

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...
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!
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...
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...
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...
View of Boris and Gleb Monastery near Rostov

In 1363, with the blessing of St. Sergius of Radonezh ( www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Sergius_of_Radonezh ), the Novgorod monks Fyodor and Paul...
Pokrovsky monastery in Winter

The Protection (Pokrovsky - in Russian) monastery was established in 1364 on a low bank of the Kamenka River. Its first walls were wooden. There...
Alexandrov Kremlin in Winter

The Alexandrov Kremlin was built in the 16th century by the order of Vasily III ( www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_III ), the father of Ivan the...
Bikers at Ligovsky prospekt

Parade of motobikes has become traditional on City Day in Saint-Petersburg. Now bikers are awaiting start of ride down Nevsky prospekt.
Ipatiev Monastery in Winter

The Hypatian Monastery was founded around 1330 by a Tatar convert, Prince Chet, whose male-line descendants include Solomonia Saburova (...