 Museum of S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute with an old artistically decorated chimney and a Soviet-era exposition. The museum was settled in a former typewriting office (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.
 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.
 A monument to a Soviet academician S. I. Vavilov (a brother of a well-known biologist executed for political reasons) in front of a new building of S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute. The monument faces barbed wire surrounding the institute at Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 14, 1999.
 A new building of S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute facing a restricted access extension of Bolshoi Prospect of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 14, 1999.
 A. I. Sherstyuk in a museum of S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute, under portraits of founders of the institute (1918). Vasilyevsky Island, Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 14, 1999.
 A. I. Sherstyuk in the lab of the former 16th Department of S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute. The room is occupied by an atomic spectroscopy group. Vasilyevsky Island, Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 14, 1999.
 A. I. Sherstyuk among co-workers in the lab of the former 16th Department of S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute. The room is occupied by an atomic spectroscopy group. Vasilyevsky Island, Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 14, 1999.
 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.
 A. V. Sergeev in his lab of the former 16th Department of S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute. A chemical bottle is intended for watering a plant, it is labelled pit nelzya (don t drink in Russian). Vasilyevsky Island, Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 14, 1999.
 View of the rotunda of S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute and Menshikovskiy Palace (?) from Angliyskaya Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 13, 1999.
 Centenary commemoration of Great October Socialist Revolution in the tapestry corridor in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2018
 A monument of S. I. Vavilov in front of State Optical Institute at Vasilievskiy Island. Sankt Petersburg, Russia, October 9, 2000
 Ural jewels, a gift for a museum at 10-th anniversary of Great October Socialist Revolution, in one of Kremlin Churches. Moscow, Russia, July 3, 2011
 Memorial of heroes of Great October Socialist Revolution in Lesnoy Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 8, 2016
 Memorial of Heroes of Great October Socialist Revolution in Lesnoy Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 22, 2016
 Monument of heroes of Great October Socialist Revolution in Alexander Park. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2015
 Monument of glory to fallen heroes fought for Great October Socialist Revolution in Alexander Park in Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo) near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 18, 2021
 A yard of State Optical Institute closed for public, at Vasilievskiy Island. Sankt Petersburg, Russia, October 9, 2000
 View of Vasilyevsky Island Strelka (extremity) from Dvortsovaya Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 13, 1999.
 View of the Hermitage and Strelka of Vasilyevsky Island from Kronverkskaya Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 6, 1999.
 Repin Street on Vasilyevsky Island paved by cobble-stones. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 14, 1999.
 Repin Street on Vasilyevsky Island. People are walking from Sredniy Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 14, 1999.
 Neglected yard of State Optical Institute with posters commemorating its 80th anniversary, at Vasilievskiy Island. Sankt Petersburg, Russia, October 9, 2000
 Interior of church of Dormition of the Mother of God (former scating rink) on Leytenanta Shmidta Embankment of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
 A.S. near a monument of Russian revolutioner Vladimir Lenin in front of Administration Building of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
 Decorated room in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2018
 Reconstruction of Soviet style boiler-room (kotelnaya) in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 25, 2007
 Tourist guide Sergey Babushkin near a monument of Russian revolutioner Vladimir Lenin in front of Administration Building of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
 Gorny Institute on 20-th Line of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
 Red Room with a portrait of Peter the Great in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 2015
 Chimney like tomb on Znamenskaya Lane in Smolenskoe Cemetery of Vasilievsliy Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 27, 2016
 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.
 Decaying Soviet era sculpture of a sportsmen at a holiday home Syargi west of Toksovo, 10 miles north of Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 26, 1999.
 Soviet era sculpture of dancing peasants(?) in front of a holiday home Syargi west of Toksovo, 10 miles north of Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 26, 1999.
 Muzhestvo Square with post-Soviet advertisements jack-pot 24 hours (at a former movie theatre) and relax smartly intended for young Russian businessmen. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 19, 1999.
 Sculpture of a Russian Tsar Peter the Great at the entrance of a neglected museum in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 7, 2019
 Socialist like antique sculpture in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
 Blooming bush of pea family in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 26, 2021
 Flowers of mustard family in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 7, 2019
 Yellow flowers on a bush of pea family in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 26, 2021
 Some dark red flower of lily family in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 18, 2019
 Outdoor exposition in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 18, 2013
 Rotunda of library and herbarium building in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 26, 2021
 Green flowers of lily family in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2019
 White flowers spikes of lily family in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 18, 2019
 Fresh reddish leaves on a tree of rose family in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 7, 2019
 Tall flower spike of lily family in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2019
 Letny Sad (Summer Garden) and Palace of Peter the Great at Kutuzova Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 13, 1999.
 Bronze sculpture of a family by a Soviet artist Vadim Sidur in Manezh exhibition hall. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 17, 2017
 Kunstkamera Museum on Vasilyevsky Ostrov. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 1, 2000
 A.S. at 52 Bolshoy Prospect of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
 Deteriorated mushroom embossment on a museum building in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 2, 2017
 Passage at 64 Bolshoy Prospect of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
 Street corner of 12-th Line of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
 Bolshoy Prospect of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 1, 2000
 Soviet art in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 11, 2012
 Entrance of a house near 52 Bolshoy Prospect of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
 Spit of Vasilyevsky Island from Palace Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2016
 Brusnitsyn Mansion at 32 Kozhevennaya Line of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
 Soviet porcelain in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2018
 Modern Soviet art in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 11, 2012
 Bolshoi Dom (Russian secret police ChK-GPU-NKVD-KGB-FSK) at Liteynyi Prospect in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Compare its architecture with Federal Building in Dallas. April 21, 1999.
 A decorated room in Grand Palace. Peterhof, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2016
 Decorated room in Grand Palace. Peterhof, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 31, 2007
 Wrigley Building and Equitable Building on North Michigan Street, view from Wacker Drive, Chicago, October 12, 1999.
 Neva River and Vasilyevsky Ostrov from a window of Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
 View of Vasilyevsky Island from a ship heading from Peterhof to Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 20, 2002
 Heavily decorated room in Pavlovsky Palace. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 5, 2013
 Decorated room in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, February 15, 2014
 Rostral Column on a spit of Vasilyevsky Island from Palace Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2016
 Sredniy Prospect of Vasilyevsky Island, opposite to the subway station. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 1, 2000
 City tour near Brusnitsyn Mansion at 32 Kozhevennaya Line of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
 Heavily decorated room in Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum near Al-Shahaniya. Doha, Qatar, June 22, 2013
 Modern painting with portraits of Soviet leaders in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
 Entrance to Petersburg University and Mendeleev Museum from Universitetskaya Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 13, 1999.
 Monument of V. I. Lenin, a leader of Bolshevik revolution, at the entrance of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2010
 Herbarium Building in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 26, 2016
 Brown building in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 26, 2016
 Church of Dormition of the Mother of God (former scating rink) on Leytenanta Shmidta Embankment of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
 Rostral Column and Stock Exchange on a spit of Vasilyevsky Island from Palace Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2016
 Soviet kitchen (Kukhnia) in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2011
 Soviet office (Kabinet) in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2011
 Sculpture of a woman on a tomb of Hueck family in Smolenskoe Lutheran Cemetery on Dekabristov Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 28, 2016
 Statue of Russian revolutioner V. I. Lenin (a leader of Bolshevic Revolution) at the entrance of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 15, 2017
 Monument of V. I. Lenin, a leader of Russian Bolshevik Revolution, at main entrance of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2009
 Museum guard in Benois Building (Corpus Benua) in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 28, 2005
 Entrance of Herbarium Building in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 26, 2016
 Reconstruction of Soviet style kitchen in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 25, 2007
 Museum in a recently renovated Savior on Blood Church at Griboedova Canal. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 13, 1999.
 Orange flower of aster family in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 4, 2017
 Monument of a Russian revolutioner V. I. Lenin (a leader of Bolshevic Revolution) at the entrance of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 30, 2013
 Monument of a communist revolutioner V. I. Lenin (a leader of Bolshevic Revolution) in snow in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 4, 2016
 Decorated room in Gatchina Palace. Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 20, 2009
 Decorated sarcophagus in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2011
 Decorated fragment in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2011
 Decorated dish in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2011
 Decorated shield in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 17, 2011
 Blue flowers of lily family in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 29, 2017
 Decorated panel with angels in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 2015
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