Bolshoy Dom (The Big House)

St Petersburg, Russian Federation (RU)

Military - Bases, Safari Submissions
Links: en.wikipedia.org
By: Matheus_

Nearby:

Stieglitz Museum of Applied Sciences

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Married couple

Kresty Prison

Russian cruiser Aurora

Aurora

Lower Swan Bridge

Souvenir vendors at the Aurora

Comments

Matheus_

@ 2012-02-23 04:28:50

Before the war, this building served as the seat of the OGPOe (secret police) and later the NKVD.The "Big House" remained undamaged throughout the Siege of Leningrad (1941-1944). The top floor was used to detain captured German officers. German pilots knew this and therefore dit not attack the building.