 World War II memorial in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 Ruins of Fourth Wing of the prison in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 Cathedral of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 Passages of King s(?) Tower in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 New (Narodnaya Volia) Prison in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 Underground chamber of King s(?) Tower in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 Golovin Tower of Shlisselburg Fortress, view from a boat. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 Cell of New (Narodnaya Volia) Prison in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 East beach in Orekhovy Island. Shlisselburg, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 Blagoveshchensky Cathedral. Shlisselburg, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 Old suspension bridge. Shlisselburg, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 Novoladozhsky Canal. Shlisselburg, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. Shlisselburg, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 Old market place (Gostiny Dvor). Shlisselburg, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
 Some ruins inside Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Ruins inside Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Ruins inside Ivan Gorod Fortress, view from walls. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Ruins of barracks and churches of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
 Ruins of Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
 Churches inside Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Orthodox Church inside Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Orthodox cathedrals inside Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Churches inside Ivan Gorod Fortress, view from walls. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Uspensky Cathedral in Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
 Saint George s Cathedral in Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
 Ruins of a corner tower of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 World War Memorial in Indianapolis (stars are reminiscent of communist symbols) and Scottish Rite Cathedral. Indiana, May 4, 1999.
 Long Hermann tower in Medieval Hermann s castle in Narva Fortress, view from a wall of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
 Entrance of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 View of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Interior of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Domed hall of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Narva Fortress from walls of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Abandoned World War II memorial on territory of Red Banner (Krasnoe Znamia) Textile Factory on Pionerskaya Street in Petrogradskaya Storona neighborhood. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 9, 2012
 Gate of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
 Novaya (New) Tower of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
 Towers and walls of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
 Nikola Church of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
 Doorway of Uspenskaya Church of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
 Mysterious passage under a wall of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
 Nabatnaya Tower of Ivan-Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
 Small island beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 View of Nikolsky Island from rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Small rocky island south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Churches of Ivangorod Fortress, view from a wall near Vorotnaya (Gate) Tower. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
 Town Hall tower in Narva (now on Estonian territory) as seen from a wall of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
 Ruins of monk s barracks in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
 Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
 Towers of Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
 Ruins of manor house of Razoumovsky in Gostilitsy village. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
 Excursion of ruins of Trinity church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
 Dmitry Solunsky church in Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
 Uspensky Cathedral in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
 Ruins of Trinity Church and bell tower in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
 A World War II soldiers memorial in Myasnitskiy Bor (?), north from Novgorod. Russia, August 1, 2001
 Eastern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Forest on rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Granite rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Western side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Pine forest on Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Saint George s cathedral in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
 Interior of a cathedral of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
 Cave Cathedral of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
 Cathedral in Sovkhoz Ilyich, now Vvedeno Oyatsky Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
 Interior of a cathedral of Vvedeno Oyatsky Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
 Pokrovsky Cathedral in Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
 Rocks south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Monastyrskaya Bay from southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 View to the north from a shrine on Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Interior of Nicholas (Nikolsky) Cathedral in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
 A wooden cabin near World War II soldiers memorial in Myasnitskiy Bor (?), north from Novgorod. Russia, August 1, 2001
 Pier of Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker on southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Cave Cathedral of Kievo Pechory Saints in Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
 Ruins of a fortress (?) and walls of Bet Atab village, 4 miles east from Beit Shemesh. The Middle East, July 5, 2001
 Knotted pearlwort (Sagina nodosa, Russian name Mshanka) on rocks south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Marsh lousewort (red-rattle, Pedicularis palustris, Russian name mytnik) on southern side of Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Flower of marsh lousewort (red-rattle, Pedicularis palustris, Russian name mytnik) on southern side of Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
 Center Pole Shrine inside Spirit Ring of Bonfire Memorial on campus of Texas A and M University. College Station, Texas, July 28, 2013
 Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Brown cat in Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Walls of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Koporye Fortress in snow. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 A church in Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Tower of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Worship in Nicholas (Nikolsky) Cathedral in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
 Tree bark in Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Walls of Koporye Fortress in snow. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Walls of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Walls of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Narrow window of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Brick walls of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Tower of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Orthodox Church in Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Narva River from walls of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 View of Narva River from walls of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Round tower of Ivan Gorod Fortress, view from walls. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
 Ruins of Dome Cathedral (old city church). Vyborg, Russia, May 27, 2011
 Ruins near Sablino Train Station, 30 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 29, 2012
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