The Moscow Suburb (in German Moskauer Vorstadt , in Russian – Moskovsky forshtadt) is the oldest suburb of Riga. It’s fate is closely related to the history of the Russian minority in Riga. At present this district is also populated mainly by Russians and preserves a considerable number of memorials to Russian antiquity.  >>

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This house was given to Peter I as a gift from the Riga City Council. However, the Tsar decided to buy it from the town >>

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One of the most well known pieces of architecture of the 18th Century in Latvia. Designed by Russian architect of Italian origin Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli. >>

Drawing by J.Ch.Brotze. >>

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Railway Station was built in Riga in 1861. >>