Road leading to the Prayer-house of the Riga Grebenshchikov Community. Photo by N. Ivanov. >>

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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.  >>

The Rundale Palace - 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. >>

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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 >>

Drawing by J.Ch.Brotze. >>

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