This square has been the place where took place the Bloody Sunday (9 January 1905) events, where the tsarists troops fired on workers gathered in the suare, giving a start to the 1905 revolution. The storming of the Winter Palace in October 1917 also took place here.
I'm sorry for the quality of the first pics I posted :o . Because of a technical software pb, they are not as big as they could have been (the last one being better...). If needed, I can post again bigger shots. Please, just ask.
Here the eternal flame burning for the victims of the revolution and civil war. Contrary to what the pic shows, there were a number of mourning people here (and not only tourists...).
The Finland Station is where Lenin entered back in Russia, in 1917, after his exile. The station has changed since (this one from the 70s), but the statue of Lenin is one of the few remaining in town.
All the square is currently been refurbished.
Interesting to notice that this statue of Lenin is the one pictured on the obverse of the Medal for the 250 Years of Leningrad.
