Best slavic city by far
>>221315952>burg>slavic
they can't breed and will either need immigrants or become a ghost town
>>221315952It was built by foreign leader and foreign architects, given a foreign name
>>221315980>foreign thing...BAD!multiculturalism was always the best thing about 18th/19th century Russia
>>221316017There were no good things about Russia since 1237
>>221316056Alexander II(German) is a godlike figure in Finland. He is to Finns what Muad'Dib was to Arrakis.
>>221315967Berlin is Slavic then.
>>221315952What is the metric for best? best quality of life and money? or just a pleasant place even if it's poorer
What about Moscow
>>221316056You're descendant of thugs and prisoners
>>221316171East germany is slavic, yes. Dmjust don't say it out loud or they'll get mad
>>221316104Mammi must flow.
>>221316104Sofia has his monument as well
>>221316305Looks horrific. Might as well be Dubai or some shit.
>>221315952The major architects who shaped St. Petersburg’s architecture are primarily Italian, French, German, and Swiss-Italian, with significant contributions from Russian architects in the 19th century. Italian: Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (designed the Winter Palace and Catherine Palace), Carlo Rossi (designed the General Staff Building and Mikhailovsky Palace), Giacomo Quarenghi (designed the Smolny Institute), Antonio Rinaldi, and Domenico Trezzini (elaborated the initial city plan and Petrine Baroque style). French: Auguste de Montferrand (designed St. Isaac’s Cathedral), Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond (appointed chief architect and helped design the city layout), and Jean-François Thomas de Thomon (designed the Old Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns). German: Andreas Schlüter (early planner), Hieronymus Kitner (known for Russian "brick style"), Viktor Schroeter, and Karl Schmidt. Swiss-Italian: Domenico Trezzini is often cited with this dual heritage; Georg Johann Mattarnovy also contributed to early structures like the Kunstkamera. Russian: Andrey Voronikhin (designed Kazan Cathedral), Andreyan Zakharov (renovated the Admiralty), Vasily Bazhenov, and later figures like Fedor Lidval and Ivan Fomin in the neoclassical revival.
>>221315952Spiritually italian, the center area looks like Milan or Turin
>>221316319Well we can't all have prestigious French monuments such as>Musée de l'Orangerie>Sacre Coeur>Pont du Carousel>Bois de Vincennes>Grand Palais>Hôtel des Invalides>Petit Palais>Jardin des Tuileries>Palais Garnier>Sainte-Chapelle>Panthéon>Les Catacombes>Bois de Boulogne>Bataclan>Place de la Concorde>Moulin Rouge>Comedie Francaise>Moulin de la Galette
>>221319161>Bois de BoulogneThat's a random forest.
>>221315980It's the best because it's a westoid city.
>>221315952that's not Prague
>>221316017>foreign thing...BAD!yesonly local thing good
