Алексеевск (Свободный) / Аlekseevsk (Svobodny): 1900-1914
Россия на дореволюционных фотографиях
Алексеевск (Свободный)
Russia in pre-revolutionary photographs
Аlekseevsk (Svobodny)
Музыка:
М. Глинка, Разлука (Ноктюрн)
Music:
M. Glinka, Separation (Nocturne)
Alekseevsk, down today as Svobodny is a city in the Amur region of Russia, on the banks of the River Zeya.
The city was founded on July 30, 1912, on the birthday of the Tsesarevich Alexei, hence the name Alekssevsk.
"...With great pomp and ceremony, the city was created by the Bishop of Blagoveshchensk Yevgeny (Berezhkov) in the presence of Amur Governor-General Nikolai Gondatti , senior representatives of the regional administration and the Middle Amur railway and residents of the former Surazhevka village, now renamed Alekseevsk..."
In April 1917, the city government renamed Alekseevsk Svobodny, the Provisional Government of Russia approved the name on June 3 (16), 1917 .....