![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/12t.jpg) Backyard of monk s dorms of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/13t.jpg) Entrance of monk s dorms of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/14t.jpg) Cat guarding monk s dorms of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/20t.jpg) Apple garden and a John Bogoslov Cathedral in John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 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/2013/1243/jpeg/18t.jpg) Old stone stairs in John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/15t.jpg) Stone arch at main entrance of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/19t.jpg) Old Metal Lathe Enterprise 1330 in John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/07t.jpg) Chapel of John Bogoslov in Navolok Village west from Cheremenetskoe Lake, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 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/2013/1243/jpeg/02t.jpg) Ruins of Polovtsev (Rapti) Palace in Dzerzhinskogo Village, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/05t.jpg) Stones of Polovtsev (Rapti) Palace in Dzerzhinskogo Village, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/06t.jpg) Old log house in Navolok Village west from Cheremenetskoe Lake, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/05t.jpg) Ruins of monk s barracks in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/04t.jpg) Grand stairs of Polovtsev (Rapti) Palace in Dzerzhinskogo Village, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/03t.jpg) Stone arch of Polovtsev (Rapti) Palace in Dzerzhinskogo Village, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/08t.jpg) Some roadside chapel near Navolok Village west from Cheremenetskoe Lake, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/10t.jpg) Interior of Alexander Nevsky Chapel near Pepyi Village west from Cheremenetskoe Lake, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/09t.jpg) Alexander Nevsky Chapel (under restoration) near Pepyi Village west from Cheremenetskoe Lake, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/03t.jpg) Dorms for monks in Antoniev-Dymsky Monastery near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/23t.jpg) Borovoe Mansion (Usadba), former sanatorium Krasny Val (built by G. Lvov in 1915), near Cheremenetskoe Lake, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/25t.jpg) Borovoe Palace (Usadba), former sanatorium Krasny Val, view from a hilltop pavilion, near Cheremenetskoe Lake, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/24t.jpg) Borovoe Palace (Usadba), former NKVD sanatorium Krasny Val (built by G. Lvov in 1915), near Cheremenetskoe Lake, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/26t.jpg) Resurrection Cathedral (1887) in Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/01t.jpg) Brittlegill (Russula sp.) mushrooms in pine forest near roadside stop at a partisan monument. North from Luga, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1259/jpeg/07t.jpg) Monk s cat in Holy Annunciation Nikandrova Desert Monastery (Svyato-Blagoveshchenskaya Nikandrova Pustyn). Pskov Region, Russia, September 8, 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/2013/1259/jpeg/05t.jpg) Tomb of a monk in cemetery of Holy Annunciation Nikandrova Desert Monastery (Svyato-Blagoveshchenskaya Nikandrova Pustyn). Pskov Region, Russia, September 8, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1258/jpeg/09t.jpg) Fall colors of bracken ferns (Pteridium aquilinum) at a road stop north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, September 8, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1874/jpeg/09t.jpg) Uspeniya Monastery in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1259/jpeg/08t.jpg) Monk s cow visiting church hardware shop Ikonnaya Lavka in Holy Annunciation Nikandrova Desert Monastery (Svyato-Blagoveshchenskaya Nikandrova Pustyn). Pskov Region, Russia, September 8, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1874/jpeg/13t.jpg) Black cat near Uspeniya Monastery in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1874/jpeg/08t.jpg) View of Uspeniya Monastery from Tikhvinka River in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../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/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/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/20t.jpg) Moss and sundew 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/2013/1242/jpeg/02t.jpg) Sundew growing in 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/2013/1242/jpeg/04t.jpg) Red moss with sundew seedlings in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/05t.jpg) Vvedeno Oyatsky Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1242/jpeg/08t.jpg) Small pine trees growing in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/13t.jpg) Entrance of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1432/jpeg/18t.jpg) Cemetery in Gorodets north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, June 12, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1432/jpeg/19t.jpg) Church in Gorodets north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, June 12, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1242/jpeg/05t.jpg) Heather (Calluna vulgaris, Russian name Veresk) in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1241/jpeg/22t.jpg) Small brown mushroom Galerina tibiicystis in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1242/jpeg/03t.jpg) Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) growing in moss in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/07t.jpg) Interior of a cathedral of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/14t.jpg) Back entrance of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/12t.jpg) Pokrovsky Cathedral in Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/15t.jpg) Back road of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/06t.jpg) Interior of a cathedral of Vvedeno Oyatsky Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/08t.jpg) Cave Cathedral of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/04t.jpg) Cathedral in Sovkhoz Ilyich, now Vvedeno Oyatsky Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1432/jpeg/20t.jpg) Tombs of cemetery in Gorodets north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, June 12, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/10t.jpg) Cathedrals near Pogostskoe Lake in Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../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/2013/1242/jpeg/09t.jpg) Cranberry (Oxycoccus palustris, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Russian name Kliukva) in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1242/jpeg/14t.jpg) Red berries of cranberry (Oxycoccus palustris, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Russian name Kliukva) in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1242/jpeg/10t.jpg) Fruits of cranberry (Oxycoccus palustris, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Russian name Kliukva) in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1242/jpeg/15t.jpg) Berries of cranberry (Oxycoccus palustris, Vaccinium oxycoccos, Russian name Kliukva) in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/09t.jpg) Cave Cathedral of Kievo Pechory Saints in Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/11t.jpg) Troitsky chapel bathhouse on Pogostskoe Lake in Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../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/2014/1432/jpeg/21t.jpg) Henbane (Hyoscyamus, Russian name Belena) on a cemetery in Gorodets north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, June 12, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/09t.jpg) Uspensky Monastery in Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1433/jpeg/27t.jpg) Pink flowers of common sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia) near guerilla memorial north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, June 12, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/12t.jpg) Barracks for monks in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1242/jpeg/16t.jpg) White birch bolete mushroom (bog bolete, Leccinum holopus, Russian name Podberiozovik) near Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/09t.jpg) A dome of Trinity(?) Church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/14t.jpg) A cathedral in Uspensky Monastery at evening. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/12t.jpg) A church window in Uspensky Monastery. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/07t.jpg) Tour of a Trinity church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/05t.jpg) A cathedral in Antoniev-Dymsky Monastery near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/216/jpeg/11t.jpg) Dorms(?) and Krestovozdvizhensky Cathedral, view from Yuriev Monastery. Novgorod, Russia, August 1, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/13t.jpg) A church and a bell tower in Uspensky Monastery. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/10t.jpg) Uspensky Monastery, view from bell tower. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/06t.jpg) Excursion of ruins of Trinity church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/10t.jpg) Trapeznaya (church dining room) in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/08t.jpg) Decaying fresco in Trinity Church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/03t.jpg) Nicholas (Nikolsky) monastery and a boat ramp in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/13t.jpg) Ruins of Trinity Church and bell tower in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/04t.jpg) Blessing(?) of a believer tourist in Blagoveshcheniya Church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/11t.jpg) A cook in trapeznaya (church dining room) in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/24t.jpg) Interior of a recently open church of Uspensky(?) monastery in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/11t.jpg) Church bells and a cathedral of Uspensky Monastery, view from bell tower. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/06t.jpg) View from a road to Spaso-Troitsky Skit (remote part of a monastery) in village of Senno, near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/957/jpeg/24t.jpg) John the Baptist church in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, June 4, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/14t.jpg) John the Baptist church in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/19t.jpg) John the Baptist church in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
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