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St Petersburg
2008.05.05
A pretty good trad jazz band 'entertained' until late into the night right outside our hotel window!!
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The Venice of the North, St Petersburg is built on a swamp, with a picturesque canal system flanked by what were once wealthy houses and palaces.
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The long-view towards the Church of the Spilled Blood, of which more in the next post.
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The former winter palace of the Tsars, now The Hermitage, from the canal side.
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Palace Square and the Alexander Column. This is where the revolution kicked off in 1917, with the Bolsheviks storming the winter palace.
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The view back through the arch to The Hermitage.
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The Pushkin memorial with the wonderful ethnic museum behind.
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The River Neva and the remains of a wealthy city.
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Peter Paul Monastery and Fortress - a beautiful place with a dreadful history which overshadows even that of the Lubjanka in Moscow.
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Peter Paul Fortress with its unmistakable spire, from the Neva.
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Interior of St Isaac ( or maybe St Kermit).
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Some very interesting activities are prohibited!
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A week in St Petersburg is about three weeks too short! Through the shabbiness of the city, for anyone who knows its history, comes a glimmer of the triumph of the human spirit. I have been to a number of places where I've cried for what happened there: this is one of them. The seat if the Russian Revolution, the people of St Petersburg suffered from the brutality and oppression of the Tsarist regime; the brutality and oppression of the communist regime; the brutality the Nazi siege of the city - and the people were never beaten.
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You sure have seen the sights, great set.
joycephotography · 2008-05-05: 14:10
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love the first photo its great !!!
elclic · 2008-05-05: 15:34
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Wow- these are all so wonderful, perfect composition!~ R
urmysunshine · 2008-05-05: 16:13
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..this post is fabulous......
curlyq60 · 2008-05-05: 16:27
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Wow, I've always wanted to visit St. Petersburg! What a lovely old city. I adore #2, and that sign in the last photo is too funny - I guess you're allowed to walk naked in the winter? ;) Great set!
ScubaLiz · 2008-05-05: 20:55
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Well, I just want to go now!! Wonderful, enticing post... all the elements seem to be covered in it. I love the Pushkin shot - so so so well composed.
Peche · 2008-05-07: 03:54
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Cool!!!!
georgiahurst · 2008-05-11: 04:43
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Beautiful, beautiful and still beautiful.....thanks again for letting me see this place through your lense.
jodycmoore · 2008-06-19: 21:48
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