Lutheran Church of St. Maria, St. Petersburg, Russia, built by architects V.A. Schröter and I.S. Kitner in 1872-1874. It was demolished for firewood during the siege of the city in WW2.

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1. MajorAidan says

   Of all the beautiful architecture on here, this is the one I can understand the loss of and sympathise the most.

2. Anacoenosis says

   "Look if I’m going to eat rat, I want it to be cooked rat."

3. brmmbrmm says

   Geez the irony

4. WuhanWTF says

   I love how that kid in the orange shirt has four fingers like he’s in a cartoon or something.

5. downhomeolnorthstate says

   How prevalent was Protestantism in the Russian Empire?