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[mrsronweasley]

Oh, God. As if today wasn't sucking ENOUGH.

http://www.englishrussia.com/?p=242

Oh, Christ. That's terrible.

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[alpheratz.livejournal.com]

Link not worky. What's it say? I am prepared for the worst.

[alpheratz.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, is it this? http://www.gazeta.ru/firstplace.shtml Holy fuck. I want to kill someone.

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

According to the translated news reports, the fire broke out in scaffolding. It was probably an accident.

Which doesn't make the situation any better.

[alpheratz.livejournal.com]

Russian newspaper says they're suspecting a cigarette butt at this point. If that turns out to be true, I might be in favour of a lynching.

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

I'll lead the goddamn way.

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I just...I have no fucking WORDS. This is just...terrible!

[joandarck.livejournal.com]

^$@^^@!@$ - is that real?? That's horrible!

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

It's very real! And just...God, it's awful. I'm sitting here, totally crushed. St. Petersburg, any part of it, is not supposed to burn. It's St. Petersburg!

[bathsweaver.livejournal.com]

Oh my God. We have an art book from that church. I'd always wanted to go there someday.

[bathsweaver.livejournal.com]

It's only the dome burning in those pictures--is there a chance they can save the inside?

[alpheratz.livejournal.com]

That gazeta.ru article I linked above says that the interior and all the historic artefacts relating to the Izmailovsky regiment have been lost for decades. (Fucking revolution.) So I suppose that's one less thing to mourn now. They've been trying to restore the interior since 1990, but now it's looking even less likely, especially since it really isn't one of the most important cathedrals. There are so many churches that have suffered nearly irreparable damage in the 20th century, and only a handful have been restored. There just aren't the resources.

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what Masha said. It's just...God, how can anybody be so CARELESS? It was completely surrounded by wood! WOOD. Wood BURNS. It flames up really, really easily. *sigh* Just...SUCKS.

[raggedass-road.livejournal.com]

Oh, shit.

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

Pretty much. Yeah. :/

[c-regalis.livejournal.com]

Oh my god. Fuck.

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

Yeah. :/ It's just...ugh. Terrible.

[shihadchick.livejournal.com]

Oh, God. Fuck.

That just hurts.

[mrsronweasley.livejournal.com]

Isn't it awful? Just...God, people, BE CAREFUL. This is shit you can't get back. It's...it's St. Petersburg, for crying outloud!