
Metro station ”Pushkinskaya”
A statue of poet Alexander Pushkin was sculpted by sculptor Mikhail Anikushin (http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=100&story_id=23216 ).
Panoramas by Andrew Varlamov Silver


Valley of the Slavyanka river in winter

The Temple to Friendship was built by Charles Cameron between 1780 and 1782 and was, in fact, the first edifice he constructed on arrival in Russia...
Campo Giovanni e Paolo Santissimi

The West front’s huge unfinished brick façade of San Giovanni e Paolo contrasts with the elegance of the decorated façade of the adjoining Scuola...
East entrance into the Louvre Palace

Standing under Perrault's Colonnade You can see Pavillon de l’Horloge ( www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavillon_de_l%E2%80%99Horloge ) and...
Mouth of the Pskova river

Standing near High Tower (Vysokaya, other name - Voskresenskaya) on the right bank of the Pskova river You can see Flat Tower (Ploskaya) and the...
Metro station ”Pushkinskaya”

Pushkinskaya is a station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of the Saint-Petersburg Metro. It opened on December 30, 1956. A statue of poet...
Sretenskaya gate church of Boris and Gleb Monastery (1692)

It is north entrance into Boris and Gleb Monastery. Color photography by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky ( www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Prokudin-Gorsky...
Christmas Decorations for Tower of the City Duma

Merry Christmas ! Happy New Year ! FELIZ NAVIDAD!
Place de la Concorde

La place de la Concorde, avec 8,64 hectares, est la plus grande place de Paris.
Rehearsal in dance school ”Metamorphoses”

The same classroom 3 years ago. Dance and mime school "Metamorphoses" was opened in 1991. The school joins together boys and girls of different...
Church of Santa Maria e San Donato

The church is one of the oldest in the Venetian lagoon. It was originally built in the 7th century and is known to have been rebuilt in the 9th...
Open class in the Old Printing House

The Old Printing House is located nearby the Neva Gate of the Peter and Paul Fortress. Today is Saturday and childern draw their ex-libris on...
Baptistry of Pisa in Field of Miracles

On a grassy lawn wedged into the northwest corner of the city walls, medieval Pisans created one of the most beautiful squares in the world....
Nikolskaya gate church of Avraamiyev Epiphany Monastery

The Avraamiyev Epiphany Monastery is one of the oldest in Russia (11th century). To reach it from the Kremlin of Rostov, drive in the direction of...
Pompean (Square) Hall of Mariinsky Palace

Mariinsky Palace is an architectural monument of late Neoclassicism. It was constructed in 1839-1844 by architect A.I. Stakensсhneider for the...
Rehearsal in dance school ”Metamorphoses” - other view

The same classroom 3 years ago. Dance and mime school "Metamorphoses" was opened in 1991. The school joins together boys and girls of different...
Staircase in the House of Artists (1st floor)

The House of Artists was built by architect Abram Ilyich Lapirov at Pesochnaya Embankment, number 16 in 1961. Workshops of painters, illustrators...