GAZ-M1 car (the first Soviet car "Emka" produced in 1935-43, originates from 1933 Ford-V8-40, according to Internet) in a yard of Dacha (summer house) on Sashi Nikiforova Street in Siverskaya, 45 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 6, 2003
Sculptures in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
Grand Parterre in Letniy Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 5, 2016
Stunted cavalier mushrooms (Melanoleuca brevipes)(?) near a fence of a summer house in Vyritsa, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 10, 2017
Moyka River south from Summer Garden. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 13, 1999.
GAZ-M1 car (the first Soviet car "Emka" produced in 1935-43, originates from 1933 Ford-V8-40, according to Internet) in a yard of Dacha (summer house) on Sashi Nikiforova Street in Siverskaya, 45 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 6, 2003
Monument of Russian fabulist Ivan Krylov in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
An alley of Letny Sad (Summer Garden) after a rain. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 19, 2005
Green arbor tunnel in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 4, 2016
Chinese Summer House (Creaking, or Pagoda, 1778 - 1786) in Ekaterininsky Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 30, 2011
Letny Sad (Summer Garden) and Palace of Peter the Great at Kutuzova Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 13, 1999.
Early snowfall over summer houses of a mining city Beriozovsk in Siberia, near Kemerovo. Russia, September 15, 2002
Creaking Summer House in Ekaterininsky (Catherine) Park of Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 25, 2017
Dacha (summer house) of G. E. Mesmakher in Shuvalovo Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 31, 2011
V. E. Krivdina Summer House (Dacha) at 16 Grigoryeva Street built at the beginning of 20th century in Sestroretskiy Kurort, 15 miles north-west from Sankt Petersburg. Russia, October 2, 2000
Cat sitting near a summer house south from Sosnovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 22, 2012
Summer houses on Beloe Lake in Lembolovo, 30 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 19, 2004
Moyka River near Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
Summer house of a rich businessman on Parkovaya Street in Sestroretsk, 15 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 8, 2007
Fountain with sculptures in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 4, 2016
Lower Summer House of Nicolas II in Alexandria Park. Peterhof, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 27, 2016
Pale brown milkcap mushrooms Lactarius azonites near hazel bushes in rich soil in a garden of a summer house on Sadovaya Street in Roshchino, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 7, 2018
Green arbor tunnel in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
Stairs of Creaking Summer House near Upper Ponds in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 19, 2013
Summer house with flowers on Krasnaya Street. Siverskaya south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 20, 2015
Reflection of Chinese Summer House (Creaking, or Pagoda) in Ekaterininsky Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 30, 2011
Creaking Summer House near Upper Ponds in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 19, 2013
Arbor in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
Creaking Summer House in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 3, 2016
A. A. Shvarts Dacha (Summer House) at Second Beriozovaya Alley on Kamennyi Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 23, 2013
Menagerie in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
M. N. Benois Dacha (summer house) in Sobstvennaya Dacha Park. Old Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2019
Letniy Sad (Summer Garden) at fall. Sankt Petersburg, Russia, September 29, 2000
A summer house (dacha) on a bank of Volkhov River in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
Summer house near Kholmistaya Street in Lisiy Nos, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 9, 2011
Bud of iris flower near a summer house on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
Reflection of Creaking or Chinese Summer-House (pagoda) in Upper Ponds in Ekaterininsky (Catherine) Park of Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 7, 2013
Dacha (summer house) in Siverskaya, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 15, 2014
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.
Summer house at 26 Dubkovskoe Shosse in Sestroretsk, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 26, 2003
Summer ragwort (Ligularia dentata) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 22, 2013
Summer ragwort (Ligularia dentata) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 30, 2013
Crowning Fountain at Grand Parterre in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 20, 2016
Sculpture of Grand Parterre in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
Green arbor of Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 5, 2016
Bitter fleabane (Erigeron acris) with insect eggs near a summer house on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
Summer house of a businessman opposite to a chapel in Vanakula near Rosson River north from Narva. Russia, May 5, 2019
Beloe (Valkijarvi) Lake and summer houses (Dachas) near railroad in Lembolovo, 40 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 12, 2009
Face of a brown cat in a summer house (Dacha) north from Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 11, 2010
Summer house at 20/9 Kholmistaya Street in Lisiy Nos, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 9, 2011
Linden alley in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 12, 2013
Grand Parterre in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
Linden alley with statues in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
Monument of Russian fabulist Ivan Krylov in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 12, 2013
Early snowfall over summer houses of a mining city Beriozovsk in Siberia, near Kemerovo. Russia, September 15, 2002
Grey cat in a summer house (dacha) near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 11, 2010
Arbor tunnel in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 4, 2016
Creaking Summer House in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 23, 2016
Amur and Psikheya Statue in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
Raising summer houses of affluent businessmen (sometimes called Novye Russkiye, New Russians, or nouveau riches) on hills of Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 4, 2004
People waiting elektrichka (electric train) to go to their dachas (summer houses), on the platform of Deviatkino Station. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 28, 2005
Close up of a flower of summer ragwort (Ligularia dentata) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 22, 2013
Creaking or Chinese Summer-House (pagoda) in Ekaterininsky (Catherine) Park of Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 7, 2013
Animal Yard in Letny Sad (Summer Garden) at evening. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 2, 2016
Gardens of summer houses of Beriozovsk, near Kemerovo in Siberia. Russia, September 15, 2002
Bearded iris near a summer house on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
Linden alley in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 4, 2016
Menageriya Pond in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 4, 2016
Linden alley in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
Dark fieldcap mushrooms (Cyclocybe erebia) in a garden of a summer house on Sadovaya Street in Roshchino, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 7, 2018
Close up of a brown cat in a summer house (Dacha) north from Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 11, 2010
A monument of Russian fabulist Ivan Krylov in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 19, 2005
Monkey on a monument of Russian fabulist Ivan Krylov in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 12, 2013
Brown cat on antique radio in a summer house (dacha) near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 11, 2010
Summer house (Dacha) in Tiarlevo near Slavyanka River in Pavlovsk Park. Pavlovsk, suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 18, 2015
A summer house (dacha) on a bank of Volkhov River in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
Ruins of a summer house in Lisiy Nos, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 9, 2011
Dacha (summer house) at Borovaya Street in Toksovo, suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 29, 2013
Green arbor in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 4, 2016
Alley in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
Alley with sculptures in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
Crowning Fountain at Grand Parterre in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
Fall colors in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
Crowning Fountain and Grand Parterre in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
Linden trees in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
Dacha (summer house) of a director of Porkhov Diary Plant Ryabukhin Valeriy Aleksandrovich near Carl Marx Street in Porkhov, Pskov Region. Russia, September 8, 2013
Crowning Fountain in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 9, 2018
Monument of Russian fabulist Ivan Krylov in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 9, 2018
Summer house at 62 Primorsky Prospect in Lisiy Nos, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 9, 2011
Fountain in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 4, 2016
Statues at Grand Parterre in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
A recently built summer house of a wealthy businessman in Toksovo, 10 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 4, 2004
White blooming bluebells near a summer house (Dacha) north from Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 11, 2010
Alley of Letny Sad (Summer Garden) at evening. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 2, 2016
Gulls on an embankment of Moyka River opposite to Summer Garden. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 13, 1999.
Pet cat in a summer house at 18 Sashi Nikiforova Street. Siverskaya south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 20, 2015
Crown Fountain in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 4, 2016
Central alley in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
Summer ragwort (Ligularia dentata) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 28, 2017
Berry of currant (Russian name Smorodina) near a summer house (Dacha) north from Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 11, 2010
Tongue of a brown cat during a medical procedure in a summer house (Dacha) north from Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 11, 2010
Letny Sad (Summer Garden) at evening, view to the south. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 2, 2016
Crowning Fountain at Grand Parterre of Letny Sad (Summer Garden) at evening. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 2, 2016
Blue iris flower near a summer house on 69 kilometr near Sosnovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 20, 2011
Minister Dacha (Summer House) at Second Beriozovaya Alley on Kamennyi Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 23, 2013
Gulls enjoying a free ride along Moyka River south from Summer Garden. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 13, 1999.
Fenced summer house of a rich businessman on Parkovaya Street in Sestroretsk, 15 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 8, 2007
Fountain and replicas of statues in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 12, 2013
Lion on a monument of Russian fabulist Ivan Krylov in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 12, 2013
Gnarl of linden tree in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 12, 2013
Brown cat in a summer house (dacha) near Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 11, 2010
Typical summer house (Dacha) with a kitchen garden in Lavriki, 2 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 26, 2012
Creaking Summer House in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2015
Letny Sad (Summer Garden) at evening, view to the north. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 2, 2016
Monument of Russian fabulist Ivan Krylov in Letny Sad (Summer Garden) at evening. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 2, 2016
Trees of Letny Sad (Summer Garden) at evening. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 2, 2016
Pergola of Letny Sad (Summer Garden) at evening. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 2, 2016
Arbor of Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 9, 2018
Arbor in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 12, 2013
Flowers of summer ragwort (Ligularia dentata) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 22, 2013
Summer house in Siverskaya, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 15, 2014
Yellow flowers of summer ragwort (Ligularia dentata) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 16, 2015
Creaking Summer House and Upper Ponds in Catherine Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2015
Tsaritsyn Fountain at northern entrance of Letny Sad (Summer Garden) at evening. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 2, 2016
Yellow flowers of summer ragwort (Ligularia dentata) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 18, 2016
Summer ragwort (Ligularia dentata) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 26, 2016
Summer ragwort (Ligularia dentata) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2016
Alley in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 4, 2016
Sculptures in a linden alley in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 4, 2016
Aviary Court in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 4, 2016
Octagonal fountain in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 4, 2016
Green tunnel in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 4, 2016
Crowning Fountain in Letniy Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 5, 2016
Statue of Grand Parterre in Letniy Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 5, 2016
Fall colors of Grand Parterre in Letniy Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 5, 2016
Puffball mushrooms (Lycoperdon pyriforme) on a tree of Grand Parterre in Letniy Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 5, 2016
Pergola in Letniy Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 5, 2016
Amur and Psikheya Statue in Letniy Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 5, 2016
Linden trees in Letniy Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 5, 2016
Fountain in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
Fall colors of Grand Parterre in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
Fall colors of linden alley in Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 21, 2016
Arbor of Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 5, 2016
Linden alley of Letny Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 5, 2016
Summer ragwort (Ligularia dentata) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 4, 2017
Masses of drab milkcap mushrooms Lactarius azonites near hazel bushes in rich soil in a garden of a summer house on Sadovaya Street in Roshchino, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 7, 2018
Young dark fieldcap mushrooms (Cyclocybe erebia) in a garden of a summer house on Sadovaya Street in Roshchino, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 7, 2018
Vintage appearance of M. N. Benois Dacha (summer house) in Sobstvennaya Dacha Park. Old Peterhof, west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2019
Crowning Fountain at Grand Parterre in Letniy Sad (Summer Garden). Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 5, 2016
Tall concrete fence around a summer house at 53 Borovaya Street in Toksovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 16, 2021
Gardens of a summer house on Sadovaya Street in Roshchino, 30 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 4, 2024
Red brittlegill (Russula) mushrooms in a dense forest near a summer house at 9a 2nd Borovaya Street in Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 7, 2024
Mushrooms Gerronema strombodes in a dense forest near a summer house at 9a 2nd Borovaya Street in Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 7, 2024
Side view of mushrooms Gerronema strombodes in a dense forest near a summer house at 9a 2nd Borovaya Street in Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 7, 2024
Bitter bracket mushrooms (Postia stiptica) on rotting wood in a dense forest near a summer house at 9a 2nd Borovaya Street in Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 7, 2024
Pores of bitter bracket mushrooms (Postia stiptica) on rotting wood in a dense forest near a summer house at 9a 2nd Borovaya Street in Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 7, 2024
Cross section of bitter bracket mushrooms (Postia stiptica) on rotting wood in a dense forest near a summer house at 9a 2nd Borovaya Street in Solnechnoe, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 7, 2024
A cluster of fresh graves from the summer of 2025, including that of Igor Vadimovich Lebedev (1969-2025), a 56-year-old casualty. The scene is densely packed with temporary wooden crosses, massive wreaths in the Russian tricolor, and various unit flags--including the VDV (Airborne Forces) and Motorized Rifle Troops--while a lone mourner in the background tends to a plot, emphasizing the personal grief amidst the mass scale of death. "Alley of Heroes" at Cemetery of the Victims of January 9, St. Petersburg, Russia, October 4, 2025
The grave of Mikhail Ilyich Svyatkin (1986-2025), a 39-year-old soldier whose death in May 2025 aligns with the surge in casualties during the spring and summer of that year. His wooden cross bears a framed photo of him in combat gear holding a rifle, surrounded by wreaths inscribed "From Mother," highlighting the personal grief embedded in the mass loss. The background is crowded with similar fresh graves, flags, and flowers, reinforcing the density and continuity of the burials at this active military cemetery. "Alley of Heroes" at Cemetery of the Victims of January 9, St. Petersburg, Russia, October 4, 2025
Serene autumn scene at Laskovy Beach (Russian: Laskovyy Plyazh) in the settlement of Solnechnoe, located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, approximately 40 kilometers northwest of Saint Petersburg. Laskovy Beach is one of the most popular beaches in the Kurortny District of Saint Petersburg. The name "Laskovy" translates to "Affectionate" or "Tender," while the settlement name, Solnechnoe, means "Sunny". This area has a rich history as a summer resort destination; formerly known as the Finnish village of Ollila, it became a hub for St. Petersburg s intelligentsia and dacha owners in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The image shows a trio of birch trees with vibrant yellow and orange leaves, which is characteristic of the "Golden Autumn" season in the Leningrad Region during early-to-mid October. The golden leaves contrast strikingly with the blue sky and the dark blue waters of the Gulf. The large white concrete sphere on the sand is a landscaping feature. Russia, October 9, 2025
Fall colors of green area between apartment houses near Svetlanovsky Prospect from a balcony on the third floor. The colors are predominantly earthy, muted golds, and olive tones, reflecting the transition of the foliage from late summer green to autumn dormancy. This palette creates a cozy, nostalgic mood, characteristic of a quiet residential courtyard in autumn. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 9, 2025
