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Bronze Horseman
Famous statue of the Peter the Great on the Decembrists Square.
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Admiralty
Admiralty building at the end of Nevski Prospect.
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Admiralty
Admiralty seen from the other side
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Peter the Great
Peter the Great seen working on a boat.
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Nevski lavra
Nevski lavra (very important monastery) at the southern end of Nevski...
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Nevski lavra
Inside the Nevski lavra.
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Nevski lavra
Lavra seen from the outside.
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Anichkov bridge
Horse by Klodt on Anichkov bride on Nevski prospect.
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Anichkov bridge
Other horse on the Anichkov bridge
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Aurora cruiser
Moored close to the Petrograd side. Fired a blank shot to signal the start of...
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Naval academy
Nakhimov naval academy next to the Aurora cruiser. The statue on the facade...
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Synod or Senate building
Next to the bronze horseman statue.
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Tchesma church
Little weird church in the south of Petersburg. I guess it was built to...
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Tchesma
A huge Soviet building close to the Tchesma church.
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Church of the Saviour over Spilt Blood
Tsar Alexander II who freed the peasants was killed in 1881. His son...
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Saviour on Spilt Blood
Tiles on the Saviour church. It shows the flags of each region belonging to...
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Police car
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Lenin
Lenin statue in a train station, I think the Finland one.
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Engineers Castle
Built by tsar Paul I at the end of the 18th century because he feared an...
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Peter the Great
Flabby statue of Peter in front of the Engineers Castle. It was made by Carlo...
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Bridge
Bridge over the Fontanka. Forgot the name.
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Bridge
Bridge with griffons.
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Kazan cathedral
On Nevski Prospect, based on St Peter's in the Vatican.
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Kazan cathedral
Another wing was to be built on the opposite side, but money ran out.
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Marble palace
Built by Catherine the Great for her lover Orlov.
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Eastern Europe
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