Decorations of White Hall of Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2009
White Hall (Hall No. 11) in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2009
Ayvazovsky painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
C. Brullov Hall with a bench for resting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
Fountain Snop (sheaf in Russian) in Monplezir Pavilion in Peterhof, a former Tsar residence, now a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 2, 2003
G. I. Semiradsky painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
Flowers of Bog Rosemary (Andromeda polifolia, Andromeda glaucophylla, Russian name Podbel) and leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 2, 2017
Golden spore capsules with calyptra of common haircap moss (Polytrichum commune, Russian name Kukushkin Lion) in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 21, 2015
Sneezewort yarrow (Achillea ptarmica, Russian name chihotnik) in fields near Deviatkino in northern Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 25, 2016
Fringed willow-herb (Epilobium adenocaulon, Russian name Kiprey) in fields near Deviatkino in northern Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 25, 2016
Agropyron cristatum grass (Russian name Zhitnyak) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2016
Emerging Shaggy Scalycap mushrooms (Pholiota squarrosa, Russian name Cheshuychatka) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 25, 2016
Milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius rufus, Russian name Gorkushka) near Orekhovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 9, 2016
Flowers of white dead-nettle (Lamium album, Russian name Glukhaya Krapiva) taken from Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 31, 2016
Flower of wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella, Russian name Kislitsa) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 20, 2017
Wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella, Russian name Kislitsa) with flowers in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 20, 2017
Wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella, Russian name Kislitsa) in flower in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 20, 2017
Blue flowers of creeping navelwort (Omphalodes verna, Russian name pupochnik) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 27, 2017
Blue and red flowers of forget-me-not (Myosotis, Russian name Nezabudka) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 5, 2017
Bog Rosemary (Andromeda polifolia, Andromeda glaucophylla, Russian name Podbel) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 9, 2017
Lesser Butterfly-orchid (Platanthera bifolia, Russian name liubka) in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 9, 2017
Self-heal (carpenter-weed, Prunella vulgaris, Russian name Chernogolovka) near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 14, 2017
Marasmioid mushrooms Mycetinis scorodonius (Russian name Chesnochnik) near Lisiy Nos. West from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 26, 2018
Blooming red campion (Silene dioica, Melandrium rubrum, Russian name Drioma) near a beach in Sestroretsk, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 20, 2019
Ivan Repin painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 28, 2005
Mikhailovsky Palace (Russian Museum) at evening. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 26, 2005
Carl Briullov hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 28, 2005
Ivanov(?) painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 1, 2005
Gates of a yard of Hermitage Museum, with a Russian emblem. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2005
Wall hawkweed (Hieracium murorum, Russian name Yastrebinka) in Rozhdestveno, south from Saint Petersburg in Leningrad Region. Russia, June 19, 2011
Karl Briullov Hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2009
Looking at C. Brullov(?) painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
Catherine the Great(?) statue in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 1, 2005
Metro (subway) station Pushkinskaya, named after a Russian poet. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 1, 2006
Orange cap bolete mushroom (Leccinum aurantiacum, Russian name Podosinovik) with brown stem near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 18, 2016
Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale, Russian name Oduvanchik) on a lawn in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 5, 2017
Entrance stairs and colonnade of Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 1, 2005
Caryatids of the building of 4th Central Research Institute of the Russian Ministry of Defense on Fontanka Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2014
Tombs of Russian tsars in Archangel Cathedral of Kremlin. Moscow, Russia, July 3, 2011
Graves of Russian tsars in Peter and Paul Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2003
Statue of Catherine the Great in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2009
Arctic starflower (Trientalis europaea, Russian name Sedmichnik) near Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 11, 2011
Brullov s art in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 9, 2018
Entrance stairs of Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 1, 2005
Small pink flowers of barrenwort (Epimedium pinnatum subsp. colchicum, Russian name Goryanka) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 10, 2016
Monument of Russian fabulist Ivan Krylov in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
Statue of a woman sitting on a tree stump in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 11, 2012
Kaiser s crown flowers (Fritillaria imperialis, Russian name Ryabchik) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 15, 2015
Dahlia flower (Russian name Georgin) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 21, 2015
Deep red to burgundy fall (autumn) foliage of Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Devichiy Vinograd in Russian) in Venera Garden in Lower Gardens. Peterhof (Petrodvorets), a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 28, 2015
Sculpture of Russian Tsar Catherine the Great in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 4, 2013
Russian orthodox Church of Mary Magdalene on slope of Mount of Olives, view from Derekh Ha Ofel road. Jerusalem, the Middle East, December 13, 2002.
Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus, Moroshka in Russian) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 11, 2016
Velvet bolete mushrooms (Suillus variegatus, Russian name Mokhovik) and slender brittlegill (Russula gracillima) near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 24, 2016
Shaggy Scalycap mushrooms (Pholiota squarrosa, Russian name Cheshuychatka) under a nut tree in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2016
Bird cherry (Adus avium, Cheriomukha in Russian) in Lisiy Nos, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 1, 2017
Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale, Russian name Oduvanchik) in Udelny Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2017
I. Repin paintings in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
Fumewort (Corydalis hybr. Blue Dream , Russian name Khokhlatka) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 16, 2015
Heather (Calluna vulgaris, Russian name Veresk) in Posiolok near Vyritsa, south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 21, 2015
Autumn catchfly (Silene schafta, Russian name Smoliovka) in rock garden in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2015
Blue flowers of creeping navelwort (Omphalodes verna, Russian name pupochnik) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 10, 2016
Repin painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 15, 2016
Arched stairs of Russian Hall (Teremok) in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
Early fruit of wild strawberry (Russian name Zemlianika) east from Kuzmolovo, 7 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 22, 2011
A statue of Catherine the Great in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 28, 2005
Meadow rue (Thalictrum aquilegifolium, Russian name Vasilistnik) in Posiolok, 45 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 23, 2011
Decorated hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 4, 2013
Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus, Russian name Veshenka) on a birch in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 8, 2016
View of Russian Church of Mary Magdalene, Yeriho Road, and Moslem cemetery from Mount of Olives. Jerusalem, the Middle East, January 11, 2002
Tomb of a Russian politician A. Sobchak in Nikolskoe Cemetery of Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 25, 2011
Passenger sitting under illustration of first Russian revolution (1905) in Krasnopresnenskaya Metro (subway) station. Moscow, Russia, July 3, 2011
Jersey cow mushrooms (Suillus bovinus, Russian name Kozlyak) near Lembolovo, 45 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 27, 2013
Model of Peter the Great s head for the monument Bronze Horseman by M.-A. Collot in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 9, 2018
Russian orthodox church of Mary Magdalene on a slope of Mount of Olives. Jerusalem, the Middle East, October 31, 2002
Russian Orthodox church of Peter and Paul in Siverskaya, 45 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 6, 2003
Parquet of White Hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 9, 2018
Arctic starflower (Trientalis europaea, Russian name Sedmichnik) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 28, 2009
Ilya Repin painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2009
Close up of flowers of creeping navelwort (Omphalodes verna, Russian name pupochnik) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 10, 2016
Red flowers of lily family (Fritillaria, Russian name Rybchik Imperatorsky) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 14, 2011
Blooming rupturewort (Herniaria glabra, Russian name Gryzhnik) near railroad in Petiayarvi, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 17, 2015
Blooming thyme (Thymus serpyllum, Russian name Chabrets) on roadside in a forest in Petiayarvi, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 17, 2015
Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium, Epilobium angustifolium, Russian name Ivan Chay) on a field near Oredezh River near Kezevo. Siverskaya south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 20, 2015
St. John s Wort (Hypericum perforatum, Russian name Zveroboy) near Oredezh River. Siverskaya south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 20, 2015
Willow-herb (Epilobium hirsutum, Russian name Kiprey) near Oredezh River. Siverskaya south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 20, 2015
Flower of great burnet plant (Sanguisorba officinalis, Russian name Krovokhliobka) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2015
Flower of coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) in a forest near Komarovo, 25 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 9, 2016
Siberian Tea (Badan in Russian, Bergenia crassifolia) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 10, 2016
Siberian whitlowgrass (Draba sibirica, Krupka in Russian) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 10, 2016
Dark-red helleborine orchid (Epipactis atrorubens, Russian name Dremlik) on roadside near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 24, 2016
Brittlegill mushroom (Russula, Russian name Syroezhka) on a tree stump near Kavgolovskoe Lake in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 24, 2016
Banded texture of Tiger s eye mushroom (Coltricia perennis, Russian name Sukhlianka Dvukhletniaya) near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 27, 2016
Chanterelle mushrooms (Cantharellus cibarius, Russian name Lisichki) in moss in Lembolovo, 35 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 31, 2016
Ugly milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius necator, Russian name Chorny Gruzd) near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 3, 2016
Red-banded webcap mushroom (Cortinarius armillatus, Russian name Pautinnik Brasletchaty) near Lisiy Nos, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 3, 2016
Jersey cow mushrooms (Suillus bovinus, Russian name Kozlyak) near Orekhovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 9, 2016
Tinder (bracket, shelf, or hoof) fungus (Polypore mushroom Red-Belt Conk, Fomitopsis pinicola, Russian name Trutovik) in Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 23, 2016
Flowers of wild strawberry (Fragaria, Russian name Zemlianika) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 25, 2017
Black hoverfly Cheilosia on a yellow flower of marsh marigold (kingcup, Caltha palustris, Russian name Kaluzhnitsa) in Popovka river canyon in Pyazelevo near Pavlovsk, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 10, 2019
Underside of fringed polypore mushrooms Lentinus substrictus (Lentinus ciliatus, Polyporus ciliatus, Russian name Trutovik Maysky) south from Mys Moryin Nos near Ladoga Lake, east from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 14, 2019
Common pasqueflower (Pulsatilla vulgaris, wind flower, meadow anemone, prostrel or son trava in Russian) in a pine forest on a sand hill near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 15, 2019
Common daisy (Bellis perennis, Russian name Margaritka) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 18, 2019
Group of false morel mushroom (Gyromitra esculenta, Russian name Strochok) in a forest near Lenin Trail in area of Razliv near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 21, 2019
View of Herzl, Kefar Giladi, Haqishon Street from Migdal Shalom tower. Russian Orthodox monastery is on horizon. Tel Aviv, the Middle East, October 25, 2001
Pair of black-veined white butterflies (Aporia crataegi, Russian name Boyaryshnitsa) on flowers of Ragged Robin east from Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 8, 2014
Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna, Russian name Chistyak) in Dubki Park. Sestroretsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 20, 2015
Karl Briullov(?) Hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 8, 2016
Novosilviysky stone bridge, with butterbur (Petasites hybridus, Russian name Belokopytnik) in foreground in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2016
Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus pulmonarius, Russian name Veshenka) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 23, 2016
Umbel inflorescence of Angelica sylvestris (Russian name Dudnik) in fields west from Deviatkino. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 20, 2012
Sculpture damaged by war on the building of 4th Central Research Institute of the Russian Ministry of Defense on Fontanka Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2014
Yellow flowers of Fritillaria imperialis Lutea , Russian name Ryabchik Imperatorsky in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 15, 2015
Small purple dahlia flowers (Russian name Georgin) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 21, 2015
Russian orthodox Church of Mary Magdalene on slope of Mount of Olives from Derekh Ha Ofel Road. Jerusalem, the Middle East, October 31, 2002
Decoration at the top of Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2011
Statue of Catherine the Great in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 11, 2012
Arched ceiling of Russian Hall (Teremok) in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
Chanterelle mushrooms (Cantharellus cibarius, Russian name Lisichki) found under leaves behind a shooting range in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 21, 2016
View of Moslem Cemetery and Russian Church of Mary Magdalene on slopes of Kidron Valley from Mount of Olives. Jerusalem, the Middle East, July 12, 2001
A.S. near a monument of Russian revolutioner Vladimir Lenin in front of Administration Building of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
A hall in Russian Museum, with A. E. Yakovlev and V. I. Shukhaev painting "Harlequin and Piero" to the left. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
Close up of Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis, Russian name Landysh) in Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 12, 2009
Horse Pension and horse cemetery (under restoration) in Alexandrovskiy Park of Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo, residence of Russian tsars). Near Sankt Petersburg, Russia, October 22, 2000
View of Russian Church of Mary Magdalene, Yeriho Road, and Moslem cemetery from Mount of Olives. Jerusalem, the Middle East, January 11, 2002
Inflorescense of Bog Rosemary (Andromeda polifolia, Andromeda glaucophylla, Russian name Podbel) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 28, 2009
Herb Paris (Paris quadrifolia, Russian name Voroniy Glaz) near Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 11, 2011
I. Repin s paintings in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 9, 2018
Ugly Milk-cap mushroom (Lactarius necator, Russian name Chorny Gruzd) in a forest around Kavgolovskoe Lake, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 6, 2013
C. Brullov s paintings in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 9, 2018
Chinese Theatre, destroyed during the war, in Alexandrovskiy Park of Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo, residence of Russian tsars). Near Sankt Petersburg, Russia, October 22, 2000
Young leaves of Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis, Russian name Landysh) in Dubki Park. Sestroretsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 2011
Black-veined white butterflies (Aporia crataegi, Russian name Boyaryshnitsa) sitting on flowers of Ragged Robin east from Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 8, 2014
Wall cress (Arabis x arendsii Rosabella , Russian name Rezukha) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 10, 2016
Close up of yellow eastern pasque flower (Pulsatilla flavescens, wind flower, meadow anemone, prostrel or son trava in Russian) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 10, 2016
Yellow eastern pasque flowers (Pulsatilla flavescens, wind flower, meadow anemone, prostrel or son trava in Russian) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 10, 2016
Red-banded webcap mushroom (Cortinarius armillatus, Russian name Pautinnik Brasletchaty) in Zakhodskoe, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 7, 2016
Freshwater mussels Anodonta cygnea(?) (Bezzubka in Russian) on a beach in Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, October 2, 2016
Section of White Hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 8, 2016
Orthodox Fiodorovskiy Cathedral in Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo, residence of Russian tsars). Near Sankt Petersburg, Russia, October 22, 2000
Close up of flower of Woolly burdock (Arctium tomentosum, Russian name Lopuh) in Aleksandrovsky Park in Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 10, 2010
Back lit Arctic starflower (Trientalis europaea, Russian name Sedmichnik) near Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 11, 2011
Corner of White Hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 8, 2016
White flowers of Viburnum lantana (wayfaring tree, gordovina in Russian) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2009
Bukovetsky House at 27 Kniazheskaya Street where Russian writer Ivan Alekseevich Bunin lived in 1918. Odessa, Ukraine, July 5, 2009
Flower heads of wood avens (Colewort, Geum urbanum, Russian name Gravilat). Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 1, 2014
Blue comfrey flowers (beinwell, Symphytum caucasicum, Russian name Okopnik) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 9, 2014
White and red dahlia flower (Russian name Georgin) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 21, 2015
Glossy fly agaric mushroom (Amanita muscaria, Russian name Mukhomor) near Karasta River in the park. Oranienbaum (Lomonosov), a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 25, 2015
Chanterelle mushrooms (Cantharellus cibarius, Russian name Lisichki) in Toksovo, suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 19, 2016
Grand staircase and monument of Russian Tsar Nikolay I (that recently replaced V. I. Lenin) in Vitebsky Vokzal (train station). Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 10, 2010
Yellow flower of Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria, Russian name Chistyak) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 14, 2011
Swamp loosestrife (Naumburgia thyrsiflora, Russian name Kizliak) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 28, 2011
Arches of Russian Hall (Teremok) in Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 18, 2016
Late blooming pasqueflower (Pulsatilla, wind flower, meadow anemone, prostrel or son trava in Russian) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2009
Bright red flower of cinquefoil (Potentilla x hybrida, Russian name Lapchatka) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 23, 2009
False Lily-of-the-valley (Maianthemum bifolium, Russian name Maynik) west from Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2009
Blooming swamp orchids Orchis maculata (Russian name Yatryshnik) near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 30, 2010
Forget-me-not flowers (Russian name Nezabudka) in the park. Oranienbaum (Lomonosov), a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 4, 2010
Decaying plaster on a building of 4th Central Research Institute of the Russian Ministry of Defense facing Fontanka River opposite to Summer Garden. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 13, 1999.
Sculpture "Nestor Letopisets" (Nestor Chronicler) by Mark Antokolsky in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2009
Yellow eastern pasque flower (Pulsatilla flavescens, wind flower, meadow anemone, prostrel or son trava in Russian) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 14, 2011
Wind anemone (Pulsatilla, Russian name Prostrel) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 22, 2011
Bird s-eye primrose (Primula farinosa, Pervotsvet Muchnisty in Russian) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 28, 2011
Sneezewort yarrow (Achillea ptarmica, Russian name chihotnik) in fields west from Deviatkino. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 29, 2011
Wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella, Russian name Kislitsa) in Dubki Park. Sestroretsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 20, 2015
White flower of grass lily (Ornithogalum, Russian name Ptitsemlechnik) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 16, 2015
Dahlia flower (Russian name Georgin) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2015
Red and white dahlia flower (Russian name Georgin) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 21, 2015
Swamp species of birch bolete mushrooms (Leccinum schistophilum(?), Russian name Podberiozovik) near Kavgolovskoe Lake south from Oselki, 8 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 23, 2015
Dolls of wet nurses in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 8, 2016
Spring flower of coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara, Russian name Mat I Machekha) among dry leaves in a forest near Komarovo, 25 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 9, 2016
Tiger s eye mushrooms (Coltricia perennis, Russian name Sukhlianka Dvukhletniaya) near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 27, 2016
Ruin Tower in Alexandrovskiy Park of Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo, residence of Russian tsars). Near Sankt Petersburg, Russia, October 22, 2000
Seed head of wood avens (Colewort, Geum urbanum, Russian name Gravilat) in Sosnovka Park in Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 24, 2010
Flowers of blueberry (bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus, Russian name Chernika) in Sosnovka Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 22, 2011
Traditional Russian crafts Matrioshki (nestle dolls) at overlook of Vorobyovy Gory. Moscow, Russia, July 3, 2011
Russian nuclear missile in a railroad museum on Varshavsky Train Station. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2012
C. Brullov Hall in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 9, 2018
View of Kresty prison from Robespyera Embankment of Neva River. Two buildings have a shape of crosses (kresty mean crosses in Russian). Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 21, 1999.
Staring at Malevich "Black Square" painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
Swamp blueberry (Bog Bilberry, Vaccinium uliginosum, Russian name Golubika or Gonobobel) near Posiolok, 45 miles from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 15, 2007
Sculpture Mephistopheles by Mark Antokolsky in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2009
Moneywort (Creeping Jenny, Lysimachia nummularia, Russian name Verbeynik) in Aleksandrovsky Park in Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 10, 2010
Figures of winged animals at the top of Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2011
White flowers of Lesser Butterfly-orchid (Platanthera bifolia, Russian name liubka) near Novinka, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 14, 2014
