,

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Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo

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The Amber Room is a famous masterpiece of 18th century art, which disappeared without a trace during World War II

The amber room was created by master Andreas Schluter on the order of King Frederik I of Prussia. Subsequently, the amber cabinet which was the original name of this astonishing architectural work, was presented to the Russian Tsar Peter I.

The Amber Cabinet was installed in the Menshikov Palace in 1717. In 1743 Elizabeth Petrovna who had ascended the throne of Russia ordered the Amber Cabinet to be installed in the Winter Chambers of Her Imperial Majesty’s Household. The Empress also asked the chief architect FB Rastrelli and the master Alexander Martelli to “correct” the cabinet. It was finished with gilded wood carvings, mirrors and mosaic paintings of jasper and agate.

For nearly 2 centuries this room has remained unchanged and admired undergoing only periodic renovations to minimize the effects of temperature changes, drafts and stove heating.

During World War II, it was decided not to evacuate to the Amber Room because of its fragility. And the Nazis, having captured the Catherine Palace, destroyed the Amber Room. According to the officers’ report, the wall panels were mutilated with bayonets and knives at human height, the parquet which had been composed of rare wood, sandalwood, rosewood, amaranth, cherry and lemon trees were completely destroyed. The paint on the ceiling was also mangled. This was done by 6 soldiers in 36 hours.

The Amber Room was later displayed at the royal palace in Kroenigsberg, but after liberating Koenigsberg in 1945, Soviet troops did not find the Amber Room.

Nevertheless, some of its fragments were transferred to Russia in 2000.

Since 1981, work on the reconstruction of the Amber Room began, led by AA Zhuravlev. On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of Saint Petersburg, the Amber Room has been completely restored.

She can now be seen by everyone in the Catherine Palace in Saint Petersburg

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Cathedral and museum honoring WWII veterans

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The Patriarchal Cathedral in the name of the Resurrection of Christ is a magnificent Cathedral, built in record time and containing a museum site from the Second World War.

Also called the main temple of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, it is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Great Patriotic Victory (World War II) and was inaugurated on June 14, 2020. It was built in a record time of only one year and a half. (Video of the construction at the bottom of the page)

It is one of the tallest Orthodox churches in the world measuring 95 meters in height. All its dimensions are symbolic. The drum diameter of the main dome is 19.45 meters, the diameter of the dome is 22.43 (Germany’s act of unconditional surrender was signed at 10:43 p.m. (22:43) on May 8, 1945)

The height of the belfry is 75 meters (2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the war). The height of the small dome 14.18 corresponds to the number of days and nights of the battles of the Great Patriotic War.

The number of full holders of the Order of Glory is represented by the interior mosaic area of 2644 square meters. The height of the mandora is 11694mm, which is also the number of participants of the Great Patriotic War who received the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

On the territory of the complex there is a museum complex, “Road of Memory”, which was created with a length of 1418 steps, in memory of the 1418 days and nights of the Great Patriotic War. The gallery is framed by millions of photographs of veterans.

In the open air is the “Fields of Victory” museum which is a collective image of the battle near Moscow in 1941. Its location is the area where the Germans made their last attempt to break into the capital.

Weapons and military equipment from the Great Patriotic War are installed in several themed areas of the complex which were created from archival documents and photos.

Below is the video of the temple with a visit to part of the museum: The one of the construction is below.

Below, the construction of the church.

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