![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2515/jpeg/32t.jpg) Old wooden sculpture on a door in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2515/jpeg/33t.jpg) Wooden staircase in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/594/jpeg/15t.jpg) Wooden stairs in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/969/jpeg/22t.jpg) Boiler-room (Kotelnaya) in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/969/jpeg/23t.jpg) Soviet office (Kabinet) in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/969/jpeg/21t.jpg) Soviet kitchen (Kukhnia) in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/969/jpeg/26t.jpg) Stained glass with monument of Peter the Great in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/969/jpeg/25t.jpg) Leather coat of a communist spy Richard Sorge (Germany, 1930s) in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/969/jpeg/24t.jpg) Golden pocket watch Pavel Bure belonging to a Soviet military leader N. Podvoisky in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/594/jpeg/13t.jpg) Hall in Kshesinskaya Mansion, now Museum of Political History. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2515/jpeg/34t.jpg) Exhibition hall in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2515/jpeg/36t.jpg) Marble stairs in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2515/jpeg/38t.jpg) Collection of revolutionary posters in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2515/jpeg/30t.jpg) Showcase "Moving to a new flat" in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2515/jpeg/28t.jpg) Typical barrack (reconstruction) in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2515/jpeg/37t.jpg) Lenin s Cabinet (workroom), reconstruction, in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2515/jpeg/35t.jpg) Reconstruction of security police office in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2515/jpeg/31t.jpg) Typological complex "Boyler s House" in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/594/jpeg/16t.jpg) Reconstruction of Stalin style office in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2515/jpeg/29t.jpg) Common kitchen of a communal flat (reconstruction) in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/594/jpeg/17t.jpg) Reconstruction of Soviet style kitchen in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/594/jpeg/14t.jpg) Reconstruction of Soviet style boiler-room (kotelnaya) in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 25, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2515/jpeg/39t.jpg) Caricature rubber sculpture of a head of the first Russian president Boris Yeltsin in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2515/jpeg/27t.jpg) Figures of Russian revolutionaries on porcelain dish art "Returning from emigration in April of 1917" (1930-s) by I. Riznich in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/970/jpeg/14t.jpg) Decoration at the top of Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/956/jpeg/21t.jpg) Enamel decoration on display in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/956/jpeg/24t.jpg) Ivory decoration on display in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/956/jpeg/22t.jpg) Fragment of enamel decoration on display in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/956/jpeg/23t.jpg) Scene on enamel decoration on display in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1166/jpeg/09t.jpg) Wooden decoration in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, March 6, 2013
![](../../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/2014/1439/jpeg/19t.jpg) Decoration of Armory Hall in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/962/jpeg/14t.jpg) Occupy Wall like political protests (Day of Wrath) near a monument of V. Mayakovsky. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 12, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/962/jpeg/15t.jpg) Political protests (Day of Wrath) near a monument of a Soviet poet V. Mayakovsky. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 12, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/970/jpeg/01t.jpg) Decoration near a top of a building near Nevsky Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1166/jpeg/07t.jpg) Wooden door panel in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, March 6, 2013
![](../../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/2011/962/jpeg/16t.jpg) Pensioners watching Occupy Wall like political protests (Day of Wrath) near a monument of a Soviet poet V. Mayakovsky. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 12, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/757/jpeg/13t.jpg) Wooden art in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1860/jpeg/04t.jpg) Roof decoration of N. F. Krupennikov Mansion on Petrogradskaya Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1439/jpeg/23t.jpg) Wooden craft in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/758/jpeg/05t.jpg) Statue of Three Graces in Gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/710/jpeg/05t.jpg) Wooden compartments for coffins in a hearse in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1891/jpeg/29t.jpg) Orange oyster mushrooms (Phyllotopsis nidulans) on a thrown away wooden door in Lembolovo, 35 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 31, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/758/jpeg/02t.jpg) Replicas of ancient art in Gallery of History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/964/jpeg/25t.jpg) Follenveyder Mansion at 13 Beriozovaya Alleya on Kamennyi Ostrov. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 16, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1142/jpeg/24t.jpg) Decoration on wood in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 4, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2345/jpeg/14t.jpg) Pea-shaped bird s nest mushrooms (Nidularia deformis) on a discarded wooden door in a forest in West Kotlin Nature Reserve in Kronstadt. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 2, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/964/jpeg/22t.jpg) Kleinmikhel Mansion at 12 Naberezhnaya Reki Krestovki on Kamennyi Ostrov. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 16, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2345/jpeg/15t.jpg) Close up of pea-shaped bird s nest mushrooms (Nidularia deformis) on a discarded wooden door in a forest in West Kotlin Nature Reserve in Kronstadt. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 2, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/964/jpeg/21t.jpg) Chaev Mansion (1913) at 16 Naberezhnaya Maloy Nevki on Kamennyi Ostrov. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 16, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/964/jpeg/23t.jpg) A square near Kleinmikhel Mansion at 12 Naberezhnaya Reki Krestovki on Kamennyi Ostrov. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 16, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/458/jpeg/25t.jpg) A decoration in Alexander Hall in Hermitage museum (Winter Palace). Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 22, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2018/2223/jpeg/03t.jpg) Wall decoration in Gallery of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2018
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/710/jpeg/03t.jpg) Brightly colored wooden coffins from Ghana carved as objects capturing essence of the departed (fishing canoe, chicken, bull, crab etc.) in National Museum of Funeral History. Houston, Texas, February 8, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1147/jpeg/01t.jpg) Gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/12t.jpg) Gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1147/jpeg/02t.jpg) Sculptures in Gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1095/jpeg/24t.jpg) Wooden sculptures in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 11, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/957/jpeg/04t.jpg) Medusa on a shield in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/957/jpeg/07t.jpg) Decorated dish in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/957/jpeg/03t.jpg) Fragment of tapestry in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/970/jpeg/13t.jpg) Human figures at the top of Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/957/jpeg/06t.jpg) War scene on a shield in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/957/jpeg/05t.jpg) Fragment of a shield in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1147/jpeg/03t.jpg) Marble sculptures in Gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 7, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/14t.jpg) Marble sculpture in a gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/973/jpeg/15t.jpg) Traffic on Prospect Engelsa, view from a back door of a shuttle bus. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1601/jpeg/10t.jpg) Decorated wooden panel with figures of men in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1095/jpeg/28t.jpg) Wooden sculpture of J. Christ in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 11, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1142/jpeg/23t.jpg) Crafted wooden roof in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 4, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/592/jpeg/10t.jpg) Decorated wooden closet in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/876/jpeg/26t.jpg) Decoration with voting(?) saints on ivory plaque (book cover, Italy, early 12th century) in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1095/jpeg/27t.jpg) Wooden sculpture of a saint(?) in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 11, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/914/jpeg/22t.jpg) Door knocker (13th century, brass) on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 19, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/912/jpeg/18t.jpg) Door knocker (13th century, brass) on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 11, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1214/jpeg/14t.jpg) Old wooden door with a bush of Sodom Apple (Calotropis procera) at Hadramout Street, Al Doha Al Jadeeda area. Doha, Qatar, June 1, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/957/jpeg/16t.jpg) War scene on an ancient coin in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/956/jpeg/19t.jpg) Bronze dish on display in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/956/jpeg/25t.jpg) Scene on ivory on display in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/957/jpeg/12t.jpg) Scene from Bible on brass in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/957/jpeg/11t.jpg) War scene on a brass dish in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/957/jpeg/09t.jpg) Round decorated item in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/970/jpeg/15t.jpg) Figures of winged animals at the top of Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 27, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/957/jpeg/01t.jpg) Figure of J. Christ on display in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/957/jpeg/10t.jpg) Saint on a brass dish in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/591/jpeg/25t.jpg) Decorated wooden sewing machines(?) in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 13, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1142/jpeg/26t.jpg) Wooden sculpture of Luke the Evangelist in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 4, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1430/jpeg/21t.jpg) Heraldic decoration at 20 Nevsky Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1430/jpeg/11t.jpg) Window decoration on Chaykovskogo Street. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1430/jpeg/07t.jpg) Decoration of a house on Pestelia Street. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1430/jpeg/04t.jpg) Decoration of Art College on Solianoy Pereulok. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1078/jpeg/13t.jpg) Marble statue of a woman with a skull in a gallery of the History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/956/jpeg/20t.jpg) Detail of a bronze dish on display in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/957/jpeg/14t.jpg) Ancient Greek silver coin in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 3, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2515/jpeg/13t.jpg) Wooden sculpture "The God-given Burden" by Leonid Kolibaba in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2925/jpeg/10t.jpg) Wooden sculptures of an art installation Borders of Empire in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 6, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/914/jpeg/23t.jpg) Decorated wooden panel on display in Museum of Islamic Art. Doha, Qatar, February 19, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1210/jpeg/09t.jpg) Concrete latticework decoration over a door at Al Farabi Street, Fereej Abdel Aziz area. Doha, Qatar, May 24, 2013
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