The top of the dome was decorated with a crown of St. Stephen. The picture shows the stonemasons who were standing against the background of their work.

They look very small for crown made for a giant…

This building once used to decorate the street which led from the Military Ministry towards St. Matthias Church. After the war, its facade was reconstructed in a simplified manner, in order to match the spirit of the architecture of 18-th century.

Khreshchatyk Street

Junction with Nikolayevskaya Street (nowadays it’s called Gorodetsky Street)

Corner houses (the first picture is available in higher resolution)

Ginzburg’s House (at the background) has been preserved, but its decorative domes had been ruined..

Warsaw. Gebethner and Wolff publishing house

Marszalkowska street

Rossiya Insurance Company HQ

Church of the Life-Guard Lithuanian Regiment