 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.
 Museum of S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute with an old artistically decorated chimney and a Soviet-era exposition. (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 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 monument of S. I. Vavilov in front of State Optical Institute at Vasilievskiy Island. Sankt Petersburg, Russia, October 9, 2000
 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.
 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.
 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. 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.
 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.
 A.S. near a monument of Russian revolutioner Vladimir Lenin in front of Administration Building of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
 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
 Political protests (Day of Wrath) near a monument of a Soviet poet V. Mayakovsky. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 12, 2011
 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
 A.S. in front of a black Lenin s monument on Vitebsky railway station. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 7, 1999.
 Sport Center of Ben-Gurion University after a dust storm fortified by barbed wire (for security reasons). Beer-Sheva, the Middle East, April 17, 2000
 Swida bush in front of a monument of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 26, 2016
 View of Tsur Bahir and Umm Tuba villages behind barbed wire surrounding Ramat Rahel. Jerusalem, the Middle East, September 21, 2000
 Old monument of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) in front of Stuff Building at Military Base No. 28287 in Morye, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 13, 2021
 Monument of political repressions on Robespyera Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 10, 2017
 A yard of State Optical Institute closed for public, at Vasilievskiy Island. Sankt Petersburg, Russia, October 9, 2000
 Monument of political prisoners on embankment of Neva River. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2011
 Occupy Wall like political protests (Day of Wrath) near a monument of V. Mayakovsky. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 12, 2011
 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.
 Neglected yard of State Optical Institute with posters commemorating its 80th anniversary, at Vasilievskiy Island. Sankt Petersburg, Russia, October 9, 2000
 Gorny Institute on 20-th Line of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
 Monument of V. V. Dokuchaev in front of State Agrarian University. Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), south from Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 24, 2015
 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.
 Stained glass with monument of Peter the Great in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2011
 Repin Street on Vasilyevsky Island. People are walking from Sredniy Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 14, 1999.
 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.
 Monument of Paul I in front of Pavel Palace. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 12, 2021
 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
 Front legs of Bronze Horseman Monument on Senatskaya Square. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 9, 2017
 Front legs of Bronze Horseman Monument on Senate Square. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 22, 2016
 Monument of V. I. Lenin on an armored car in front of Finland Train Station. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 10, 2017
 Front section of Bronze Horseman Monument on Senate Square. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 22, 2016
 Monument of Russian revolutioner V. I. Lenin in front of House of Soviets. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 8, 2013
 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
 Side view of monument of Paul I in front of Pavel Palace. Pavlovsk, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 12, 2021
 Monument of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 26, 2016
 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
 A monument to V. I. Lenin in Pushkin (former Tsarskoe Selo), suburb of Saint Petersburg. This place was originally occupied by an Orthodox Cathedral (a commemorative wooden cross was erected recently). Russia, April 8, 1999.
 Jean Dubuffet sculpture "Monument to the Phantom" at a corner of Lamar and Louisiana streets in front of 110 Louisiana Building in downtown. Houston, Texas, June 17, 2007
 Monument of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) at the entrance in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, March 2, 2017
 Monument of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) in snow in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 4, 2016
 Monument of a Russian revolutioner Vladimir Lenin on a square in front of Finlandsky Train Station. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 17, 2011
 Fall colors around a monument of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 26, 2016
 Woman with flowers in front of Lenin s monument on a painting by Yuriy Sherov in Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 8, 2024
 Old monument of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) in Peter the Great Botanical Garden of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 26, 2021
 Bronze monument of Soviet actor E. P. Leonov at a corner of Mosfilmovskaya and Pyrieva streets. Moscow, Russia, July 3, 2011
 Rows of merchandising kiosks surrounding subway station Pionerskaia since falling of communism. Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 13, 1999.
 Monument of V. I. Lenin on an armored train with light snow in front of Finland Train Station. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 10, 2017
 A Christmas tree and a monument of V. I. Lenin on an armored train in front of Finland Train Station. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 10, 2017
 Firing squad executing a group of orthodox priests for political reasons on a wall icon "Novomucheniki Petrogradskiye" (Petrograd martyrs) in Kazanskaya Church in Novodevichiy Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 26, 2010
 Monument of a Russian communist leader V. Ulyanov (Lenin) on an armored train in front of Finland Train Station. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 10, 2017
 Old monument of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) and educational building at Army Base No. 28287 in Morye, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 13, 2021
 M. V. Lomonosov monument on Mendeleev Line of Vasilievsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 18, 2016
 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
 Bronze monument of Soviet singer Leonid Utiosov in City Garden. Odessa, Ukraine, July 5, 2009
 Soviet office (Kabinet) in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2011
 Soviet kitchen (Kukhnia) in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2011
 Monument of marshal R. Ya. Malinovsky among dilapidated houses of Preobrazhenskaya (former Soviet Army) Street. Odessa, Ukraine, August 16, 2004
 Reconstruction of Soviet style kitchen in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 25, 2007
 Reconstruction of Soviet style boiler-room (kotelnaya) in Museum of Political History (Kshesinskaya Mansion). Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 25, 2007
 A.S. in front of a monument of V. I. Lenin in a coal mining factory at Korkino, near Cheliabinsk, south Ural. Russia, August 12, 2001
 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.
 Monument Circle. Indianapolis, December 1, 1999.
 Bunches of barbed wire in Negev Desert in northern Beer-Sheva, west from the road to Tel Aviv (probably around a military installation). The Middle East, April 21, 2000
 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
 Harrison s monument at Tippecanoe Battlefield near Lafayette IN, August 15, 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.
 View of Monument Circle from an office in AUL(?) Tower in downtown Indianapolis. Indiana, May 4, 1999.
 A monument to Avraham Halman in front of the central supermarket Canyon HaNegev. Beer-Sheva, the Middle East, December 22, 2000
 View of Charles River and downtown Boston from the top of Bunker Hill Monument. Massachusetts, July 31, 1999.
 A monument to some leader (?) Avraham Halman in front of the central supermarket Canyon HaNegev. Beer-Sheva, the Middle East, August 17, 2000
 Excursion "Literary Odessa" in front of M. S. Vorontsov Monument. Odessa, Ukraine, August 15, 2004
 Kibbutz Qetura (behind five lines of barbed wire), view from Arava Road 90. The Middle East, March 15, 2001
 Barbed wire in bamboo forest on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2017
 Vase in front of Forest Technical Institute in Lesnoy Park. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 8, 2016
 Unknown persons in front of a monument of Abraham Halman at Itzhak Rager Street near Kanyon Hanegev supermarket. Beer-Sheva, the Middle East, September 21, 2001
 Monument of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) in front of Mansion of Ober Kukhmister Iogann Burhard Felten (Lapino) in Vilpovitsy Village near Orzhitdy. Lomonosov Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
 Jean Dubuffet sculpture "Monument to the Phantom" and high rise building of Wells Fargo Plaza in downtown. Houston, Texas, June 17, 2007
 Monument of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin) at the entrance of Lenin Museum in Jalkala (Ilyichovo), north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, April 1, 2017
 A.S. at 52 Bolshoy Prospect of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
 Monument of Catherine II on Ostrovskogo Square. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 20, 2016
 Nicholas I monument on Isakiyevskaya Square. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 9, 2017
 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
 Administration building of Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 22, 2013
 Passage at 64 Bolshoy Prospect of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
 Bolshoy Prospect of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 1, 2000
 Street corner of 12-th Line of Vasilyevsky Island. Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 16, 2015
 Catherine the Great Monument near Nevsky Prospect. Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 2, 2017
 Monument of F. F. Bellinsgauzen on Sovetskaya Street in Kronstadt. Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 29, 2016
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