Grand staircase on the second floor of Yusupov Palace. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 6, 2007
Central landing of Main Staircase of Catherine Palace in Pushkin (Tsarskoe Selo), suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, December 17, 2005
Grand staircase on the first floor of Yusupov Palace. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 6, 2007
Stasov Staircase in Catherine Palace. Pushkin (Tsarskoe Selo), suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 17, 2005
Grand Staircase (upper landing) of Yusupov Palace. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 8, 2009
Grand Staircase of Yusupov Palace. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 8, 2009
Lower garden from grand staircase of Great (Menshikov s) Palace in Lomonosov (Oranienbaum). West from Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 11, 2013
Main Staircase of the Mikhailovsky Palace designed by the architect Carlo Rossi in the 1820s in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2025
Grand Menshikov Palace (Bolshoy Menshikovsky Dvorets). It is the palace s majestic Northern Facade, designed in the Petrine Baroque style by architects Giovanni Mario Fontana and Gottfried Scha"del between 1710 and 1727. The palace sits atop a natural ridge, enhancing its monumentality. A grand system of stone terraces and a double-flight staircase descends from the main entrance to the Lower Garden. Oranienbaum palace-and-park ensemble in Lomonosov (a suburb of St. Petersburg), Russia, October 13, 2025
This sequence of disjointed stone steps, winding up the leaf-covered slope, exemplifies the "landscape surprise" element typical of the Sergievka Park design. Unlike the straight, formal staircases of the nearby Peterhof Grand Palace, these steps are scattered and uneven, inviting visitors to meander through the forest rather than march directly to a destination. The steps are almost camouflaged by a vibrant mosaic of fallen yellow and brown leaves, making them appear as natural rock formations emerging from the hillside. The staircase sequence gently ascends the steep ravine bank, integrating perfectly with the surrounding old-growth trees and emphasizing the park s wild, preserved character. Old Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 13, 2025
