Summer 2K: St. Petersburg Tour

As the late Carl Sagan observed, the smallest things can have great effects. 1

He gave the example of the attitudes and world views, the policies and programs, even the demands and concessions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II, contending they were inevitably influenced by his suffering from polio. 2

How different the world would have been if FDR had been a different man, unfettered by the paralysis and its effects on his life. Yet the polio virus is an indescribably tiny thing. It’s almost ... (more)

Baltic Sunset
The silohuette of a container carrier is barely visible on the fading horizon.

Nicholas I
St. Isaac's Square. The monument is to Emperor Nicholas I. St....

St. Isaac's Cathedral

The Hermitage from the Neva

The Hermitage

St. Petersburg Lights
The spit of Vasilyevski Island with the distinctive harbor navigation light...

The Winter Palace courtyard.
A cold and rainy Russian summer morning.

Church of The Savior on the Spilt Blood

Church of the Resurrection
Yes, its called the Church of the Resurrection and The Savior on the Spilt...

Winter Palace
Extreme long shop with Alexanders Column

Gardens ar Peterhof

Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul

Basil's Island, The Hermitage

The Cottage Palace, Peterhof
Catherines private dwelling, in which she lived alone. Peter resided...

The Jordan Staircase
Restored in 1837 after The Great Fire, this is a tiny part of the main or...

Gardens of Peterhof

Fountains of Peterhof
This gravity-fed fountain system was meant to rival the garden fountains of...

Peterhof
A panorama including the Grand Stairs, Golden Statuary and Fountains....

Fountain Statue, Peterhof
The Golden Statue of SAMSON stands within the fountain system

The Harbor and Rostral Columns at dusk

Fortress of St. Peter and Paul
Built to secure Russia's hold on the Neva delta, The Peter and...

Radial Stair, Peterhof

Russian Light

Summer Pavillions
These "small, simple" little cottages stand in a great circle...

Detail: Summer Pavillion

Winter Palace at Dusk

Winter Palace at Night

Rooftops of St. Petersburg
Capital of the Russian Empire for over 200 years, it was built to a...

Nicholas and Alexandra
The mightiest autocracy in Europe, the House of Romanov, was...

Summer Palace
Poorly focused long shot of the pathways out the rear of the Palace....

Geometric Gardens of Summer Palace
The infulence of European design is very apparent in the rigid, symetrical...

The Official Summer Palace Cat
A little "money cat" or Calico had taken up residence on the grounds....

Mariinski Palace
The Council of Ministers met here while Tsarism was falling, as did the...

Detail Summer Palace

The Summer Palace
The Summer Palace was one of the first stone buildings in St.Petersburg...

Minarets

Statue Flanking Stairway
Summer Palace. I don't know who this represents, but the self-satisfied...

Statue Flanking Stairway
Summer Palace. The female warrior may have the attitude, but this lady...

Das Kapital
Column capitals detail. Summer Palace

Russian Stove
Beautiful and incredibly efficent. A fire was lit in this stove and...

Nubian.
Statue in the Summer Palace. It stands next to a Russian Stove

Summer Palace Lines
There were huge lines waiting to tour the Palace. Russian officials...

Detail Summer Palace

Balcony Railing
The Imperial Romanov Crest detail on balcony railing Summer Palace

Sleeping Cherub
IT was said the children knew which side of the Palace they were in by...

Summer Palace
The tour took you through the structure like a wildfire moving through dry...

article published 12/08/2000

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Cottage
Cottage was built by tzar Nicolas I for his wife Alexandra(hence park was named Alexandria). It became their favourite family-house.
— olga, June 22, 2006

The Hermitage
Nice photos, you portray the Hermitage badly, it is a beauitiful building, and you make it like like a apartment block in Birmingham.
— Russ Griffiths, March 16, 2003

Great material.....
My teacher in History of the Soviet Union is a fan of this city. I have founded your pictures a source of interisting historical material..... including the soul cat...... Thanks for sharing it Alberto
— Alberto J Rivas, January 22, 2002

Thanks for the coments. Wasn't St. Petersburg fantastic? I apologize for the bad photos of the Hermitage, etc. It was an extremely gray day and my little digital camera just didnt have enough light to pick up anything. Naturally, the next day (after we had moved on) was bright and sunny!
— Glen Seibert, May 24, 2001

what is up? haha i like you pics..they are um...interesting
— kira, March 4, 2001

Your pictures were quite good with the exception of the Hermitage - couldn't make them out. We just returned from Russia in August of 2000. Was a wonderful trip full of surprises.
— Barb Block, February 24, 2001

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