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HOTEL ASTORIA

 
  Hotel Astoria  
 

The Hotel Astoria on Isaac square was the location Hitler planned to hold his victory banquet upon taking Leningrad during World War II. He was undoubtedly disappointed. The statue is Tsar Nicholas I. The hotel was built by Fodor Lidval in 1910-12.

 
     

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