Peter and Paul Fortress - The Grand Dukes Mausoleum. By the turn of the 20th century the interior of the Peter and Paul Cathedral was already filled with tsarist tombs, so a new Mausoleum was constructed between 1896 and 1908 to accommodate any further Imperial graves. However, very few members of the Romanov dynasty were buried there as the Revolution of 1917 ended their rule over Russia.
Peter and Paul Fortress - Interior of Peter and Paul Cathedral.
Peter and Paul Fortress - Commandants House and statue of Peter the Great. This statue created in 1991 by Mikhail Shemyakin (an American of Russian descent) is considered quite controversial with it's out of proportion head and hands.
