Palace Square (Dvortsovaya Ploshchad), view from the roof of the Winter Palace
raskalov-vitA roofer and the star of the Leningrad Trade House
raskalov-vitThe Peter and Paul Fortress
raskalov-vitKazansky Cathedral. The right wing of the cathedral is temporarily under scaffolding, which allowed the photographer to climb to the very top
raskalov-vitThe roof of the Vavelberg House
raskalov-vitCity Institutions Building
raskalov-vitCity Institutions Building
raskalov-vitView from the roof of Cathedral Mosque
raskalov-vitThe roof of the Eliseyev Stores
raskalov-vitPribaltiiskaya Square and Park Inn Hotel
raskalov-vitThe Peter and Paul Fortress and the Palace Embankment
raskalov-vitThe Arch of the General Staff on Palace Square
raskalov-vitDome of the Zinger company house (known as the Book House)
raskalov-vitBecause of the invasion of roofers and ordinary passers-by, all the doors to the attic of the Book House have been sealed and the occupants put up watchmen at the windows, who sometimes even shoot at intruders
raskalov-vitKazansky Cathedral, Book House and the Church of the Saviour on Blood
raskalov-vitThe roof of the Winter Palace
raskalov-vitSt Isaac’s Cathedral colonnade
raskalov-vitView from the dome of St Isaac’s
raskalov-vitThe Winter Palace at dawn. The building was designed by Italian architect Rastrelli and built in 1754-1762
raskalov-vitVasilyevsky Island, Rostral Columns, Kunstkamer and "Alye Parusa" ship
raskalov-vitSamsoniyev Bridge
raskalov-vitStachek Square, Neva Triumph Arc
raskalov-vit"Five corners”, an intersection between Zagorodny Prospekt and Rubinstein and Lomonosov Streets, dating back to the 1760s
raskalov-vitTower House on “Five Corners” built by architect L.A. Lishnevsky in 1913. Among its residents were the writer Lidia Chukovskaya and physicist M.P. Bronshtein. The poet Anna Akhmatova was their frequent guest
raskalov-vitSt Petersburg at dawn
raskalov-vitSculpture of the goddess Nika on the roof of the building of the St Petersburg Mutual Credit Society
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