Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald. Estonian writer considered to be the father of national literature for the country. He is the author of the Estonian national epic Kalevipoeg. 🧑🎨 🤖: Robot Muralist, who is actually two robots named Leonardo and Albert. Leonardo is a hand robot, and Albert can climb on the wall himself to create something new and beautiful. The mural was completed in 2020. 🏙: Telliskivi, Tallinn, Estonia 🇪🇪 12mar22
1905 Bloody Sunday Monument The events of Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg on January 9, 1905, when hundreds of peaceful protestors were slaughtered by their tsar, inspired Latvians to show their solidarity with the workers of the Russian capital by staging a strike during which meetings were held, songs sung and demands for greater autonomy made. This ominous powder keg was finally lit a few days later on January 13 when peaceful demonstrators met a Russian military force near the River Daugava. Shots were fired and panic ensued. Some demonstrators were killed by bullets and others fell through the ice in the river and drowned. All told, at least 70 perished and another 200 were injured. A decidedly Soviet statue with two proletarians hoisting a flag now approximates the spot where the carnage occurred and the street is also named after the incident – 13.janvāra iela. (iyp) . Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻 24dec21
The House of the Blackheads. Erected during the first third of the 14th century for the Brotherhood of Blackheads, a guild for unmarried merchants, shipowners, and foreigners in Riga. The building was bombed to a ruin by the Germans on June 28, 1941 – a week after the launching of Operation Barbarossa – and the remains were demolished by the Soviets in 1948. It was rebuilt between 1996 and 1999. (w) Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻 23dec21
𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙀𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙖, 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙄𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙙 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙄𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙙, 𝙇𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙙 𝙊𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩, 𝙍𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙖.𝒟𝒶𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝐿𝒾𝒻𝑒Alexander’s Church (Estonian: Aleksandri Suurkirik) is a church of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Narva, Estonia. Narva Church’s original cornerstone was laid in summer 1881. It was congregated after Emperor Alexander II in fall 1883, after his assassination earlier in spring. Alexander ll was the Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination. His most significant reform as emperor was emancipation of Russia’s serfs in 1861, for which he is known as Alexander the Liberator. The church was consecrated on 9 June 1884. It was given cathedral status on 19 September 2000. (notes from wiki)I find old wooden buildings in old Soviet republics so striking because it makes you think in awe of how they survived wars and occupations. Or did they? Maybe they came to be after those times. But, it doesn’t look like it.Panoramic view. Narva is a quiet town. There are many opportunities to get ‘people-less’ shots.
