St. Petersburg--The Hermitage--Looking out on Palace Square

St. Petersburg--Palace Square

St. Petersburg--Palace Square

St. Petersburg--Near Palace Square

St. Petersburg--Palace Square--Alexander Column

St. Petersburg--Admiralty Building

St. Petersburg--Nevsky Prospect--Singer Building

St. Petersburg--Nevsky Prospect--Toward Theatre Square

St. Petersburg--Nevsky Prospect--In front of Bolshoy Gostiny Dvor shopping center

St. Petersburg--Nevsky Prospect--Bolshoy Gostiny Dvor shopping center

St. Petersburg--Nevsky Prospect--Catholic (Orthodox) church--St. Catherine's

St. Petersburg--Nevsky Prospect--Singer Building

St. Petersburg--Nevsky Prospect--Singer Building

St. Petersburg--Near Nevsky Prospect and Moyka Canal--University building (formerly Communist Party Building?)

St. Petersburg--Near Nevsky Prospect and Moyka Canal--University building (formerly Communist Party Building?)

St. Petersburg--Nevsky Prospect--Grand Hotel Europe

St. Petersburg--Nevsky Prospect--Stroganoff Palace

St. Petersburg--Nevsky Prospect--Moyka Canal

St. Petersburg--The Krukov Canal--An apartment building

St. Petersburg--The Red Bridge building from Moyka Canal

St. Petersburg--Trinity Cathedral

St. Petersburg--Fountanka Canal next to St. Michael's Castle

St. Petersburg--The Fontanka Canal--Across from St. Michael's Castle

St. Petersburg--The Fontanka Canal--Threading the needle!

St. Petersburg--The Hermitage bridge to the theatre over the canal going to the Neva

St. Petersburg--The Neva

St. Petersburg--The Mosque--From the Neva

St. Petersburg--The pair of lighthouses--From the Neva

St. Petersburg--Cruise Ship port from the Neva Sphinx

St. Petersburg--The Troitskyi Bridge--From the Neva

St. Petersburg--The Troitskyi Bridge--From the Neva

St. Petersburg--Two lighthouses from the Neva

St. Petersburg--The Summer Garden--From the Neva

St. Petersburg--The Aurora--From the Neva

St. Petersburg--First Russian ship (Cruiser Aurora)

St. Petersburg--Vassilyev Island lighthouse

St. Petersburg--Neva River view towards Vasillyev Island

St. Petersburg--Vassilyev Island view towards Peter and Paul fortress

St. Petersburg--Vassilyev Island--Trained bear

St. Petersburg--Vassilyev Island lighthouse

St. Petersburg--Neva River view towards Vasillyev Island near Sphinx

St. Petersburg--Neva River view towards Baltic and cruise ship anchorage

St. Petersburg--Neva River view towards south (main city) and St. Isaac Church

St. Petersburg--St. Isaac's form the Neva

St. Petersburg--Soviet era (Stalin) apartments off Lenin Plaza

St. Petersburg--Soviet era (Stalin) offices on Lenin Plaza--Statue of Lenin

St. Petersburg--Fountain on Lenin Plaza

St. Petersburg--Soviet era (Stalin) apartments

St. Petersburg--Soviet era (Stalin) apartments--Note lofts designed for artists

St. Petersburg--Monument to the Siege of Leningrad

St. Petersburg--Monument to the Siege of Leningrad

St. Petersburg--Monument to the Siege of Leningrad, lasting 900 days

St. Petersburg--Monument to the Siege of Leningrad

St. Petersburg--Monument to the Siege of Leningrad

St. Petersburg--Monument to the Siege of Leningrad

St. Petersburg--Mikhailov Garden Entrance to Natioonal Museum

St. Petersburg--National Museum and Church On Spilled Blood

St. Petersburg--Mikhailov Garden--National Museum

St. Petersburg--Mikhailov Garden

St. Petersburg--National Museum and Pushkin

St. Petersburg--National Museum

St. Petersburg--National Museum and Church On Spilled Blood

St. Petersburg--Metro Station--Glass columns

St. Petersburg--Metro Station--Glass columns

St. Petersburg--Metro Station--Glass Columns

St. Petersburg--Metro Station

St. Petersburg--Metro Station--Carrol and Katya (our guide) on Metro

St. Petersburg--Metro Station--Train Arriving

St. Petersburg--Metro Station--Note Stalin era markings

St. Petersburg--Gate honoring the defeat of Napolean outside metro station

St. Petersburg--Metro Station--Carrol and Katya coming up deepest tunnel station

St. Petersburg--Chesme church where Catherine first met Orlov

St. Petersburg--Metro Station--Note Stalin era markings

St. Petersburg--Nicolas I near St. Isaac church

St. Petersburg--Nicolas I statue near St. Isaac church--Dedicated by Catherine

St. Petersburg--St. Petersburg State Chamber Opera House

St. Petersburg--St. Petersburg State Chamber Opera House--Grotto room

St. Petersburg--St. Petersburg State Chamber Opera House--Grotto Room

St. Petersburg--St. Petersburg State Chamber Opera House--Oriental Room

St. Petersburg--St. Petersburg State Chamber Opera House--Theatre

St. Petersburg--St. Petersburg State Chamber Opera House--Theatre

St. Petersburg--St. Petersburg State Chamber Opera House--Theatre--Company after performance