Nicholas (Nikolsky) monastery and a boat ramp in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Orthodox Church in Kingisepp. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Interior of Nicholas (Nikolsky) Cathedral in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Old city of Vyborg and port, view from the castle. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2004
Old city of Vyborg, view from the castle. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2004
Uspensky Monastery in Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
Interior of Saint Catherine Church in Kingisepp. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
Nabokov museum in Rozhdestveno Village. Gatchina District of Leningrad Region, Russia, January 6, 2016
Interior of John the Baptist church(?) in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
A cathedral in Uspensky Monastery at evening. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
John the Baptist church in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
Uspensky Monastery, view from bell tower. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
Wall hawkweed (Hieracium murorum, Russian name Yastrebinka) in Rozhdestveno, south from Saint Petersburg in Leningrad Region. Russia, June 19, 2011
Old city of Vyborg and Clock Tower, view from the castle. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2004
Tourists visiting springs in Gliadino Village near Ropsha. Lomonosov Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
Saint Catherine Church in Kingisepp. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
A log house and a church of Spaso-Troitsky Skit in village of Senno, near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
Bird s-eye Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys) in Rozhdestveno, south from Saint Petersburg in Leningrad Region. Russia, June 19, 2011
Ruins of Trinity Church and bell tower in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
A summer house (dacha) on a bank of Volkhov River in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
Interior of John the Baptist church in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
The Gatchina Palace at evening. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 22, 2004
John the Baptist church in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Tombs of cemetery in Gorodets north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, June 12, 2014
Interior of a church in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Brown cat in Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Orthodox cathedrals inside Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Alexander Nevsky Chapel (under restoration) near Pepyi Village west from Cheremenetskoe Lake, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Trapeznaya (dining facility) in Uspensky Monastery in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
Dome of a church in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Saint George s Cathedral in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, east from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 4, 2011
Churches inside Ivan Gorod Fortress, view from walls. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
View from a road to Spaso-Troitsky Skit (remote part of a monastery) in village of Senno, near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
Decaying fresco in Trinity Church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Foot bridge of Oredezh River near Rozhdestveno Village. Gatchina District of Leningrad Region, Russia, January 6, 2016
Snowy forest in Rozhdestveno Village. Gatchina District of Leningrad Region, Russia, January 6, 2016
Church bells and a cathedral of Uspensky Monastery, view from bell tower. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
Ruins of a corner tower of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Saint George s Cathedral in Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
A gate of Uspensky Monastery from the side of Volkhov River in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
Monrepo Park in Vyborg, a hill with Column of Paul I. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2004
Ruins of Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Sovetskaya Street in Lopuhinka village. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
Towers of Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Walls of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Churches of Ivangorod Fortress, view from a wall near Vorotnaya (Gate) Tower. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
View of Narva River from walls of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Church in Gorodets north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, June 12, 2014
Worship in Nicholas (Nikolsky) Cathedral in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
Saint George s cathedral in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
A church of Spaso-Troitsky Skit in village of Senno, near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
A church in Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Orthodox Church inside Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Dmitry Solunsky church in Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
Moss and sundew in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Cemetery in Gorodets north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, June 12, 2014
Monument of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) in front of Mansion of Ober Kukhmister Iogann Burhard Felten (Lapino) in Vilpovitsy Village near Orzhitdy. Lomonosov Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
Stone house in estate of Ober Kukhmister Iogann Burhard Felten (Lapino) in Vilpovitsy Village near Orzhitdy. Lomonosov Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
Road in Miodushi Estate. Lomonosov Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
View from a road in Miodushi Village. Lomonosov Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
Colonel Shemiot stone mill on Suma River. Kingisepp Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
Red sandstone of Griaznovka River springs in Rozhdestveno Village. Gatchina District of Leningrad Region, Russia, January 6, 2016
Some ruins inside Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Old stone stairs in John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Vyborg Castle, view from the tower. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2004
Interior of a recently open church of Uspensky(?) monastery in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Ruins of monk s barracks in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Excursion of ruins of Trinity church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Narrow window of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Walls of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Round tower of Ivan Gorod Fortress, view from walls. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
A summer house (dacha) on a bank of Volkhov River in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
A village house at 6 Sovetskaya (Soviet) Street in Lopuhinka. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
Churches inside Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Blessing(?) of a believer tourist in Blagoveshcheniya Church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Orthodox Church in Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Mosses in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Close up of brown moss in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Tourists visiting a monument of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) in Vilpovitsy Village near Orzhitdy. Lomonosov Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
Cathedral of Troitsy (Trinity) Zhivonachalnoy in Miodushi Village. Lomonosov Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
Interior of St. Nicolas the Miracle-Worker Church in Kotly Village. Kingisepp Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
Chikino Factories near Rozhdestveno Village. Gatchina District of Leningrad Region, Russia, January 6, 2016
Cathedral in Rozhdestveno Village. Gatchina District of Leningrad Region, Russia, January 6, 2016
Cathedrals near Pogostskoe Lake in Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Back road of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Cat guarding monk s dorms of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Trapeznaya (church dining room) in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
A church and a bell tower in Uspensky Monastery. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
A cathedral in Antoniev-Dymsky Monastery near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
Cathedral in Sovkhoz Ilyich, now Vvedeno Oyatsky Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Tower of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Sundew growing in moss in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Close up of orange moss in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Cranberry (Oxycoccus palustris, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Russian name Kliukva) in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Side view of a stone mansion in Albrecht Kotly Estate. Kingisepp Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
Albrecht family crypt near a church in Kotly Villae. Kingisepp Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
Nabatnaya Tower of Ivan-Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
Ruins of barracks and churches of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
Novaya (New) Tower of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
A dome of Trinity(?) Church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Borovoe Palace (Usadba), former NKVD sanatorium Krasny Val (built by G. Lvov in 1915), near Cheremenetskoe Lake, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Uspensky Cathedral in Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
Trinity Church (1755) in Gostilitsy village. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
Ruins of manor house of Razoumovsky in Gostilitsy village. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
Tour of a Trinity church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Entrance of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Brick walls of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Cat sitting on ruins in John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Nikola Church of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
John the Baptist church in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, June 4, 2011
Ruins of a manor house in Gostilitsy, Leningrad Region. Russia, February 9, 2013
Chapel of John Bogoslov in Navolok Village west from Cheremenetskoe Lake, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Interior of Alexander Nevsky Chapel near Pepyi Village west from Cheremenetskoe Lake, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Long Hermann tower in Medieval Hermann s castle in Narva Fortress, view from a wall of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
Ruins inside Ivan Gorod Fortress, view from walls. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Walls of Koporye Fortress in snow. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Ruins inside Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Brittlegill (Russula sp.) mushrooms in pine forest near roadside stop at a partisan monument. North from Luga, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
St. Nicolas the Miracle-Worker Church in Kotly Village. Kingisepp Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
Cave Cathedral of Kievo Pechory Saints in Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Troitsky chapel bathhouse on Pogostskoe Lake in Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Fall colors of bracken ferns (Pteridium aquilinum) at a road stop north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, September 8, 2013
Henbane (Hyoscyamus, Russian name Belena) on a cemetery in Gorodets north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, June 12, 2014
A cook in trapeznaya (church dining room) in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
A church window in Uspensky Monastery. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
Cave Cathedral of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Tree bark in Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Narva River from walls of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Pink flowers of common sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) near guerilla memorial north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, June 12, 2014
Doorway of Uspenskaya Church of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
Town Hall tower in Narva (now on Estonian territory) as seen from a wall of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
Uspensky Cathedral in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Barracks for monks in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Syas River near Sias stroy, view from a window of a tourist bus. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Vvedeno Oyatsky Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Red berries of cranberry (Oxycoccus palustris, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Russian name Kliukva) in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Some roadside chapel near Navolok Village west from Cheremenetskoe Lake, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Mysterious passage under a wall of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
Dorms for monks in Antoniev-Dymsky Monastery near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
Dymskoe Lake near Antoniev-Dymsky Monastery near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Believers used to swim three times around the cross (either clockwise or counter clockwise) to be healed. Russia, December 25, 2005
Interior of a church in Rozhdestveno, south from Saint Petersburg in Leningrad Region. Russia, June 19, 2011
Vepsian Ethnographic Museum in Tervenichi Village. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
View of Cheremenetskoe Lake from Golubkovo Village, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Stone arch at main entrance of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Towers and walls of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
Excursion on a shore of Oyat River in Sovkhoz Ilyich, area of Lodeynoe Pole. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Exhibition of Folk Museum of Vepsian Culture in Tervenichi Village. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Narva Fortress from walls of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Grand stairs of Polovtsev (Rapti) Palace in Dzerzhinskogo Village, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Entrance of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Borovoe Mansion (Usadba), former sanatorium Krasny Val (built by G. Lvov in 1915), near Cheremenetskoe Lake, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Interior of a cathedral of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
A.S. in an apartment house near the train station in Vyborg. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2004
Ruins of Polovtsev (Rapti) Palace in Dzerzhinskogo Village, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Stone arch of Polovtsev (Rapti) Palace in Dzerzhinskogo Village, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Cemetery of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Apple garden and a John Bogoslov Cathedral in John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Resurrection Cathedral (1887) in Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Pokrovsky Cathedral in Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Back entrance of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Interior of a cathedral of Vvedeno Oyatsky Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Folk Museum of Vepsian Culture in Tervenichi Village. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Small brown mushroom Galerina tibiicystis in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Bud of a small plant in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Cranberry and sundew in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Yellow moss in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Yellow moss with seeds in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) growing in moss in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Red moss with sundew seedlings in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Heather (Calluna vulgaris, Russian name Veresk) in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Orange moss in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Small pine trees growing in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Fruits of cranberry (Oxycoccus palustris, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Russian name Kliukva) in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Various mosses in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Various green and yellow mosses in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Berries of cranberry (Oxycoccus palustris, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Russian name Kliukva) in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
White birch bolete mushroom (bog bolete, Leccinum holopus, Russian name Podberiozovik) near Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Stones of Polovtsev (Rapti) Palace in Dzerzhinskogo Village, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Old log house in Navolok Village west from Cheremenetskoe Lake, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Backyard of monk s dorms of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Entrance of monk s dorms of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Old Metal Lathe Enterprise 1330 in John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Monk s dorms of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Borovoe Palace (Usadba), former sanatorium Krasny Val, view from a hilltop pavilion, near Cheremenetskoe Lake, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Monument of heroes partisans at a road stop north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, September 8, 2013
Mountain clover (Trifolium montanum) near guerilla memorial north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, June 12, 2014
Stonecrop flowers near guerilla memorial north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, June 12, 2014
Simonovsky Pond near Ropsha. Lomonosov Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
Snowy field near Ropsha. Lomonosov Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
