Glistening inkcap mushrooms (Coprinellus micaceus) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
 | проспект Тореза, округ Сосновское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194223, Россия |
Maples at 18K2 Gdanskaya Street near Udelnaya. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| 18 к2, Гданьская улица, Удельная, округ Светлановское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194017, Россия |
Alley of North Cemetery in Pargolovo, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 14, 2025
| Кольцевая дорога, Парголово, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194362, Россия |
Neoclassical apartment building located at 108 Bolshoy Sampsonievsky Prospect (corner of Serdobolskaya Street), viewed across Serdobolsky Pond. The dominant structure is a residential complex known locally as the House of Specialists or sometimes nicknamed the "Bastille near Lanskaya". Designed by architects Viktor F. Belov, V.A. Potapov, and M.P. Savkevich. Built between 1953 and 1956, representing the late Stalinist "Empire" style. It was commissioned by the Klimov Plant (Zavod im. Klimova), a major manufacturer of aviation engines, to house its employees. Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
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Serdobolsky Pond. Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| Сердобольская аллея, Выборгская сторона, округ Светлановское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194156, Россия |
A path covered by yellow maple leaves. Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| Большой Сампсониевский проспект, Выборгская сторона, округ Светлановское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194156, Россия |
Fallen yellow maple leaves. Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| 107, Большой Сампсониевский проспект, Выборгская сторона, округ Светлановское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194156, Россия |
Fall colors of Serdobolsky Pond. Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| Сердобольская аллея, Выборгская сторона, округ Светлановское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194156, Россия |
A path in Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| аллея Кайгородова, Выборгская сторона, округ Светлановское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194153, Россия |
Jordan Pond from Kaygorodova Alley. Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| Хвойная аллея, Выборгская сторона, округ Светлановское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194153, Россия |
Institutsky Pereulok in Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| Комплекс Лесного института, Сердобольская улица, Выборгская сторона, округ Светлановское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194156, Россия |
A tomb of Egbert Ludwigowitsch Wolf., a distinguished botanist and dendrologist. Egbert Wolf (1860–1931) was a German-born Russian scientist who served as the chief gardener and later a scientific specialist at the Saint Petersburg Forestry Institute. Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| Russia, Saint Petersburg, Светлановское, 194156, Институтский Переулок 5к |
Yellow maple leaves in Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| Комплекс Лесного института, Сердобольская улица, Выборгская сторона, округ Светлановское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194156, Россия |
Saint Petersburg State Forestry University (often referred to historically as the Forestry Academy or Lesotekhnicheskaya Akademiya). Established in 1803 by decree of Emperor Alexander I as the Practical Forestry School in Tsarskoye Selo. In 1811, it was moved to its current location in the Vyborgsky District of Saint Petersburg, occupying the site of an old English dairy farm. The classical white building shown in the photo is the Main Educational Building. Originally constructed as four separate corps between 1826 and 1833 by architects I.F. Lucchini and A. Nellinger, these were later united into a single complex with a central courtyard in the late 1830s. Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
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Maple alley in Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| Комплекс Лесного института, Сердобольская улица, Выборгская сторона, округ Светлановское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194156, Россия |
Akademicheskaya Alley in Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| Russia, Saint Petersburg, Светлановское, 194156, Институтский Переулок 5у |
Yellow maple trees Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| Russia, Saint Petersburg, Светлановское, 194156, Институтский Переулок 5у |
Maple alley near the Forestry Academy. Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| Russia, Saint Petersburg, Светлановское, 194156, Институтский Переулок 5к13 |
Monument of heroes of Great October Socialist Revolution. It is a mass grave monument dedicated to Red Guards who died during the 1917 October Revolution and the subsequent Civil War. The site originated in 1917 as a burial ground for workers and Red Guards from the nearby Novy Lessner Plant (now the Karl Marx Machine-Building Plant). These fighters were killed in battles against the troops of General Pyotr Krasnov near Pulkovo during the defense of Petrograd. In 1953, a wooden structure was replaced by the current grey granite obelisk seen today. It was designed by architect Yuri Wiesenthal. This monument is a solemn reminder of the intense revolutionary history of the Vyborg Side, a district historically populated by industrial workers who were pivotal to the Bolshevik cause. Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
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Maple alley near a building of the Forestry Academy. Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| Комплекс Лесного института, Сердобольская улица, Выборгская сторона, округ Светлановское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194156, Россия |
Decorative vase, located in the parterre of the park near the Main Building of the Forestry University, a concrete copy of a 19th-century original. The original vase was created in the 1860s by the famous sculptor David Jensen (1816–1902). The original work was carved from unpolished granite. Today's version is a concrete replica installed in the 1970s. The central motif depicts putti (cherubs), which are playful, chubby male children often found in classical art. The putti appear to be engaged in a playful struggle with a goat, a common allegorical theme in baroque and neoclassical art often representing the abundance of nature or Bacchic festivities. This theme fits well with the park's history as a place of botanical study and appreciation of nature. Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
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Fall colors of Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| Russia, Saint Petersburg, Светлановское, 194156, Институтский Переулок 5у |
Fall colors of maple alley near the Forestry Academy. Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| Комплекс Лесного института, Сердобольская улица, Выборгская сторона, округ Светлановское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194156, Россия |
Alley near Dendrology Garden. Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| Russia, Saint Petersburg, Светлановское, 194156, Институтский Переулок 3е |
Garden fence near 2 Novorossiyskaya Street. Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| 2, Новороссийская улица, Лесной, округ Светлановское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194156, Россия |
Novosiltsevsky Pereulok from 4 Novorossiyskaya Street. Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| 4, Новороссийская улица, Лесной, округ Светлановское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194156, Россия |
Garden fence near 5 lit. B Engelsa Street. Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| 7 литБ, проспект Энгельса, Лесной, округ Светлановское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194156, Россия |
Garden fence near 5 lit. B Engelsa Street, view from Novorossiyskaya Street. Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| 7 литБ, проспект Энгельса, Лесной, округ Светлановское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194156, Россия |
Colorful autumn scene in the historic Vyborgsky District near the intersection of Novorossiyskaya Street and Engelsa Prospect. The view is taken from Novorossiyskaya Street, looking through a decorative iron fence. Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
| 7 литБ, проспект Энгельса, Лесной, округ Светлановское, Санкт-Петербург, Северо-Западный федеральный округ, 194156, Россия |
A building at 5 lit. B Engelsa Prospect which is a surviving historical service corps of the Orlovo-Novosiltsevskaya Almshouse complex. This small brick structure was originally built as one of the auxiliary buildings (likely for staff or utility purposes) for the larger almshouse institution. The main complex, located at Engelsa 1–5, was a major philanthropic center established in the 1830s. The complex was designed by the renowned architect Iosif Charlemagne (Joseph-Maria Charlemagne-Baudet) in the late Classicist style. It was constructed between 1834 and 1841. Lesnoy Park (Lesotekhnicheskiy Universitet), Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
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"Golden Autumn" view from a residential balcony in the Svetlanovsky Prospect area of Saint Petersburg. This view reflects a peaceful, everyday moment of beauty typical of Saint Petersburg's residential "sleeping districts" during the short but spectacular peak of autumn. Russia, October 14, 2025
A view from a window near Svetlanovsky Prospekt that offers an intimate look into a typical residential courtyard (dvor) of the Vyborgsky District. The beige brick buildings framing the scene are classic examples of brick Khrushchev-era apartments (or early Brezhnev-era), likely built in the 1960s. The 5-story height was standard to avoid the mandatory installation of elevators, which was required for buildings of 6 stories or more. This layout reflects the Soviet microdistrict concept, where residential blocks were arranged around green, communal courtyards to provide light, air, and recreation space away from the main roads. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2025
