A wonderful Orthodox church. The size of the icons and paintings is amazing, it’s amazing... The guides conduct a leisurely tour, it’s amazingly interesting, they listened to every word. Very conveniently, the ticket can be purchased at the terminal, bypassing the long line at the ticket office. It is impossible to give less than 5 stars to an attraction that the whole world knows. We will definitely visit again this year.

The Church of the Savior on Blood soars its polychrome onion domes on the very spot where Tsar Alexander II, to whom it is dedicated, was assassinated in 1881. Built in neo-Russian style, modeled after St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, it boasts glittering decor of mosaics, jasper and semi-precious stones, covering almost 7,000 m2. The courtyard is entered through a magnificent Art Nouveau gate designed by Alfred Parland, the cathedral's architect.

This temple from the outside reminded me of Moscow's St. Basil's Cathedral (Pokrovsky Cathedral). I don’t know who the architects of these cathedrals are, but they created a masterpiece. When I was in St. Petersburg back in the late 80s, it was not operating, so visiting it was a discovery for me. Inside, this cathedral is a real museum of beauty and mosaics. At the same time, it acts as an Orthodox church, as a result of which one can see religious rituals in reality. I advise you to visit this cathedral - it is very interesting and educational.

All goes, all goes, autumn, my friends, it's a beautiful autumn in the courtyard. But the barometer in all cultured and educated people shows clearly. Interestingly, somehow the first place our Italian friends were asked to take me to in St. Petersburg was not the Hermitage, not St. St. St. St. St. St. St. St. Paul's Cathedral or Peter and Paul's Fortress, but the Church of the Saviour on the Blood! And so our history and architecture have shown them in all their glory that we too are “not slick of shit”! Bеnissimo! Meraviglioso! Fаntastico! Che bello! Santo cielo! are their exclamations from what they saw!

A beautiful temple erected at the site of Alexander II's fatal wound by order of his son. It now has the status of a museum, so admission is charged. The ticket price includes a short sightseeing tour. It's a mosaic temple. There's so many puzzles you won't see anywhere else. The mosaic was not made like St. Isaac's Cathedral (otherwise it would have taken decades). There's a different way of recruiting, so it's very interesting to compare them.