| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Russia |
City / Town : Moscow
District : Soviet Achievements Park
|
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Exhibit about wheat.
|
1982 |
| Russia |
City / Town : Moscow
District : Soviet Achievements Park
|
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Energy for the People.
|
1982 |
| Russia |
City / Town : Moscow
District : Soviet Achievements Park
|
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Electrical generator.
|
1982 |
| Russia |
City / Town : Moscow
District : Soviet Achievements Park
|
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The lecture hall.
|
1982 |
| Russia |
City / Town : Moscow
District : Soviet Achievements Park
|
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The restaurant.
|
1982 |
| Russia |
City / Town : Moscow
|
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Suburban view.
|
2008 |
| Russia |
City / Town : Moscow
|
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Suburban appartment blocks.
|
1982 |
| Russia |
City / Town : Moscow
|
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Datcha outside the city - used as a holiday home by well off Moscuvites.
|
2008 |
| Russia |
City / Town : Moscow
|
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Family at their datcha.
|
2008 |
| Russia |
City / Town : Moscow
|
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Wood cabin.
|
2008 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
|
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St Petersburg is a city of many rivers and canals.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
|
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The Fontana Canal is one of the city's widest. The city is known as the Venice of the North.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
|
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Bridge over a canal surrounded by elegant buildings.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
|
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The city is very green.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Aurora
|
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View over St Petersburg with the Aurora Cruiser, the most fasmous ship in Russia.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Aurora
|
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Naval building with the Aurora.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Aurora
|
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Blue government naval building.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Aurora
|
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The naval building is ornate.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Aurora
|
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The Aurora fired the first shots of the Russian Revolution in 1917.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Aurora
|
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The Aurora.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Peter's Cabin
|
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Peter's Cabin is housed in a red brick building.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Peter's Cabin
|
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The original log cabin dates from 1703 and was built by Peter The Great.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Peter's Cabin
|
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Peter The Great over-saw the building of St Petersburg from the log cabin.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Peter's Cabin
|
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The dining room.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Peter's Cabin
|
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Boat built by Peter the Great.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Peter's Cabin
|
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Plans for St Petersburg.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Peter's Cabin
|
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Bronze statue of Peter.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Peter and Paul Fortress
|
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The Peter and Paul Fortress dominates the city and is by the river.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Peter and Paul Fortress
|
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The Fortress was built in 1703.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Peter and Paul Fortress
|
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The walled Fortress is the oldest major building in the city.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Peter and Paul Fortress
|
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The fortress is reached by a bridge over a moat.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Peter and Paul Fortress
|
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Seated statue of Peter the Great.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Peter and Paul Fortress
|
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The stone Nevsky Gate.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Peter and Paul Fortress
Site / Event : Peter and Paul Cathedral
|
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The Peter and Paul Cathedral dominates the complex.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Peter and Paul Fortress
Site / Event : Peter and Paul Cathedral
|
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The cathedral houses the remains of the last tzar, Nicholas II, and his family.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Peter and Paul Fortress
Site / Event : Peter and Paul Cathedral
|
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The Cathedral is within the fortress. The spire (123m) is the tallest in the city.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Peter and Paul Fortress
Site / Event : Peter and Paul Cathedral
|
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View of the spire.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Peter and Paul Fortress
Site / Event : Peter and Paul Cathedral
|
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The baroque interior.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Peter and Paul Fortress
Site / Event : Peter and Paul Cathedral
|
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The tombs of Nicholas II and his family were interred here in 1998.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Peter and Paul Fortress
Site / Event : Peter and Paul Cathedral
|
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The painted ceiling.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Peter and Paul Fortress
|
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Fur hat seller.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Peter and Paul Fortress
|
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Matruskas (dolls within dolls) on sale.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Peter and Paul Fortress
|
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View along the river.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Peter and Paul Fortress
|
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The walls by the river.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Peter and Paul Fortress
|
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View from the walls.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Peter and Paul Fortress
|
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River scene.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
|
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Memorial chapel to the Holy Trinity Church, the first Orthodox church in the city.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
|
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Megaphone.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
|
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Schooner on the river.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Nevsky Prospect
|
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Nevsky Prospect is the main thoroughfare in the city.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Nevsky Prospect
Site / Event : Singer Building
|
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Trollybus in front of the Singer Building.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Nevsky Prospect
Site / Event : Singer Building
|
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Ornate doorway of the Singer building.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Nevsky Prospect
|
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Nevsky Prospect is a long wide street lined with elegant buildings and shops.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Nevsky Prospect
|
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Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Nevsky Prospect
|
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Nevsky Prospect is the main street in the city and is lined with shops, restaurants and hotels.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Nevsky Prospect
|
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The Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace is one of dozens in St Petersburg.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Nevsky Prospect
|
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Svyatoy Yekateriny Aleksandriyskoy Basilica.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Nevsky Prospect
|
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Restaurant.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Nevsky Prospect
|
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The wide street is full of elegant buildings.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Nevsky Prospect
|
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Street scene with painted building in the city centre.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Nevsky Prospect
|
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Kuptsov Yeliseyevykh Store.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Nevsky Prospect
|
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Odentrusi is a large clothing store.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Nevsky Prospect
|
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The wide main avenue of St Petersburg.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Nevsky Prospect
|
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USA fast food outlet.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
District : Nevsky Prospect
|
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Street scene in Nevsky Prospect.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
|
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The Alexandrinsky Theatre.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
|
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Statue of Catherine The Great with her statesmen and lovers at her feet.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
|
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The city is dotted with canals and is a green city.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Gostiny Dvor
|
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Gostiny Dvor is one of the oldest indoor shopping area in the world (1757).
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Gostiny Dvor
|
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Colonaded passage in the complex.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
|
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Ostrovsky Square.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Church of St Catherine
|
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The Armenian Orthodox Church of St Catherine dates from 1771.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Church of St Catherine
|
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Armenian Orthodox cross.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Church of St Catherine
|
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The interior.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Bankovsky Bridge
|
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The wooden Bankovsky Bridge with two griffins at each end.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Bankovsky Bridge
|
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Griffins at each end of the bridge.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Bankovsky Bridge
|
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View from the bridge along a small canal.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Bankovsky Bridge
|
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View from the bridge towards Kazan Cathedral and the Church of the Spilt Blood.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Kazan Cathedral
|
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Kazan Cathedral dates from 1811 and its dome is 80m high.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Kazan Cathedral
|
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The cathedral has a line of Romanesque columns 111m long.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Kazan Cathedral
|
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The interior of the Kazan Cathedral which dates from 1811.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Church of the Spilled Blood
|
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The Church of the Spilled Blood is set by one of the city's many canals.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Church of the Spilled Blood
|
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The church is multi-domed and is built in a distict style.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Church of the Spilled Blood
|
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Alexander II was assassinated in 1881 outside the church.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Church of the Spilled Blood
|
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The church dates from 1881.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Church of the Spilled Blood
|
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Detail of the external stone work.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Church of the Spilled Blood
|
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Paintings, brickwork and stonework.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Church of the Spilled Blood
|
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External figure of Christ.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Church of the Spilled Blood
|
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The small domes.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Church of the Spilled Blood
|
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The entrance.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Church of the Spilled Blood
|
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Part of the 7000 square metres of mosaics inside the church.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Church of the Spilled Blood
|
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The interior is a riot of colour.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Church of the Spilled Blood
|
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Close up of a mosaic.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Church of the Spilled Blood
|
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Painted columns.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Church of the Spilled Blood
|
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The ceiling.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Church of the Spilled Blood
|
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Painted wall.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
Site / Event : Church of the Spilled Blood
|
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Every part of the walls and ceilings are painted.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
|
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The pink Strogonoff Palace is where the dish of the same name was developed.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
|
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Pushkin's House where the poet died in 1837.
|
2005 |
| Russia |
City / Town : St Petersburg
|
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One of many elegant buildings in the city.
|
2005 |
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