![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/22t.jpg) World War II memorial inside Cathedral ruins in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/24t.jpg) New (Narodnaya Volia) Prison in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/26t.jpg) Passages of King s(?) Tower in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/21t.jpg) Cathedral of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1087/jpeg/01t.jpg) Underground chamber of King s(?) Tower in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1087/jpeg/04t.jpg) Golovin Tower of Shlisselburg Fortress, view from a boat. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1087/jpeg/03t.jpg) Ruins of Fourth Wing of the prison in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/25t.jpg) Cell of New (Narodnaya Volia) Prison in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1087/jpeg/02t.jpg) East beach in Orekhovy Island. Shlisselburg, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/19t.jpg) Old suspension bridge. Shlisselburg, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/16t.jpg) Novoladozhsky Canal. Shlisselburg, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/18t.jpg) Blagoveshchensky Cathedral. Shlisselburg, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/20t.jpg) Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. Shlisselburg, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/17t.jpg) Old market place (Gostiny Dvor). Shlisselburg, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/18t.jpg) Long Hermann tower in Medieval Hermann s castle in Narva Fortress, view from a wall of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/21t.jpg) Narva Fortress from walls of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1094/jpeg/10t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/11t.jpg) Gate of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/12t.jpg) Towers and walls of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/14t.jpg) Nikola Church of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/20t.jpg) Novaya (New) Tower of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/17t.jpg) Ruins of barracks and churches of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/13t.jpg) Nabatnaya Tower of Ivan-Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/16t.jpg) Mysterious passage under a wall of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/15t.jpg) Doorway of Uspenskaya Church of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/23t.jpg) Small island beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/25t.jpg) View of Nikolsky Island from rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/10t.jpg) Small rocky island south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/21t.jpg) Churches of Ivangorod Fortress, view from a wall near Vorotnaya (Gate) Tower. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/19t.jpg) Town Hall tower in Narva (now on Estonian territory) as seen from a wall of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/08t.jpg) Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/26t.jpg) Ruins of Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/01t.jpg) Towers of Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/06t.jpg) Uspensky Cathedral in Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/05t.jpg) Dmitry Solunsky church in Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/07t.jpg) Saint George s Cathedral in Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/216/jpeg/01t.jpg) A World War II soldiers memorial in Myasnitskiy Bor (?), north from Novgorod. Russia, August 1, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/22t.jpg) Pine forest on Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/24t.jpg) Granite rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/26t.jpg) Forest on rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/14t.jpg) Southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/13t.jpg) Eastern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/18t.jpg) Western side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/15t.jpg) Monastyrskaya Bay from southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/17t.jpg) View to the north from a shrine on Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/21t.jpg) Rocks south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/216/jpeg/04t.jpg) A wooden cabin near World War II soldiers memorial in Myasnitskiy Bor (?), north from Novgorod. Russia, August 1, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/16t.jpg) Pier of Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker on southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/12t.jpg) Knotted pearlwort (Sagina nodosa, Russian name Mshanka) on rocks south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/27t.jpg) Marsh lousewort (red-rattle, Pedicularis palustris, Russian name mytnik) on southern side of Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/28t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1148/jpeg/26t.jpg) Walls of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/03t.jpg) A church in Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1148/jpeg/25t.jpg) Tower of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1148/jpeg/24t.jpg) Koporye Fortress in snow. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/06t.jpg) Brown cat in Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/25t.jpg) Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/01t.jpg) Walls of Koporye Fortress in snow. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/04t.jpg) Tree bark in Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/05t.jpg) Brick walls of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/07t.jpg) Narrow window of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/24t.jpg) Walls of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/18t.jpg) Walls of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/13t.jpg) Tower of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/10t.jpg) Orthodox Church in Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/12t.jpg) Ruins inside Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/02t.jpg) Ruins of a corner tower of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/19t.jpg) Churches inside Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/15t.jpg) Some ruins inside Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/14t.jpg) Orthodox cathedrals inside Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/11t.jpg) Orthodox Church inside Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/16t.jpg) Narva River from walls of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/22t.jpg) Ruins inside Ivan Gorod Fortress, view from walls. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/23t.jpg) Round tower of Ivan Gorod Fortress, view from walls. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/20t.jpg) Churches inside Ivan Gorod Fortress, view from walls. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/17t.jpg) View of Narva River from walls of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1999/87/jpeg/25t.jpg) World War Memorial in Indianapolis (stars are reminiscent of communist symbols) and Scottish Rite Cathedral. Indiana, May 4, 1999.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/19t.jpg) A church of Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/11t.jpg) Wooden bridge to Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/20t.jpg) Interior of a church of Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1258/jpeg/20t.jpg) Inner garden in Porkhov Fortress in Porkhov, Pskov Region. Russia, September 8, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1258/jpeg/18t.jpg) Chapel in Porkhov Fortress in Porkhov, Pskov Region. Russia, September 8, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1258/jpeg/21t.jpg) Church garden in Porkhov Fortress in Porkhov, Pskov Region. Russia, September 8, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1258/jpeg/17t.jpg) Middle Tower of Porkhov Fortress in Porkhov, Pskov Region. Russia, September 8, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1258/jpeg/23t.jpg) Nikolskaya Church in Porkhov Fortress in Porkhov, Pskov Region. Russia, September 8, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1258/jpeg/19t.jpg) Interior of Nikolskaya Church in Porkhov Fortress in Porkhov, Pskov Region. Russia, September 8, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1258/jpeg/22t.jpg) Details of a church garden in Porkhov Fortress in Porkhov, Pskov Region. Russia, September 8, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/02t.jpg) Grigory Rasputin memorial in Alexandrovsky Park in Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 15, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/29t.jpg) Warning "Entrance only for Blessed" in a forest at Main Monastery Road, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1433/jpeg/26t.jpg) Stonecrop flowers near guerilla memorial north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, June 12, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/30t.jpg) Cemetery of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/04t.jpg) Brown cat near the entrance of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1432/jpeg/17t.jpg) Mountain clover (Trifolium montanum) near guerilla memorial north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, June 12, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/32t.jpg) Some yellow flowers in Lower Garden of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/07t.jpg) Entrance of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/08t.jpg) View of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/09t.jpg) A park opposite to Laborer s House of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/05t.jpg) Interior of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/06t.jpg) Domed hall of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
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