Ruins (1800-1803) near Elizavetin Pavilion one mile from Tiarlevo in Pavlovsk Park, suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2011
Ruins (1800-1803) near Elizavetin Pavilion one mile from Tiarlevo in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 14, 2011
Ruins of Lower Dacha of Tsar Nicholas II in Alexandria Park in Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 6, 2011
Ruin Cascade in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 12, 2016
Arch of Ruin Bridge in Alexandria Park. Peterhof, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 27, 2016
Stone arch of Ruins (1800-1803) near Slavyanka River one mile from Tiarlevo in Pavlovsk Park, suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2011
Kitchen Ruin near Upper Ponds in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 19, 2013
Kitchen-Ruin in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 23, 2016
Ruins of old stone restroom in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 18, 2011
Ruins of Catherine Church from Palace of a duke Maximilian Leikhtenbergsky in Sergievka Park. Old Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2019
Reflections of ruins of Belokamennaya Palata (a hospital) of Fiodorovsky Village in Dipper Pond. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 30, 2011
Kitchen Ruin Pavilion in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 3, 2016
Ruins of Trinity Church and bell tower in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Stone steps near Ruin Cascade in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 26, 2015
Ruins of Paultry Farm in Gatchina Park, suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 16, 2011
Kitchen Ruin Pavilion in Ekaterininsky Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 30, 2011
Ruin Tower in Alexandrovskiy Park of Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo, residence of Russian tsars). Near Sankt Petersburg, Russia, October 22, 2000
Ruins of old Mary and Olaf Cathedral (1494) north-west from Clock Tower, with Saint Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle in background. Vyborg, Russia, June 7, 2009
Ruins of amphitheater in Gatchina Park, suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 16, 2011
Ruins of a corner tower of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Ruins of Fort Pavel I (Risbank), view from Fort Constantine, Kronstadt. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 21, 2011
Ruins of Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Arsenal ruins in Aleksandrovsky Park in Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo, suburb of Saint Petersburg). Russia, January 27, 2000
Some ruins inside Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Kitchen Ruin in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2015
Ruins of a house on Sytninskaya Street in Petrogradskaya Storona neighborhood. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 9, 2012
Ruins of stone pier near Venera Pavilion on Lubvi Island at Beloe Lake in Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 21, 2013
Grand Ruin Stone Bridge in Alexandria Park in Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 22, 2015
Granite ruins of Bienkovsky Mansion in Zakhodskoe, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 7, 2016
Ruin Bridge in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2016
Ruins of sovkhoz Ruchyi near crossing of Svetlanovskiy and Tikhoretskiy Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 2, 2002
Excursion of ruins of Trinity church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Stone bridge near Ruin Cascade in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 2, 2013
Ruins of monk s barracks in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Ruins of Forest Greenhouse (Lesnaya Oranzhereya) in Gatchina Park. Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 25, 2012
Ruins of a summer house in Lisiy Nos, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 9, 2011
Ruins (1800-1803) near Elizavetin Pavilion one mile from Tiarlevo near Novosylviysky Bridge in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 2, 2013
Ruins (1800-1803) near Elizavetin Pavilion in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 17, 2013
Grand Ruin Stone Bridge of Alexandria Park. Peterhof (Petrodvorets), a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 22, 2013
Ruins of sovkhoz Ruchyi near crossing of Svetlanovskiy and Tikhoretskiy Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 2, 2002
Ruins inside Ivan Gorod Fortress, view from walls. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Ruins of burned theater(?) in the park of Gatchina, a former Tsar s residence near Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 22(?), 2002
Ruins of Poultry Farm (Ptichnik) in Gatchina Park. Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 20, 2009
Ruins of Fourth Wing of the prison in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
Ruins of some pavilion in the park of Gatchina, a former Tsar s residence near Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 22(?), 2002
Ruin Tower in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 23, 2016
Ruins of barracks and churches of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
Ruins of Old City from St. Olaf Tower of Vyborg Castle. Vyborg, Russia, February 14, 2013
Ruins of manor house of Razoumovsky in Gostilitsy village. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
Ruins of a manor house in Gostilitsy, Leningrad Region. Russia, February 9, 2013
Bridge of Ruin Cascade at Starosilviyskaya Alley in Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 17, 2013
Ruins between Krasnoarmeyskaya and Krasina streets. Vyborg, Russia, June 21, 2014
Ruins inside Ivan Gorod 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
Ruins of Polovtsev (Rapti) Palace in Dzerzhinskogo Village, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Ruins near Sablino Train Station, 30 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 29, 2012
Ruins of a factory at 20a Morskaya Naberezhnaya. Vyborg, Russia, June 21, 2014
Ruins of Victor Goving House (1903 - 1904) at 11 Krepostnaya Street. Vyborg, Russia, August 12, 2012
Interior of a ruined church. Zhikharevo, east from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 4, 2011
Stone ruins near Slavianka River in Pavlovsk Park near Tiarlevo. South from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 21, 2012
World War II memorial inside Cathedral ruins in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
Ruins of Admiralty (Holland) in Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 21, 2013
Ruins of amphitheater in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 19, 2015
Ruins of amphitheater in Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 27, 2015
Ruin Cascade Waterfall in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 22, 2016
Area near Ruin Bridge in Alexandria Park. Peterhof, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 27, 2016
Ruin Bridge in Alexandria Park. Peterhof, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 27, 2016
Ruin Bridge in mist in Alexandria Park. Peterhof, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 27, 2016
Oaks near Ruin Bridge in Alexandria Park. Peterhof, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 27, 2016
Linden trees near Ruin Bridge in Alexandria Park. Peterhof, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 27, 2016
Vase of Ruin Bridge in Alexandria Park. Peterhof, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 27, 2016
Ruin Bridge near Slavyanka River in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 14, 2016
Ruins on Second Nadezhdinskaya Lane near Smolenka River in Smolenskoe Cemetery of Vasilievsliy Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 27, 2016
Ruin Cascade from Pilbashennaya Alley in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 1, 2016
Overgrown ruins where saprobic mushrooms Sarcoscypha austriaca (small red caps) are growing, in area of an old brick factory between Pesochnaya and Dibuny north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 3, 2017
Ruins of barracks of Railroad Corps in Alexander Park in Pushkin, former Tsarskoe Selo, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 7, 2017
Brick ruins at Bankovsky Proezd in old city of Vyborg. Russia, May 24, 2019
Ruin Tower in Catherine Park in Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 18, 2021
Ruins of Chinese Theater in Alexander Park in Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 18, 2021
Ruin Cascade in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 23, 2021
Ruin Cascade from Starosylviyskaya Alley in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 23, 2021
Ruins of a house at the beginning of Stony Trail (Kamenistaya Tropa) near Kubenskoe in Kivi Park south from Chulkovo, west from Vyborg. Russia, July 27, 2024
Ruins of a bridge to Kubensky Island near Stony Trail (Kamenistaya Tropa) in Kivi Park south from Chulkovo, west from Vyborg. Russia, July 27, 2024
Central Road on New Sylvia near Ruin Bridge in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 31, 2024
Ruins at 15 Krepostnaya Street from an observation platform at 11 Krasina Street. Vyborg, Russia, August 5, 2024
Ruins of Old Cathedral at 6 Storozhevoy Bashni Street. Vyborg, Russia, August 5, 2024
Ruined brick tower on the beach, which is the remains of a searchlight station (prozhektornaya stantsiya) belonging to Fort Shanetz. Kronstadt, Russia, September 27, 2025
Ruins of the former "Okhotnichy Domik" (Hunting Lodge) restaurant, built in 1958 in the Stalinist Neoclassical style. The structure, located near Prospekt Engelsa, features a distinctive rotunda with columns and a now-exposed skeletal dome, having fallen into disrepair after a fire in 2010. The ruins are now heavily vandalized with graffiti and overgrown with vegetation, standing as a decaying relic of Soviet-era recreational architecture within the park. Udelnyi Park, St. Petersburg, Russia, October 4, 2025
Grand Cascade (also known as the Ruined Cascade), located near the Round Pond in the Old Sylvia/White Birch district of Pavlovsk Park. Designed by Vincenzo Brenna in 1794, it was built to look like a romantic "antique ruin." Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 6, 2025
"Grotto" spring (istochnik) or a ruined water feature near the Old Sylvia district, often referred to as the "Ruined Cascade" or simply a natural spring reinforced with stone in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 6, 2025
Red Cascade or Turkish Cascade in Catherine Park. The Rust Red (8A611E) of the brickwork complements the surrounding Golden Orange (BB812a) foliage perfectly. The rough texture of the brick and the stepped stone cascade creates a rustic, "ruin-like" aesthetic that was highly fashionable in 18th-century landscape design. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 10, 2025
Pyramid Pavilion, located in a quiet, shady corner of Catherine Park in Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin). It was originally built in 1770-1772 by the architect Vasily Neyelov and later reconstructed by Charles Cameron in 1782-1783. The pavilion was designed to resemble an ancient Egyptian mausoleum, reflecting the Romantic era s fascination with antiquity and melancholy ruins. It is constructed of brick and faced with trimmed granite. Buried behind the pyramid are three of the Empress s favorite Italian greyhounds: Tom Anderson, Zemira, and Duchesse. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 10, 2025
Devil s Bridge (Chertov Most), also known as the Cascade, located near the Upper Ponds in Catherine Park. Built in the 1770s, likely designed by the architect Vasily Neyelov or possibly Antonio Rinaldi, this structure is a classic example of the romantic "ruin" aesthetic popular in 18th-century landscape gardening. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 10, 2025
Kitchen Ruin (Kukhnya-Ruina) which is one of the most historically fascinating and visually authentic follies in Catherine Park. Built between 1785 and 1786, it was designed by the Italian architect Giacomo Quarenghi. It was constructed specifically to serve as a "service pavilion" (a kitchen) for the nearby Concert Hall. Quarenghi incorporated authentic ancient Roman fragments into its brick walls. These include broken columns, capitals, cornices, and friezes with carved garlands, which were brought to Russia from Italy. The headless statue in the niche is a prominent feature, emphasizing the theme of lost time and the decay of empires. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 10, 2025
Rustic, three-arched stone bridge (often referred to as the Ruin Bridge or simply the stone arch bridge) in the "Russian Switzerland" area in Oranienbaum s Upper Park. Built from rough-hewn boulders to mimic a natural or ancient ruin, it harmonizes perfectly with the wild, rugged aesthetic of the Karasta River valley. The bridge spans a small ravine or tributary, surrounded by a golden forest of birch and maple trees that soften the stone s heavy appearance with delicate autumn foliage. Oranienbaum palace-and-park ensemble in Lomonosov (a suburb of St. Petersburg), Russia, October 13, 2025
Stone bridge in Oranienbaum Park in the "Russian Switzerland" section of the Upper Park. The bridge is built from rough, unpolished granite boulders, giving it a deliberately archaic, "ruin-like" appearance that blends seamlessly into the natural landscape, typical of the romantic style popular in the 19th century. It spans a bend in the Karasta River, connecting a gravel path that winds through rolling green hills, which were artificially shaped to mimic an alpine valley. Oranienbaum palace-and-park ensemble in Lomonosov (a suburb of St. Petersburg), Russia, October 13, 2025
Weathered stone steps, covered in moss and fallen leaves, are a charming example of the "romantic ruin" aesthetic that defines Sergievka Park. The granite blocks are softened by thick green moss and scattered with yellow maple leaves, emphasizing the passage of time and the park s intentionally wild, "abandoned" atmosphere. Set within a dense grove of maples and hardwoods, the steps are illuminated by the soft, filtered light of the "Golden Autumn" canopy, creating a quiet, contemplative spot for visitors. Old Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 13, 2025
