An engraving of the 'Church of the Resurrection' also known as the 'Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood', a Russian Orthodox church in Saint Petersburg, Russia which currently functions as a secular museum and church at the same time.
It is one of Saint Petersburg's major attractions.
The construction of the 'Church on Spilled Blood' took place from 1883 to 1907, erected on the very place, where Narodnaya Volya members assassinated Emperor Alexander II in March 1881. The church was funded by the Romanov Imperial family in honor of Alexander II and the suffix 'on (Spilled) Blood' refers to his assassination.
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