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ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE
In the Footsteps
of Revolutionaries
By Alexander Koenig
Over the spring Half Term I was lucky
enough to take part in this year’s Fourth
Form History trip. Thirty five pupils who
have been studying Russia as part of their
GCSE History course went and the trip
was timed to coincide with the 100th
anniversary of the overthrow of the
Imperial Romanov Monarchy in February,
and the ‘coming of the Bolsheviks’ in
October.
We started our trip in Moscow which
was absolutely fascinating; we saw the
Kremlin and St Basil’s Cathedral which
were fantastic. In the Kremlin, we saw the
Armoury which holds some of the captured
weapons from Napoleon’s failed invasion.
We also saw the Battleship
Aurora
which
was breathtakingly impressive - the
Aurora
,
famously, fired the shot which was the signal
for the start of the Communist Revolution.
St Petersburg, comparatively, was much
more European in its feel and reminded
me of Germany, France and even Venice
with its amazing canal system. The Winter
Palace was a sight to behold (not least its
magnificent Jordan staircase) with the world
famous Hermitage Museum within.
Alexander Koenig
Moscow State Historical Museum, Red Square
Visiting the newly-opened Moscow FC Spartak Stadium