St Petersburg Collection (#26)

Great Cascade with Great Palace in the background, Peterhof, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Statue of Jupiter to left in foreground, Great Cascade in the background, Peterhof, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

West Chapel, Peterhof, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

East Chapel, Peterhof, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Samson Fountain, Great Palace, view from Sea Canal, Peterhof, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

St Catherines Cathedral, Pushkin (Tsarskoe Selo), St Petersburg, Russia
This cathedral, built in 1835-40 by architect, Konstantin Ton, stood in the center of Tsarskoe Selo surrounded by a park. It was a loose copy of his Temple of Christ the Savior in Moscow

Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Dvortsoviy bridge on Neva river
Bridge over Neva river in St.Petersburg at evening. The bridge links the mainland with Vasilevskiy Island. The bridge is raised at 01.20am and in the high season crowds gather to watch

View of Menshikovs Palace on Vasilievsky Island, 1717 (etching)
BAL740623 View of Menshikovs Palace on Vasilievsky Island, 1717 (etching) by Zubov, Alexei Fyodorovich (1682/3-1751); 16.5x19.8 cm; State Hermitage Museum, St

Nevsky Prospekt, 1799 (w / c on paper)
BAL487243 Nevsky Prospekt, 1799 (w/c on paper) by Patersson, Benjamin (1750-1816); State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; (add.info.: Nevsky Avenue is the main street in the city of St)

View of the Winter Palace from Vasilyevsky Island, 1796 (oil on canvas)
BAL486575 View of the Winter Palace from Vasilyevsky Island, 1796 (oil on canvas) by Mayr, Johann Georg (1760-1816); 77x117 cm; State Hermitage Museum, St

View of Nevsky Prospekt, near the Gostiny Dvor, St. Petersburg, 1823 (w / c on paper)
BAL486571 View of Nevsky Prospekt, near the Gostiny Dvor, St. Petersburg, 1823 (w/c on paper) by Beggrov, Karl Pavlovich (1799-1875); State Hermitage Museum, St

Catherine II on the Balcony of the Winter Palace, greeted by Guards and People
BAL486573 Catherine II on the Balcony of the Winter Palace, greeted by Guards and People on the Day of the Palace Revolution, 28th June, 1762 (colour litho) by Kaestner

Map 1756, Russia, St Petersburg, 19th century engraving

View of the Isaac Bridge during celebrations of the centenary of Saint Petersburg
XIR284163 View of the Isaac Bridge during celebrations of the centenary of Saint Petersburg (engraving) by Lory, Gabriel Ludwig (1763-1840); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Fish-bark of St Petersburg, Russia

RUSSIA: ST. PETERSBURG. Panoramic view of St. Petersburg, Russia, with the Hermitage (left), the Winter Palace and the Port of Admiralty. Drawing by John Atkinson, c1805

Bolshevik cavalrymen of Russia pictured of the streets of Petrograd 9 August 1920

A view of Petrograd in Russia 1924

External view of Peterhof, Peter the Greats Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

View of the French-style formal gardens at the Catherine Palace, Tsarskoe Selo, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

View of the Cameron Gallery at the Catherine Palace, Tsarskoe Selo, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Exterior view of the Catherine Palace, Tsarskoe Selo, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

The Grand Cascade of Peterhof, Peter the Greats Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Vera Ivanovna Zasulich (1849 - 1919) Russian Marxist revolutionary attempting the assassination of Fyodor Trepov (1803 - 1889) Chief of the St Petersburg Police (1860 - 1878)

Unrest in Russia, April 1890. Arrest of students from the Mining Academy, St Petersburg

Russia, St Petersburg, traditional clothing at market stall

Russia, St Petersburg, two steins of beer

Russia, St. Petersburg from Peter and Paul Fortress, engraving, 19th century
Russia, 19th century. View of St. Petersburg from the Peter and Paul Fortress. Engraving

Russia, St Petersburg, Parade in front of Imperial Palace, engraving
Russia, 19th century. St. Petersburg. Parade in front of the Imperial Palace. Engraving

Russia, St Petersburg, Illumination of Prospettiva Nevskij Boulevard on announcement of Treaty of San Stefano which
Russia, 19th century. St. Petersburg. Illumination of Prospettiva Nevskij Boulevard on the announcement of the Treaty of San Stefano which ended the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)

France, Paris, Field Marshalls Hall of Winter Palace
Russia - Saint Petersburg - 19th century. The Field Marshalls Hall of the Winter Palace. Lithograph by Sadownikoff

Paraceraurus exsul C015 / 0728
Paraceraurus exsul Beyrich 1846. Ordovician, Llanvirn series, Dubovici Formation, Duboviki, River Volchov, St Petersburg, Russia. Pete Lawrance collection

Paraceraurus exsul Beyrich 1846. Ordovician, Llanvirn series, Dubovici Formation, Duboviki, River Volchov, St Petersburg, Russia. Pete Lawrance collection

Jerome de Lalande, French astronomer
Jerome de Lalande (1732-1807), French astronomer. Joseph Jerome Le Francois de Lalande trained as a lawyer, but also took a keen interest in astronomy

Snow battle, Russia C013 / 5998
Snow battle. Young people taking part in a flash mob snow battle in Marsovo Pole (Field of Mars) park, St Petersburg, Russia

Snow battle, Russia C013 / 5997
Snow battle. Young people throwing snowballs during a flash mob snow battle in Marsovo Pole (Field of Mars) park, St Petersburg, Russia

Pharmaceutical laboratory C013 / 5955
Pharmaceutical laboratory. Worker with a hopper full of pills at a pharmaceutical research and development centre. Photographed in St Petersburg, Russia

Pharmaceutical laboratory C013 / 5954
Pharmaceutical laboratory. Close-up of a worker holding pills at a pharmaceutical research and development centre. Photographed in St Petersburg, Russia

Electric car C013 / 9303
Electric car. Exterior of the Misubishi i-MiEV electric car. Photographed in St. Petersburg, Russia, on 2nd February 2012

Television manufacturing C013 / 9148
Television manufacturing. Workers assembling flatscreen televisions on the production line of the TPV TV and monitor factory in St Petersburg, Russia

Television manufacturing C013 / 9146
Television manufacturing. Workers assembling flatscreen televisions on the production line of the TPV TV and monitor factory in St Petersburg, Russia

Catherine Palace, St Petersburg, Russia

A fountain in the Summer Garden, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

People enjoying the Summer Garden, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Decorative Russian dolls for sale, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

The decorative domes of the Church on Spilled Blood, UNESCO World Heritage Site, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Facade of the Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Lion statue outside the Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

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