Brick wall at 11 Krepostnaya Street in old city of Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
Nevsky Prospect (main street of the city) near Anichkov Bridge towards Ostrovskogo Square. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 31, 2012
Nevsky Prospect (main street of the city) near Anichkov Bridge. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 31, 2012
City Hall (Mariinsky Palace) behind Isaakievskaya Square from colonnade of Saint Isaac Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4, 2003
Old city of Vyborg and port, view from the castle. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2004
Nevsky Prospect (main street of the city) near Ostrovskogo Square. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 31, 2012
Old city of Vyborg, view from the castle. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2004
Early snowfall over summer houses of a mining city Beriozovsk in Siberia, near Kemerovo. Russia, September 15, 2002
Area near City Market. Oranienbaum (Lomonosov), a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 25, 2015
Nevsky Prospect (main street of the city) near Liteyny Prospect Street. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 31, 2012
City beach and marine powder bunker, later maritime prison in Kronstadt. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 19, 2004
Tower of City Duma at Nevsky Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 2, 2017
Old City and south harbor terminal south from St. Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, June 7, 2009
Paradise Tower of Vyborg Castle, Naberezhnaya 40-letiya Komsomola (40th Anniversary of Young Communist League Embankment) and Old City south-east from St. Olaf Tower. Vyborg, Russia, June 7, 2009
Birch growing on a stone fence at Storozhevoy Bashni Street in old city of Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
Old city of Vyborg and Clock Tower, view from the castle. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2004
Relief showing surrendering city in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
After a snowfall near a mining city Beriozovsk in Siberia, near Kemerovo. Russia, September 15, 2002
Old City south-east from St. Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, June 7, 2009
Handbag shop at Lenina Street in old city of Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
Commandant House with gates, fortress bridge, yacht marina, and Tervaniemen puisto Park with city archive west from Saint Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, May 27, 2011
A recently built Troitskaya (Trinity) Chapel devoted to 300 jubilee of the city, at Troitskaya Square. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 25, 2003
A meadow near a small mining city Beriozovsk near Kemerovo in Siberia. Russia, September 13, 2002
Old city quarter between Krasnoarmeyskaya and Krasina streets (under restoration). Vyborg, Russia, June 21, 2014
City Hall (Mariinsky Palace) behind Isaakievskaya Square from colonnade of Saint Isaac Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 23, 2007
Commandant House with gates, fortress bridge, yacht marina, and Tervaniemen puisto Park with city archive and old powder bunker west from St. Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, June 7, 2009
After a snowfall near a mining city Beriozovsk in Siberia, near Kemerovo. Russia, September 15, 2002
Medieval house at 13 Krepostnaya Street in old city of Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
Northern city beach. Kronstadt, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4, 2010
Vyborgskaya Street, with old Tower of City Hall in background. Vyborg, Russia, June 7, 2009
Old City south-west from Saint Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, May 27, 2011
Embankment of 40 Anniversary of Komsomol (Young Communists) and old city from St. Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, February 14, 2013
View of Zagorsk city from walls of monastery of Sergiev Posad near Moscow. Russia, August 29, 2001
Old city from colonnade of Saint Isaac Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2004
City Hall (Mariinsky Palace) from colonnade of Saint Isaac Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 23, 2007
Early snowfall over summer houses of a mining city Beriozovsk in Siberia, near Kemerovo. Russia, September 15, 2002
City Hall (Mariinsky Palace) behind Isaakievskaya Square from colonnade of Saint Isaac Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 8, 2016
A park in the center of the city, with V. I. Lenin monument and ancient churches around it. Pskov, Russia, August 8, 2004
Crowds watching Day of the City parade on Nevsky Prospect from steps of Duma Watchtower. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 30, 2009
Graffiti in northern city beach. Kronstadt, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4, 2010
Tower of City Hall (Bashnya Ratushi), view from Vyborgskaya Street. Vyborg, Russia, June 7, 2009
City tour near Brusnitsyn Mansion at 32 Kozhevennaya Line of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
In a small mining city Beriozovsk near Kemerovo in Siberia. Russia, September 12, 2002
Old electronic circuit on northern city beach. Kronstadt, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4, 2010
"Assol" yacht on northern city beach. Kronstadt, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4, 2010
Clock Tower and old city from St. Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, February 14, 2013
Ahar(?) city of northwestern Iran. View from a window of a plane from Abu Dhabi to Saint Petersburg in Russia, December 26, 2014
Roofs of Old City from Saint Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, May 27, 2011
Passengers of a city bus, view from a tour bus. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2011
City Archive from St. Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, February 14, 2013
Old pumping station for electric power station of city tram (1906 - 1907) at Monastyrka River. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 25, 2011
The city from Saint Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, May 27, 2011
Old city from St. Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, February 14, 2013
Old bricks and a gas mask on northern city beach. Kronstadt, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4, 2010
Edible Armillaria mushrooms (Russian name opiata, in plural) near a small mining city Beriozovsk near Kemerovo in Siberia. Russia, September 13, 2002
Sunrise in a small mining city Beriozovsk near Kemerovo in Siberia. Russia, September 15, 2002
City Hall Tower (Ratusha) from Vyborgskaya Street. Vyborg, Russia, August 12, 2012
Early snowfall at Barzas River near a mining city Beriozovsk in Siberia, near Kemerovo. Russia, September 15, 2002
Roofs of Old City from St. Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, February 14, 2013
Lenin Monument on Red Square in old city of Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
Central city square with V. I. Lenin monument of a small mining city Beriozovsk-II(?) near Kemerovo in Siberia. Russia, September 15, 2002
Monument of Russian revolutioner V. I. Lenin on central city square. Vyborg, Russia, August 12, 2012
Ruins of Old City from St. Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, February 14, 2013
A small mining city Beriozovsk near Kemerovo in Siberia at sunrise. Russia, September 15, 2002
Old city prison, view from a window of a train. Vyborg, Russia, August 12, 2012
Modern sculptures near city museum. Kronstadt, part of Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 28, 2013
A cow fence of a meadow near a small mining city Beriozovsk near Kemerovo in Siberia. Russia, September 13, 2002
Edible Armillaria mushrooms (Russian name opiata, in plural) near a small mining city Beriozovsk near Kemerovo in Siberia. Russia, September 13, 2002
Early snowfall near a mining city Beriozovsk in Siberia, near Kemerovo. Russia, September 15, 2002
Vodnoy Zastavy Street, St. Hyacinth Catholic Church and Clock Tower in Old City. Vyborg, Russia, September 1, 2007
Edible Armillaria mushrooms (Russian name opiata, in plural) near a small mining city Beriozovsk near Kemerovo in Siberia. Russia, September 13, 2002
V. I. Lenin monument in a central square of Beriozovsk, a small mining city near Kemerovo in Siberia. Russia, September 15, 2002
Roofs of the city from Saint Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, May 27, 2011
View of Old City from Saint Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, May 27, 2011
View of the city beach of Peter and Paul Fortress from Dvortsovy Bridge. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 6, 1999.
Old City from Saint Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, May 27, 2011
Area of Old City from Saint Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, May 27, 2011
Area in old city from St. Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, February 14, 2013
Old city quarter between Krasnoarmeyskaya and Krasina streets (under restoration). Vyborg, Russia, September 14, 2013
City Library (old Town Hall, 1885) at 18 Lenin Street. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
Old City from Saint Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, May 27, 2011
Old city walls near Vosstaniya Street in Kronstadt. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 24, 2012
Old city and North Harbor from St. Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, February 14, 2013
Tortoiseshell (black with chocolate) cat in Old City. Vyborg, Russia, May 27, 2011
Roofs of Old City from Saint Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, May 27, 2011
Early snowfall near a mining city Beriozovsk in Siberia, near Kemerovo. Russia, September 15, 2002
City Hall Tower (Ratusha) from Vyborgskaya Street. Vyborg, Russia, February 14, 2013
City view from Saint Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, May 27, 2011
Model of a ship in a city museum in Kronstadt, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4, 2010
Rusty sculptures near city museum. Kronstadt, part of Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 28, 2013
Ruby bolete mushrooms (Hortiboletus rubellus) found in the city between houses near Tikhoretsky Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 1, 2018
Immature parasol mushrooms Chlorophyllum rhacodes (Macrolepiota rhacodes) found in the city between houses near Tikhoretsky Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 1, 2018
House entrance at Storozhevoy Bashni Street in old city of Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
Tabby cat in a window at Krepostnaya Street in old city of Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
House at 9 Krasnoarmeyskaya Street in old city in Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
Old house at Krasnoarmeyskaya Street in old city of Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
Tire Montage Service near Lutheran church at 13 Vyborgskaya Street in old city in Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
Lutheran Church (Viipurin maaseurakunnan kirkko, 1481) at 13 Vyborgskaya Street in old city of Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
Corner house on Vyborgskaya Street in old city of Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
Brick ruins at Bankovsky Proezd in old city of Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
House at 2 Vokzalnaya Street in old city of Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
Painting Devils and the City of Mutants (2012 - 2018) by Alexander Alkhovsky in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
A head in a painting Devils and the City of Mutants (2012 - 2018) by Alexander Alkhovsky in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Fragment of a painting Devils and the City of Mutants (2012 - 2018) by Alexander Alkhovsky in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
Common city mushroom Agaricus bitorquis on a lawn of Zhaka Diuklo Street. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 23, 2024
XVI century Dwelling House at 8 Krepostnaya Street in Old City. Vyborg, Russia, August 5, 2024
Painting Devils and the City of Mutants (2012 - 2018) by Alexander Alkhovsky in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
Glacial erratic (a large granite boulder) left behind by the retreating Scandinavian Ice Sheet over 11,000 years ago. The inscription ":041d:0415:0422 :0412:041e:0419:041d:0415" (pronounced Net Voyne), meaning "NO TO THE WAR," is a direct political protest against the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Activists often paint this slogan in forests, on snow, on frozen rivers, or in elevators to avoid CCTV cameras and police patrols found in city centers. This stone serves as a quiet but firm artifact of internal resistance, standing in the silent forest just kilometers from the station and the dacha community. Kannelyarvi, north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 1, 2025
Panoramic view from the Tarkhovka shoreline that looks north-west across the Sestroretsky Razliv (Lake Sestroretsk) toward the city of Sestroretsk. This view captures the dual nature of Sestroretsk: a historic resort town with natural beauty (the lake, reeds, and stones) juxtaposed with modern urban infrastructure (heating plant and high-rise housing). "Three Chimneys" (Center): The most prominent industrial feature is the cluster of three tall red-and-white striped chimneys. These belong to the Sestroretsk District Heating Plant (part of the city s thermal infrastructure). Residential Towers (Left of Chimneys): The tall, beige-and-orange brick apartment buildings are part of the modern residential developments in Sestroretsk, likely along Tokarevskaya Street or the Razliv microdistrict. Church of Peter and Paul (Far Right): On the far right horizon. This is a modern church (consecrated in 2009) built in memory of the Russian submariners. "Pyramid" Building (Far Left): On the far left, there is a distinctive white building with a stepped, pyramid-like shape. This is likely the "Eden" (Edem) residential complex or a similar luxury apartment block, which is known for its terraced architecture. Tarkhovka Park near Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 3, 2025
Saint Petersburg courtyard near Svetlanovsky Prospekt during "Golden Autumn" (Zolotaya Osen). The foliage is in a transitional phase where the trees are displaying their most vibrant colors (bright yellows and oranges) before shedding completely. The area around Svetlanovsky Prospekt (Vyborgsky/Kalininsky districts) is characterized by residential blocks from the 1960s and 1970s. Unlike the dense city center, these blocks were designed with large, open courtyards (dvory) intended to act as "green lungs" for residents. Russia, October 10, 2025
Apartment houses near Svetlanovsky Prospekt from a window of a house. This view presents the "other side" of the Golden Autumn coin: not the crisp, sunny glory, but the damp, reflective, and deeply saturated beauty that follows the city s frequent rains. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 12, 2025
