![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1430/jpeg/15t.jpg) Caryatids of the building of 4th Central Research Institute of the Russian Ministry of Defense on Fontanka Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1430/jpeg/13t.jpg) Sculpture damaged by war on the building of 4th Central Research Institute of the Russian Ministry of Defense on Fontanka Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1430/jpeg/12t.jpg) Decoration over a window of the building of 4th Central Research Institute of the Russian Ministry of Defense on Fontanka Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1999/79/jpeg/04t.jpg) Decaying plaster on a building of 4th Central Research Institute of the Russian Ministry of Defense facing Fontanka River opposite to Summer Garden. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 13, 1999.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/970/jpeg/10t.jpg) Decoration of a building at 105 Fontanka River Embankment, near Gorokhovaya Street. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1431/jpeg/05t.jpg) Round courtyard of Ustinov - Petrov House at 92 Fontanka River Embankment, looking up. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1431/jpeg/04t.jpg) Round courtyard of Ustinov - Petrov House at 92 Fontanka River Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1999/80/jpeg/03t.jpg) Barbed wire surrounding huge restricted access territory of S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute (attached to Defense Ministry) at an eastern part of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 14, 1999.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/970/jpeg/08t.jpg) Embankment of Fontanka River, near Voznesensky Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/970/jpeg/11t.jpg) Angels on a building at Fontanka River, near Gorokhovaya Street. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/301/jpeg/17t.jpg) A house on Embankment of Fontanka River. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 22(?), 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/757/jpeg/05t.jpg) Decorations of White Hall of Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/594/jpeg/21t.jpg) Houses between Fontanka River Embankment and Mohovaya Street. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/594/jpeg/20t.jpg) A yard between Fontanka River Embankment and Mohovaya Street. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 27, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1999/80/jpeg/16t.jpg) Museum of S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute, decorations on the ceiling (the room has reach interior because the building was expropriated from a wealthy family after the Great October Socialist Revolution). Vasilyevsky Island, Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 14, 1999.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/765/jpeg/14t.jpg) Central part of bright red flower of cinquefoil (Potentilla x hybrida, Russian name Lapchatka) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1430/jpeg/22t.jpg) Window decorations at 20 Nevsky Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1445/jpeg/07t.jpg) Embankment of Griboedov Canal. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 23, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1430/jpeg/25t.jpg) Moyka River Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1421/jpeg/01t.jpg) Entrance of All-Russian Institute for Plant Protection (VIZR). Pushkin (former Tsarsoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 4, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1430/jpeg/16t.jpg) Pedestrians near Lebyazhya Kanavka Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1976/jpeg/24t.jpg) Building of Academy of Sciences at 5 Universitetskaya Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 18, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/1985/jpeg/10t.jpg) Transneft Administration Building from Voznesenskaya Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 10, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1436/jpeg/03t.jpg) Fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia, Russian name Kukushnik) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1436/jpeg/04t.jpg) Flowers of Fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia, Russian name Kukushnik) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1435/jpeg/09t.jpg) Fragrant orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea(?), Russian name Kukushnik) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1428/jpeg/26t.jpg) Jacob s Ladder (Polemonium caeruleum, Russian name Siniuha) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1426/jpeg/20t.jpg) Red flower of cinquefoil (Potentilla x hybrida, Russian name Lapchatka) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/1985/jpeg/12t.jpg) Administration building of Kalininsky district from Voznesenskaya Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 10, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1428/jpeg/06t.jpg) White flowers of grass lily (Ornithogalum, Russian name Ptitsemlechnik) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1429/jpeg/01t.jpg) Flowers of Jacob s Ladder (Polemonium caeruleum, Russian name Siniuha) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1426/jpeg/13t.jpg) White flowers of grass lily (Ornithogalum, Russian name Ptitsemlechnik) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1428/jpeg/09t.jpg) Red-flowered viper s grass (Russian bugloss, Echium russicum) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1427/jpeg/06t.jpg) White flowers of grass lily (Ornithogalum, Russian name Ptitsemlechnik) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1429/jpeg/05t.jpg) Common lady s mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris, Russian name Manzhetka) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1435/jpeg/19t.jpg) White flowers on a bush of ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius, Russian name Puzyreplodnik) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 13, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1428/jpeg/15t.jpg) Blue comfrey flowers (beinwell, Symphytum caucasicum, Russian name Okopnik) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1427/jpeg/10t.jpg) White flowers of Boreal chickweed (Cerastium biebersteinii, Russian name Yaskolka) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 9, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1423/jpeg/03t.jpg) Wooden building of Train Station Marienburg. South from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 6, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/766/jpeg/05t.jpg) Central part of orange poppy in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/872/jpeg/01t.jpg) Central part of red poppy flower in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/765/jpeg/26t.jpg) Central part of a blue iris flower in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/970/jpeg/05t.jpg) Boat "Groznyi" in Fontanka River. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/768/jpeg/16t.jpg) Interior decorations of Church of Savior on Blood. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 25, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/1985/jpeg/17t.jpg) Monument of a Russian communist leader V. Ulyanov (Lenin) on an armored train with Christmas decorations in front of Finland Train Station. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 10, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/970/jpeg/06t.jpg) Area near Fontanka River, near Voznesensky Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/970/jpeg/07t.jpg) Traffic near Fontanka River, near Voznesensky Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/970/jpeg/09t.jpg) Area of Fontanka River, near Gorokhovaya Street. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1413/jpeg/06t.jpg) Blooming berberry near All-Russian Institute for Plant Protection (VIZR). Pushkin (former Tsarsoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 25, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1413/jpeg/03t.jpg) Tour of an insect lab of All-Russian Institute for Plant Protection (VIZR). Pushkin (former Tsarsoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 25, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1413/jpeg/05t.jpg) Lilac near an insect lab of All-Russian Institute for Plant Protection (VIZR). Pushkin (former Tsarsoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 25, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2003/346/jpeg/23t.jpg) Swan Lake ballet in Imperial Theatre on the Fontanka. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 29, 2003
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2003/346/jpeg/24t.jpg) Swan Lake ballet in Imperial Theatre on the Fontanka. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 29, 2003
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/970/jpeg/12t.jpg) View of Gorokhovaya(?) Street and Admiralty from Fontanka River. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1413/jpeg/07t.jpg) Close up of lilac flowers near All-Russian Institute for Plant Protection (VIZR). Pushkin (former Tsarsoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 25, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1413/jpeg/09t.jpg) Parasitic insects on linden near All-Russian Institute for Plant Protection (VIZR). Pushkin (former Tsarsoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 25, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1413/jpeg/04t.jpg) Hogweed (Heracleum) near an insect lab of All-Russian Institute for Plant Protection (VIZR). Pushkin (former Tsarsoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 25, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1413/jpeg/08t.jpg) Large lilac flowers near All-Russian Institute for Plant Protection (VIZR). Pushkin (former Tsarsoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 25, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1522/jpeg/02t.jpg) Troitsky Bridge from Dvortsovaya Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 29, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1522/jpeg/03t.jpg) Peter and Paul Fortress from Dvortsovaya Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 29, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1522/jpeg/05t.jpg) Reflections of Troitsky Bridge from Dvortsovaya Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 29, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1522/jpeg/04t.jpg) Lights of Troitsky Bridge from Dvortsovaya Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 29, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1522/jpeg/01t.jpg) Liteyny Bridge from Kutuzov Embankment at morning. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 29, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/767/jpeg/10t.jpg) Thistle flower (Russian name Vasiliok) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1999/79/jpeg/19t.jpg) View of the rotunda of S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute and Menshikovskiy Palace (?) from Angliyskaya Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 13, 1999.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/871/jpeg/20t.jpg) Sempervivum (Hens and chicks, Russian name Molodilo) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/960/jpeg/09t.jpg) Polygonum bistorta (Gorets Zmeinyi in Russian) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2059/jpeg/14t.jpg) Cinquefoil (Potentilla x hybrida, Russian name Lapchatka) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 5, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1415/jpeg/16t.jpg) Purple flowers of beinwell (blue comfrey, Symphytum caucasicum, Russian name Okopnik) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 26, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1439/jpeg/20t.jpg) Exhibition of traditional Russian dress in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/485/jpeg/04t.jpg) A corridor in Benois Building (Corpus Benua) in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 28, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/485/jpeg/02t.jpg) A doorway in Benois Building (Corpus Benua) in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 28, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/965/jpeg/02t.jpg) Neva River embankment near Hermitage. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2058/jpeg/17t.jpg) Creeping navelwort (Omphalodes verna, Russian name pupochnik) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 5, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2071/jpeg/10t.jpg) Boreal chickweed (Cerastium biebersteinii, Russian name Yaskolka) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 20, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2060/jpeg/21t.jpg) Blue and red flowers of forget-me-not (Myosotis, Russian name Nezabudka) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 5, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2071/jpeg/13t.jpg) Goldmoss stonecrop (Sedum acre, Russian name Ochitok) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 20, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1425/jpeg/24t.jpg) Forget-me-not flowers (Russian name Nezabudka) east from Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 8, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/485/jpeg/05t.jpg) A hall of modern art in Benois Building (Corpus Benua) in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 28, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/769/jpeg/21t.jpg) Bright red flower of cinquefoil (Potentilla x hybrida, Russian name Lapchatka) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/765/jpeg/13t.jpg) Bright red flower of cinquefoil (Potentilla x hybrida, Russian name Lapchatka) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 23, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2060/jpeg/01t.jpg) Dwarf Russian almond (Prunus tenella, Amygdalus nana) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 5, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/872/jpeg/04t.jpg) Star-like white flowers of Vincetoxicum hirundinaria (Russian name Lastoven) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2059/jpeg/19t.jpg) Bird s-eye primrose (Primula farinosa, Pervotsvet Muchnisty in Russian) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 5, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2060/jpeg/11t.jpg) Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale, Russian name Oduvanchik) on a lawn in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 5, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1421/jpeg/06t.jpg) Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis, Russian name Landysh) in Menkovo, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 4, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1597/jpeg/05t.jpg) A.S. near a monument of Russian revolutioner Vladimir Lenin in front of Administration Building of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/965/jpeg/06t.jpg) Monument of political prisoners on embankment of Neva River. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1413/jpeg/13t.jpg) Malformed seed head of common dandelion (Taraxanum officinale) damaged by insects, near All-Russian Institute for Plant Protection (VIZR). Pushkin (former Tsarsoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 25, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1419/jpeg/13t.jpg) Arctic starflower (Trientalis europaea, Russian name Sedmichnik). Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 1, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1421/jpeg/07t.jpg) Flowers of Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis, Russian name Landysh) in Menkovo, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 4, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1421/jpeg/04t.jpg) False Lily-of-the-valley (Maianthemum bifolium, Russian name Maynik) in Menkovo, south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 4, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1437/jpeg/02t.jpg) White flowers of meadow rue (Thalictrum, Russian name Vasilistnik) near Novinka, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 14, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1422/jpeg/23t.jpg) Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa, Russian name Chornaya Ryabina) near a lake in Orekhovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 5, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1425/jpeg/21t.jpg) Dead-nettle (Lamium, Russian name Glukhaya Krapiva) east from Kuzmolovo, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 8, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1437/jpeg/04t.jpg) Quaking grass (Briza media, Russian name Triasunka) near Novinka, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, June 14, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/762/jpeg/23t.jpg) Crimson Parlor, with visible door decorations, of Gatchina Palace. Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 20, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1500/jpeg/07t.jpg) Accumulation of beetles on walls of old building in Ras Abrouq peninsula in west central coastal area, north from Zekreet. Qatar, November 14, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2059/jpeg/01t.jpg) Reddish leaves of barrenwort (Epimedium pinnatum subsp. colchicum, Russian name Goryanka) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 5, 2017
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