Gallery / Russia and Ukraine 2007 / St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg

Cathedrals

Cathedrals

23 Images

Russian Orthodox cathedrals around the city

Palaces

Palaces

35 Images

Palaces of the tsars

Around the City

Around the City

27 Images

Random places in St. Petersburg

Train Museum

Train Museum

7 Images

Cheap museum I found

Museum of Political History

Museum of Political History

16 Images

Housed in a building that the Bolsheviks used after the Revolution

Dostoevsky Walk

Dostoevsky Walk

7 Images

Scenes that inspired Crime and Punishment

Peter and Paul Fortress

Peter and Paul Fortress

19 Images

Built by Peter the Great to fight the Swedes if they invaded

The Hermitage

The Hermitage

14 Images

The former Winter Palace

White Nights

White Nights

7 Images

St. Petersburg is so far north that it doesn't get completely dark. These were taken close to midnight.


In and around Peter the Great's City