Admiralteyskiy VI - The Heart of the Admiralty
"There would be no victory parade past the Winter Palace,
no reviewing stand in Palace Square,
no ceremonial banquet in the Hotel Astoria"
- Harrison E. Salisbury (about Hitler plans for Leningrad)
5/5/1941 - The original design of the Admiralty Building was a fortified shipard surrounded by five bastions and a moat. In the nineteeth century it was re-built as headquarters for the Admiralty board of the Russian navy, and thus became one of the most iconic landmarks in the city of Leningrad.
15/5/1941 - Western side of the Admiralty building, featuring yellow walls and white columns. If the picture was longer we could see the Bronze Horseman in Senate Square (see update Admiralteyskiy III).
The fountain just in front of the Admiralty Building is the intersection point of three major avenues: Voznesenskiy Prospekt, Gorokhovaya Ulitsa, and Nevsky Prospekt.
7/8/1941 - Several attempts were made to camouflage the spire of the Admiralty with a net thrown from a barrage balloon. All of them were unsuccesful.
The city council turned to Olga Firsova, conductor of the children's choir at the Kirov Palace of Culture and experienced alpinist. She recruited another two young girls and undertook the task of painting the spire of the Admiralty in dull warship grey.
4/11/1941 - A hundred metres to the South of the Admiralty Building, and next to Saint Isaak's Cathedral, we find the Lobanov-Rostovsky Palace. Its facade is quite similar to that of the Admiralty.
Disclaimer: This CJ includes original photos taken during the siege. To my knowledge none of them is protected by copyright, but if I were wrong I'm happy to delete any picture that infringes the law.
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It's just me or the picture of Olga Firsova climbing the spire also sends shivers down your spine?
This is the last entry of Admiralteyskiy Okrug. In the next update we're not only moving to a new okrug, but also to a new district. The name of Tsentralny probably doesn't say much, but if I mention the Hermitage museum, Kazan Cathedral, Church of the Saviour, Smolny Cathedral, Nevsky Prospekt... does it ring a bell? 
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