![](../../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/17t.jpg) View of Narva River from 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/24t.jpg) Walls of Ivan Gorod Fortress. 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/23t.jpg) Round tower of Ivan Gorod Fortress, view from walls. 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/25t.jpg) 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/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/12t.jpg) Ruins inside 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/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/2005/457/jpeg/13t.jpg) Nabatnaya Tower of Ivan-Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../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/2013/1148/jpeg/26t.jpg) Walls of Koporye 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/05t.jpg) Brick walls of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../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/2005/457/jpeg/12t.jpg) Towers and walls of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1148/jpeg/24t.jpg) Koporye Fortress in snow. 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/2013/1149/jpeg/06t.jpg) Brown cat in 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/2013/1149/jpeg/07t.jpg) Narrow window of Koporye Fortress. 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/02t.jpg) Ruins of a corner tower of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/11t.jpg) Gate 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/16t.jpg) Mysterious passage under a wall 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/15t.jpg) Doorway of Uspenskaya Church of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../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/2004/401/jpeg/08t.jpg) Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../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/2005/459/jpeg/26t.jpg) Ruins 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/07t.jpg) Saint George s 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/2013/1258/jpeg/18t.jpg) Chapel in Porkhov Fortress in Porkhov, Pskov Region. Russia, September 8, 2013
![](../../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/21t.jpg) Church garden in 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/17t.jpg) Middle Tower of 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/2013/1258/jpeg/19t.jpg) Interior of Nikolskaya Church in Porkhov Fortress in Porkhov, Pskov Region. Russia, September 8, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1153/jpeg/23t.jpg) Yard of Peter and Paul Fortress. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 13, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/405/jpeg/17t.jpg) Tourists crowding at the gate, under the fortress walls of Pskov-Pechory Monastery. Pechory, Russia, August 8, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1153/jpeg/25t.jpg) Winter swimming from a bastion of Peter and Paul Fortress. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 13, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/23t.jpg) World War II memorial 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/24t.jpg) New (Narodnaya Volia) 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/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/01t.jpg) Underground chamber 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/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/22t.jpg) World War II memorial inside Cathedral ruins in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1153/jpeg/22t.jpg) Peter the Great sculpture in Peter and Paul Fortress. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 13, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/212/jpeg/22t.jpg) Ruins of a fortress (?) and walls of Bet Atab village, 4 miles east from Beit Shemesh. The Middle East, July 5, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1875/jpeg/32t.jpg) Walls remaining from Bienkovsky Mansion in Zakhodskoe, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 7, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/26t.jpg) Fog in Khiuttelevo Village. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/09t.jpg) Trees in Kingisepp. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1151/jpeg/17t.jpg) Gatchina Palace at morning. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 12, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/08t.jpg) Orthodox Church in Kingisepp. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1148/jpeg/23t.jpg) Ruins of a manor house in Gostilitsy, Leningrad Region. Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/117/jpeg/08t.jpg) Peter and Paul Fortress behind Neva River. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 1, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/177/jpeg/17t.jpg) In Byzantine fortress. Avdat, the Middle East, February 15, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/177/jpeg/16t.jpg) Byzantine fortress. Avdat, the Middle East, February 15, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/122/jpeg/00t.jpg) Nimrod Fortress (?) on Golan Heights. The Middle East. February 19, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/26t.jpg) Resurrection Cathedral (1887) in Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1242/jpeg/11t.jpg) Various mosses in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1241/jpeg/21t.jpg) Mosses in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/28t.jpg) Powder bunker of Vyborg Fortress. Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1241/jpeg/20t.jpg) Moss and sundew in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1242/jpeg/06t.jpg) Orange moss in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1241/jpeg/23t.jpg) Bud of a small plant in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1241/jpeg/24t.jpg) Cranberry and sundew in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1241/jpeg/25t.jpg) Yellow moss in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/405/jpeg/23t.jpg) The tower of Lukovka of the ancient fortress Izborsk. Russia, August 8, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/406/jpeg/01t.jpg) The tower of Temnushka(?) of the ancient fortress Izborsk. Russia, August 8, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/29t.jpg) Gate of a powder bunker of Vyborg Fortress. Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1882/jpeg/08t.jpg) Peter and Paul Fortress. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1242/jpeg/02t.jpg) Sundew growing in moss in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1242/jpeg/12t.jpg) Various green and yellow mosses in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1242/jpeg/07t.jpg) Close up of orange moss in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1241/jpeg/26t.jpg) Yellow moss with seeds in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1242/jpeg/01t.jpg) Close up of brown moss in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/11t.jpg) View of Cheremenetskoe Lake from Golubkovo Village, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1242/jpeg/04t.jpg) Red moss with sundew seedlings in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1258/jpeg/08t.jpg) Monument of heroes partisans at a road stop north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, September 8, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/16t.jpg) Cemetery of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/22t.jpg) Entrance of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/405/jpeg/25t.jpg) Sacred Slavensky Springs near the ancient fortress Izborsk. Russia, August 8, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2486/jpeg/12t.jpg) Blooming bird cherry on a wall of Yamburg Fortress in Kingisepp. Russia, May 5, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/17t.jpg) Cat sitting on ruins in John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
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