Sankt-Peterburg, March 2006
3rd April 2006

A selection of photographs from my visit to this beautiful and varied city in late wintertime.

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Our Hotel in Sankt-Peterburg, Pribaltiyskaya.
Our Hotel in Sankt-Peterburg, Pribaltiyskaya.
Ss Peter and Paul Fortress, Osrtov Zayachiy, seen from Birzhevaya Ploshchad
Ss Peter and Paul Fortress, Osrtov Zayachiy, seen from Birzhevaya Ploshchad
View from Birzhevaya Ploshchad over the frozen Neva to Troitskiy Most
View from Birzhevaya Ploshchad over the frozen Neva to Troitskiy Most
The Winter Palace seen from Birzhevaya Ploshchad
The Winter Palace seen from Birzhevaya Ploshchad
View accross the Bolshaya Neva to Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya and the University Buildings.
View accross the Bolshaya Neva to Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya and the University Buildings.
St Isaak's Cathedral
St Isaak's Cathedral
St Isaak's Cathedral, Detail
St Isaak's Cathedral, Detail
Pyotr Klodt's 'Equestrian statue' of Nikolai I, Ploschad S-Isaak (St Isaac's Square.)
Pyotr Klodt's 'Equestrian statue' of Nikolai I, Ploschad S-Isaak (St Isaac's Square.)
Buildings in Nikolskaya Ulitsa
Buildings in Nikolskaya Ulitsa
Naval Cathedral of St. Nikolai.
Naval Cathedral of St. Nikolai.
Cathedral of St. Nikolai, Belltower
Cathedral of St. Nikolai, Belltower
War Memorial, Marsovo Pole (The fields of Mars)
War Memorial, Marsovo Pole (The fields of Mars)
The Cathedral of Our Saviour on the Spilt Blood, as seen from Marsovo Pole
The Cathedral of Our Saviour on the Spilt Blood, as seen from Marsovo Pole
Smolniy Cathedral
Smolniy Cathedral
Detail of a plaque depicting Lenin, Smolniy Gate.
Detail of a plaque depicting Lenin, Smolniy Gate.
The Smolniy Institute
The Smolniy Institute
A rather bleak looking Shpalernaya Ulitsa
A rather bleak looking Shpalernaya Ulitsa
The Nakhimov Naval Academy, Petrovskaya Naberezhnaya
The Nakhimov Naval Academy, Petrovskaya Naberezhnaya
The Cruiser Aurora, Permanently moored Outside the Nakhimov Acadamy as a monument to the Great October Socialist Revolution.
The Cruiser Aurora, Permanently moored Outside the Nakhimov Acadamy as a monument to the Great October Socialist Revolution.
The Breech of the Aurora's forecastle gun, which fired the shot which signalled the beginning of the Great October Socialist Revolution.
The Breech of the Aurora's forecastle gun, which fired the shot which signalled the beginning of the Great October Socialist Revolution.
View accross the Bolshaya Neva from Angliyskaya Naberezhnaia
View accross the Bolshaya Neva from Angliyskaya Naberezhnaia
The State Mint for Coinage, Ss. Peter and Paul Fortress
The State Mint for Coinage, Ss. Peter and Paul Fortress
Inside the Cathedral of Ss Peter and Paul.
Inside the Cathedral of Ss Peter and Paul.
Inside the Cathedral of Ss Peter and Paul.
Inside the Cathedral of Ss Peter and Paul.