Among the graduates of many well-known names: Nobel laureates Mikhail Gorbachev and Sakharov; poets Balmont and Lermontov; singer Zemfira. Outwardly, it seems that the steeple, as well as the crowning of his star and ears covered with gold, but it is not. Spire, Star, and ears are lined with amber glass plates, the inside of the glass plates coated with aluminum. Currently, part of the glass parts collapsed and crumbled, if you look through binoculars, can be seen in various places gaping holes. In 1953, the Moscow State University has received a new building - a skyscraper of 36 floors on the Sparrow Hills. With its construction involves a lot of interesting facts and rumors. So, originally designed by the building allegedly had not crown the spire, and the golden statue of Stalin. However, shortly before the end of construction the Soviet leader died, and it was decided to replace the statue on the spire. Фух, было нелегко ;)
Rostkoviana on the square of the Cathedral, savers Poltavska plateau Vanova Gori. Swede otkryvatsja a great craved the valley of RCCI Vorskly that part of the city: Poltavskiy Poll, the Levada workmanlike.Description and legendPoltava White gazebo is a semicircular colonnade of 8 Doric columns on the stylobate, which are developed entablature, complete atkom. The total height of the monument — 9 metersWhite gazebo in an old photograph The structure somewhat resembles a horseshoe, bent its edges to the assumption Cathedral, located on the columns. Such a "horseshoe" appearance of the gazebo is due, according to the legend, the fact that it is on the Cathedral square of the city on the second day after the battle of Poltava took place the meeting of craftsmen of Poltava with the Russian Tsar Peter I, and, like, a local blacksmith immediately expertly shod Tsar's horse who lost a horseshoe during the Poltava battle
The structure somewhat resembles a horseshoe, bent its edges to the assumption Cathedral, located on the columns. Such a "horseshoe" appearance of the gazebo is due, according to the legend, the fact that it is on the Cathedral square of the city on the second day after the battle of Poltava took place the meeting of craftsmen of Poltava with the Russian Tsar Peter I, and, like, a local blacksmith immediately expertly shod Tsar's horse who lost a horseshoe during the Poltava battle