Russia
St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square, a world-renowned symbol of Russia.
Temple of Elijah the Prophet (also known as Saint Ilyinsky Orthodox Church) in Zharkent, Kazakhstan (former Soviet Union) near the CHinese border.
Spasskaya Tower, the main tower of the Moscow Kremlin, which overlooks Red Square.
Mural in the lobby of a prominent building in Moscow showing symbols of different branches of the Soviet Armed Forces.
Soviet propaganda poster from 1986 with Vladimir Lenin and the text "Live and work according to Lenin!" spotted in the former Soviet Union in 1992.
"Academy of Love training center" signboard at Ligovsky Ave, 53 in Saint Petersburg.
Super long escalator in the Nevsky Prospekt metro station in St. Petresburg.
Russian cafeteria "Stolovaya No. 1 Kopeika" on Nevsky Prospect 25 in St. Petersburg.
View through the Triumphal Arch of the General Staff Building in Palace Square in St. Petersburg with the green and white facade of the Winter Palace, part of the Hermitage Museum complex.
Triumphal Arch of the General Staff Building on Palace Square in St. Petersburg. The building was designed by architect Carlo Rossi and completed in 1829 in the Empire style.
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood seen from the Griboyedov Canal Embankment in Saint Petersburg.
Nevsky Prospekt, the main avenue of St. Petersburg.
Russian Orthodox Kazan Cathedral with its famous collonade and the monument to Field Marshal Prince Kutuzov on Nevsky Prospekt in Saint Petersburg.
Detail of the facade of the Art Nouveau Singer House (Dom Knigi or House of the Book) in St. Petersburg.
Detail of the facade of the Singer House (Dom Knigi or House of the Book) built in Art Nouveau style in St. Petersburg.
Kazan Cathedral, a major Russian Orthodox cathedral located on Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg, built built between 1801 and 1811 by architect Andrei Voronikhin.
Inside the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg.
Neoclassical colonnade of the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg.
Former Hotel Demuth at 40 Moika Embankment in St. Petresburg.
Entrance to the BXOI Wax Figure Exhibition, advertised as "The Biggest in Russia" at Bolshaya Morskaya Ulitsa 6 in St. Petersburg.
A wax figure resembling Marylin Monroe at the entrance to the BXOI Wax Figure Exhibition, at Bolshaya Morskaya Ulitsa 6 in St. Petersburg.
Wrought-iron gates of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg which houses the State Hermitage Museum.
Golden Russian Imperial double-headed eagle, which is the coat of arms of Russia, located on the ornate wrought-iron gates of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Chinese tourists covering themselves against the sunlight in front of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
Winter Palace, the official residence of the Russian Tsars from 1732 to 1917, which currently houses the State Hermitage Museum. St. Petersburg.
Main Admiralty Building from 19th century which used to serve as the headquarters for the Imperial Russian Navy. St. Petersburg
Fountain on Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg with the dome and spire of the Church of St. Catherine visible in the background.
Monument to Mikhail Glinka, a renowned Russian composer, in the Alexander Garden, with the Admiralty Building in the background. St. Petersburg.
Twelve Collegia on the Neva River embankment, the main building of Saint Petersburg State University.
Imperial Academy of Arts located on the University Embankment in St. Petersburg.
Annunciation Bridge (completed in 1850) over the Neva River with the Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God on Vasilyevsky Island in the background. St. Petersburg.
The Bronze Horseman, a Monument to Peter the Great, in Senate Square in St. Petersburg.
A street performer painted gold, a "living statue" in front of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Horse-drawn carriage in the Palace Square of St. Petersburg, with the General Staff Building and its Triumphal Arch in the background.
Jordan Staircase used by imperial guests to ascend to the state rooms. in the Winter Palace, now part of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
Jordan Staircase used by imperial guests to ascend to the state rooms. in the Winter Palace, now part of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
Small Throne Room of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, also known as the Peter the Great Memorial Hall.
Armorial Hall designed by the architect Vasily Stasov and intended for official ceremonies and events. Winter Palace, St. Petersburg.
Military Gallery of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg created to commemorate Russian victories in the Napoleonic Wars. It contains 332 portraits of generals who were heroes of the war of 1812.
Equestrial portrait of Emperor Alexander I in the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Military Gallery of the Winter Palace with 332 portraits of generals who took part in the war of 1812 against Napoleon painted by British portraitist George Dawe and his assistants. St. Petersburg.
St. George's Hall (also known as the Great Throne Room) which served as the official throne room for Russian emperors from 1732 to 1917. Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Gilded door to a Gold Drawing Room of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Gothic Library of Emperor Nicholas II in Winter Palace, St. Petersburg.
The Boudoir, or Raspberry Study, of Empress Maria Alexandrovna in the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Golden Drawing Room, part of the private apartments for Empress Maria Alexandrovna, in the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Grand Church of the Winter Palace, also known as the Cathedral of the Saviour Not Made by Hand, in St. Petersburg.
Entrance to the Great Church of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Pavilion Hall of the Small Hermitage at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
Pavilion Hall in the Small Hermitage building with the exquisite mosaic floor, an exact copy of an ancient Roman mosaic discovered in the ruins of a bathhouse in Ostia, near Rome. St. Petersburg.
Ornate interior door within the Winter Palace (now part of the Hermitage Museum) in St. Petersburg.
Leonardo da Vinci's painting Madonna and Child with Flowers, completed around 1478–1480. State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
Ornate interior door, part of the decoration in the Leonardo da Vinci Hall in the Hermitage Museum. St. Petersburg.
Raphael Loggias gallery in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg commissioned in the late 1780s as a reproduction of the loggias in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.
Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg at night.
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood (also known as the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ) designed by Alfred Parland in the style of 16th and 17th-century Russian churches and completed in 1907. Griboyedov Canal embankment, St. Petersburg.
Detail view of the exterior of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg.
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood on Griboyedov Canal embankment in St. Petersburg.
Moyka River embankment in St. Petersburg seen from the Bolshoy Konyushenny Bridge.
The skyline of St. Petersburg along the Neva River with the golden dome of Saint Isaac's Cathedral (right) and the gold-tipped spire of the Admiralty building (center)
Peterhof Palace complex near St. Petersburg, during the autumn season with the Grand Palace, commissioned by Peter the Great in the far end.
Grand Cascade and Grand Palace at Peterhof Palace near St. Petersburg.
Chinese tourists taking photos in the gardens of Petrhof Place near St. Petrsburg.
Tree-lined avenue in a Peterhof Palace park near St. Petersburg during the autumn season.
Grand Cascade and the Grand Palace at Peterhof in St. Petersburg often referred to as the "Russian Versailles". The Grand Cascade is the most impressive of over 150 fountains of the Lower Park.
Gilded bronze statues of Germanicus Julius Caesar (right) and mythological figure (left) in the Grand Cascade in front of the Grand Palace with the Court Church (Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul) seen in the background. Peterhof near St. Petersburg.
Gilded bronze statue of Galatea adorning the Grand Cascade with the Court Church (Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul) seen in the background. Peterhof near St. Petersburg.
Gilded bronze statues of mythological figures adorning the Grand Cascade infron of the Grand Palace. Peterhof near St. Petersburg.
Detail of a gargoyle on a fountain in Peterhof, near St. Petersburg.
Triton Fountain in the Orangery Garden of the Peterhof Palace complex near St.Petersburg.
Sun Fountain in the Lower Park with a small pavilion known as the Aviary behind it. Peterhof Palace complex near St. Petersburg.
Adam Fountain by the Venetian sculptor Giovanni Bonazza in the Lower Park of the Peterhof Palace complex near St. Petersburg.
Peterhof Palace complex near St. Petersburg, during the autumn season with the Grand Palace, commissioned by Peter the Great in the centre.
Unfinished hull sections of a Russian attack submarine outside the Admiralty Shipyards in St. Petersburg.
Annunciation Bridge and a golden dome of Saint Isaac's Cathedral seen from the Neva river in St. Petersburg.
Cathedral of St. Catherine the Great Martyr in Pushkin (formerly Tsarskoye Selo), a suburb of St. Petersburg.
St. Catherine's Cathedral in the town of Pushkin (formerly Tsarskoye Selo), a suburb of St. Petersburg behind beautiful golden autumn trees.
Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), near St. Petersburg. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars, built in 1717 for Empress Catherine I, the wife of Peter the Great.
Autumn time at the Hermitage Pavilion in the Catherine Park in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
Marble Bridge, also known as the Palladian Bridge, leading to the Hermitage Pavilion in the Catherine Park in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
Turkish Bath pavilion erected in 1852 by Emperor Nicholas I in the Catherine Park in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
Catherine Palace, designed in Rococo style by the Italian architect Rastrelli, in Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
Back side of the hat of a Russian air force officer spotted in the gardens of Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
Russian air force officer spotted in the gardens of Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
Great Hall, also known as the "Bright Gallery," covering over 1000 m² in the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
Great Hall, covering around 1000 m² in the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
White State Dining Room in the Catherine Palace used for formal dinners and evening meals hosted by the Empress. Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin) near St. Petersburg.
Gilded candelabra inside the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo, near St. Petersburg.
Ceramic heating stoves inspired by Dutch Delftware styles in the Great Hall of the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
Extravagant gilded Rococo ornamentation of a wall in the Great Hall of the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
Reconstruction of the famous Amber Room gifted by Prussian King Friedrich I to Tsar Peter I of Russia in 1716 and lost during the Second World War. Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo, near St. Petersburg.
Chinese Drawing Room of Alexander I in Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo, near St. Petersburg
Concert Hall Pavilion designed by Giacomo Quarenghi in the late 18th century in Catherine Park, within Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
Cross Bridge (Krestovy Bridge) built in the "Chinese" style in the Alexander Park of Tsarskoye Selo, near St. Petersburg.
A bridge over Krestovy Canal in the Alexander Park of Tsarskoye Selo, near St. Petersburg.
"Berlin Carriage" of Empress Catherine II (Catherine the Great), one of the ceremonial carriages of the Russian Imperial Court, displayed at Tsarskoe Selo near St. Petersburg.
Coach-sleigh of The Rissian tsar Alexander II displayed in Tsarskoye Selo, near St. Petersburg.
Interior of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg, which has more mosaics than any other church in the world, covering over 7,500 square meters.
Interior of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood opened in 1907 and officially named as the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ. St. Petersburg.
A mosaic covered ceiling of the Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood (also known as the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ) in St.Petersburg.
Interior of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg. The church was built in a traditional medi Russian style and is famous for its mosaics which cover the entire walls and ceilings over the area of 7,500 m².
Highly decorated iconostasis inside the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St.Petersburg.
Royal Doors of the iconostasis inside the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg.
Interior of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg, which has more mosaics than any other church in the world, covering over 7,500 square meters.
Dark canopy made of precious stones which marks the precise spot of the assassination of Emperor Alexander II in 1881. Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg.
Vintage Soviet "Sport" pinball machine found in the Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines in St. Petersburg on Konyushennaya Square 2B.
Visitors playing vintage arcade machines at the Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines in St. Petersburg on Konyushennaya Square 2B.
St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square, a world-renowned symbol of Russia.
Temple of Elijah the Prophet (also known as Saint Ilyinsky Orthodox Church) in Zharkent, Kazakhstan (former Soviet Union) near the CHinese border.
Spasskaya Tower, the main tower of the Moscow Kremlin, which overlooks Red Square.
Mural in the lobby of a prominent building in Moscow showing symbols of different branches of the Soviet Armed Forces.
Soviet propaganda poster from 1986 with Vladimir Lenin and the text "Live and work according to Lenin!" spotted in the former Soviet Union in 1992.
"Academy of Love training center" signboard at Ligovsky Ave, 53 in Saint Petersburg.
Super long escalator in the Nevsky Prospekt metro station in St. Petresburg.
Russian cafeteria "Stolovaya No. 1 Kopeika" on Nevsky Prospect 25 in St. Petersburg.
View through the Triumphal Arch of the General Staff Building in Palace Square in St. Petersburg with the green and white facade of the Winter Palace, part of the Hermitage Museum complex.
Triumphal Arch of the General Staff Building on Palace Square in St. Petersburg. The building was designed by architect Carlo Rossi and completed in 1829 in the Empire style.
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood seen from the Griboyedov Canal Embankment in Saint Petersburg.
Nevsky Prospekt, the main avenue of St. Petersburg.
Russian Orthodox Kazan Cathedral with its famous collonade and the monument to Field Marshal Prince Kutuzov on Nevsky Prospekt in Saint Petersburg.
Detail of the facade of the Art Nouveau Singer House (Dom Knigi or House of the Book) in St. Petersburg.
Detail of the facade of the Singer House (Dom Knigi or House of the Book) built in Art Nouveau style in St. Petersburg.
Kazan Cathedral, a major Russian Orthodox cathedral located on Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg, built built between 1801 and 1811 by architect Andrei Voronikhin.
Inside the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg.
Neoclassical colonnade of the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg.
Former Hotel Demuth at 40 Moika Embankment in St. Petresburg.
Entrance to the BXOI Wax Figure Exhibition, advertised as "The Biggest in Russia" at Bolshaya Morskaya Ulitsa 6 in St. Petersburg.
A wax figure resembling Marylin Monroe at the entrance to the BXOI Wax Figure Exhibition, at Bolshaya Morskaya Ulitsa 6 in St. Petersburg.
Wrought-iron gates of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg which houses the State Hermitage Museum.
Golden Russian Imperial double-headed eagle, which is the coat of arms of Russia, located on the ornate wrought-iron gates of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Chinese tourists covering themselves against the sunlight in front of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
Winter Palace, the official residence of the Russian Tsars from 1732 to 1917, which currently houses the State Hermitage Museum. St. Petersburg.
Main Admiralty Building from 19th century which used to serve as the headquarters for the Imperial Russian Navy. St. Petersburg
Fountain on Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg with the dome and spire of the Church of St. Catherine visible in the background.
Monument to Mikhail Glinka, a renowned Russian composer, in the Alexander Garden, with the Admiralty Building in the background. St. Petersburg.
Twelve Collegia on the Neva River embankment, the main building of Saint Petersburg State University.
Imperial Academy of Arts located on the University Embankment in St. Petersburg.
Annunciation Bridge (completed in 1850) over the Neva River with the Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God on Vasilyevsky Island in the background. St. Petersburg.
The Bronze Horseman, a Monument to Peter the Great, in Senate Square in St. Petersburg.
A street performer painted gold, a "living statue" in front of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Horse-drawn carriage in the Palace Square of St. Petersburg, with the General Staff Building and its Triumphal Arch in the background.
Jordan Staircase used by imperial guests to ascend to the state rooms. in the Winter Palace, now part of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
Jordan Staircase used by imperial guests to ascend to the state rooms. in the Winter Palace, now part of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
Small Throne Room of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, also known as the Peter the Great Memorial Hall.
Armorial Hall designed by the architect Vasily Stasov and intended for official ceremonies and events. Winter Palace, St. Petersburg.
Military Gallery of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg created to commemorate Russian victories in the Napoleonic Wars. It contains 332 portraits of generals who were heroes of the war of 1812.
Equestrial portrait of Emperor Alexander I in the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Military Gallery of the Winter Palace with 332 portraits of generals who took part in the war of 1812 against Napoleon painted by British portraitist George Dawe and his assistants. St. Petersburg.
St. George's Hall (also known as the Great Throne Room) which served as the official throne room for Russian emperors from 1732 to 1917. Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Gilded door to a Gold Drawing Room of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Gothic Library of Emperor Nicholas II in Winter Palace, St. Petersburg.
The Boudoir, or Raspberry Study, of Empress Maria Alexandrovna in the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Golden Drawing Room, part of the private apartments for Empress Maria Alexandrovna, in the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Grand Church of the Winter Palace, also known as the Cathedral of the Saviour Not Made by Hand, in St. Petersburg.
Entrance to the Great Church of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Pavilion Hall of the Small Hermitage at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
Pavilion Hall in the Small Hermitage building with the exquisite mosaic floor, an exact copy of an ancient Roman mosaic discovered in the ruins of a bathhouse in Ostia, near Rome. St. Petersburg.
Ornate interior door within the Winter Palace (now part of the Hermitage Museum) in St. Petersburg.
Leonardo da Vinci's painting Madonna and Child with Flowers, completed around 1478–1480. State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.
Ornate interior door, part of the decoration in the Leonardo da Vinci Hall in the Hermitage Museum. St. Petersburg.
Raphael Loggias gallery in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg commissioned in the late 1780s as a reproduction of the loggias in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.
Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg at night.
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood (also known as the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ) designed by Alfred Parland in the style of 16th and 17th-century Russian churches and completed in 1907. Griboyedov Canal embankment, St. Petersburg.
Detail view of the exterior of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg.
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood on Griboyedov Canal embankment in St. Petersburg.
Moyka River embankment in St. Petersburg seen from the Bolshoy Konyushenny Bridge.
The skyline of St. Petersburg along the Neva River with the golden dome of Saint Isaac's Cathedral (right) and the gold-tipped spire of the Admiralty building (center)
Peterhof Palace complex near St. Petersburg, during the autumn season with the Grand Palace, commissioned by Peter the Great in the far end.
Grand Cascade and Grand Palace at Peterhof Palace near St. Petersburg.
Chinese tourists taking photos in the gardens of Petrhof Place near St. Petrsburg.
Tree-lined avenue in a Peterhof Palace park near St. Petersburg during the autumn season.
Grand Cascade and the Grand Palace at Peterhof in St. Petersburg often referred to as the "Russian Versailles". The Grand Cascade is the most impressive of over 150 fountains of the Lower Park.
Gilded bronze statues of Germanicus Julius Caesar (right) and mythological figure (left) in the Grand Cascade in front of the Grand Palace with the Court Church (Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul) seen in the background. Peterhof near St. Petersburg.
Gilded bronze statue of Galatea adorning the Grand Cascade with the Court Church (Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul) seen in the background. Peterhof near St. Petersburg.
Gilded bronze statues of mythological figures adorning the Grand Cascade infron of the Grand Palace. Peterhof near St. Petersburg.
Detail of a gargoyle on a fountain in Peterhof, near St. Petersburg.
Triton Fountain in the Orangery Garden of the Peterhof Palace complex near St.Petersburg.
Sun Fountain in the Lower Park with a small pavilion known as the Aviary behind it. Peterhof Palace complex near St. Petersburg.
Adam Fountain by the Venetian sculptor Giovanni Bonazza in the Lower Park of the Peterhof Palace complex near St. Petersburg.
Peterhof Palace complex near St. Petersburg, during the autumn season with the Grand Palace, commissioned by Peter the Great in the centre.
Unfinished hull sections of a Russian attack submarine outside the Admiralty Shipyards in St. Petersburg.
Annunciation Bridge and a golden dome of Saint Isaac's Cathedral seen from the Neva river in St. Petersburg.
Cathedral of St. Catherine the Great Martyr in Pushkin (formerly Tsarskoye Selo), a suburb of St. Petersburg.
St. Catherine's Cathedral in the town of Pushkin (formerly Tsarskoye Selo), a suburb of St. Petersburg behind beautiful golden autumn trees.
Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), near St. Petersburg. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars, built in 1717 for Empress Catherine I, the wife of Peter the Great.
Autumn time at the Hermitage Pavilion in the Catherine Park in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
Marble Bridge, also known as the Palladian Bridge, leading to the Hermitage Pavilion in the Catherine Park in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
Turkish Bath pavilion erected in 1852 by Emperor Nicholas I in the Catherine Park in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
Catherine Palace, designed in Rococo style by the Italian architect Rastrelli, in Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
Back side of the hat of a Russian air force officer spotted in the gardens of Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
Russian air force officer spotted in the gardens of Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
Great Hall, also known as the "Bright Gallery," covering over 1000 m² in the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
Great Hall, covering around 1000 m² in the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
White State Dining Room in the Catherine Palace used for formal dinners and evening meals hosted by the Empress. Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin) near St. Petersburg.
Gilded candelabra inside the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo, near St. Petersburg.
Ceramic heating stoves inspired by Dutch Delftware styles in the Great Hall of the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
Extravagant gilded Rococo ornamentation of a wall in the Great Hall of the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
Reconstruction of the famous Amber Room gifted by Prussian King Friedrich I to Tsar Peter I of Russia in 1716 and lost during the Second World War. Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo, near St. Petersburg.
Chinese Drawing Room of Alexander I in Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo, near St. Petersburg
Concert Hall Pavilion designed by Giacomo Quarenghi in the late 18th century in Catherine Park, within Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), near St. Petersburg.
Cross Bridge (Krestovy Bridge) built in the "Chinese" style in the Alexander Park of Tsarskoye Selo, near St. Petersburg.
A bridge over Krestovy Canal in the Alexander Park of Tsarskoye Selo, near St. Petersburg.
"Berlin Carriage" of Empress Catherine II (Catherine the Great), one of the ceremonial carriages of the Russian Imperial Court, displayed at Tsarskoe Selo near St. Petersburg.
Coach-sleigh of The Rissian tsar Alexander II displayed in Tsarskoye Selo, near St. Petersburg.
Interior of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg, which has more mosaics than any other church in the world, covering over 7,500 square meters.
Interior of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood opened in 1907 and officially named as the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ. St. Petersburg.
A mosaic covered ceiling of the Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood (also known as the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ) in St.Petersburg.
Interior of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg. The church was built in a traditional medi Russian style and is famous for its mosaics which cover the entire walls and ceilings over the area of 7,500 m².
Highly decorated iconostasis inside the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St.Petersburg.
Royal Doors of the iconostasis inside the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg.
Interior of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg, which has more mosaics than any other church in the world, covering over 7,500 square meters.
Dark canopy made of precious stones which marks the precise spot of the assassination of Emperor Alexander II in 1881. Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg.
Vintage Soviet "Sport" pinball machine found in the Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines in St. Petersburg on Konyushennaya Square 2B.
Visitors playing vintage arcade machines at the Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines in St. Petersburg on Konyushennaya Square 2B.