St. Petersburg

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St. Petersburg

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St. Petersburg

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St. Petersburg

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St. Petersburg

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St. Petersburg


St. Petersburg

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St. Petersburg

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St. Petersburg

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St. Petersburg

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St. Petersburg

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St. Petersburg

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St. Petersburg

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St. Petersburg

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St. Petersburg

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St. Petersburg

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St. Petersburg

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St. Petersburg

Saint-Petersburg is the cultural and historical center of Russia. 
It was founded by saint of Peter The Great in 1703 as his “window on the West”, modeling the city after European capitals. It had been a capital of Russia for more than 200 years till 1917.

 

Saint-Petersburg is the northernmost major city of the world (located at 59°57' Latitude North) with the population of 4.7 million people.  The city is planted at the mouth of the Neva River, the city's main waterway, and across the islands on the coast of the Finnish Gulf of the Baltic Sea.

The Hermitage


The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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The Hermitage

The Hermitage is one of the most important art museums in the world with about 3 million item collections. The major part of the museum building was the Winter Palace of Russian emperors, designed by Bartolommeo Rastrelli and built in in 1762.

The interiors of the museum are decolated by remarkable archtects in 18th and 19th century.

Revival Church on Spilled Blood


Revival Church on Spilled Blood, St. Petersburg

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Revival Church on Spilled Blood, St. Petersburg

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Revival Church on Spilled Blood, St. Petersburg

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Revival Church on Spilled Blood, St. Petersburg

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Revival Church on Spilled Blood, St. Petersburg

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St. Isaac's Cathedral


St. Isaac's Cathedral, St. Petersburg

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St. Isaac's Cathedral, St. Petersburg

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St. Isaac's Cathedral, St. Petersburg

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St. Isaac's Cathedral, St. Petersburg

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Catherine Palace, Pushkin


Catherine Palace, Pushkin

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Catherine Palace, Pushkin

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Catherine Palace, Pushkin

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Catherine Palace, Pushkin

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Catherine Palace, Pushkin

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Petrodvorets (Summer Palace)



Summer Palace, Petrodvorets

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Summer Palace, Petrodvorets

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Summer Palace, Petrodvorets

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Summer Palace, Petrodvorets

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Summer Palace, Petrodvorets

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Summer Palace, Petrodvorets

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Summer Palace, Petrodvorets

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Summer Palace, Petrodvorets

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This is an experimental page being prepared for NPO InterCoS to introduce St. Petersburg.
Photos are taken by using Canon EOS-D60. Copyright Seiji Yoshimoto 2006