DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide by DK Publishing

Author:DK Publishing
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781465428868
Publisher: DK Publishing

10. Ploshchad Vosstaniya

The vast, imposing Ploshchad Vosstaniya, or Uprising Square, gets its name from the events of February 1917, when a group of Russian soldiers refused to fire upon demonstrators, instead taking up arms on the side of the discontented masses. In 1985, it was the scene of a walkabout by the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who went into the masses to discuss the country’s problems.

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Pushkin’s African Past

Alexander Pushkin, whose statue stands in Arts Square, was the great grandchild of an African slave, Abram Hannibal, brought to Russia by Peter the Great. Hannibal gained popularity around the court of the tsar and served as the governor of Tallinn (then known as Reval). Pushkin owed his distinctive curly hair to Hannibal and even began a novel (unfinished) about him.

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