Oto in Motherland: a (huge) photo log

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Postby Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:24 pm

The Duma building, Nevsky Prospekt
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Monument to Pushkin in front of the Russian Museum.
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Pigeon not included?

Pavement near the Russian Museum
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The museum gate
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*to be continued*
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Postby Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:24 pm

Russian Museum facade
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Lion at the entrance
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Oto in front of his favorite painting, by artist Aivazovsky
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Oto in front of the MASSIVE painting “The Last Day of Pompeii”
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Art is clearly sick of being behind Oto
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*to be continued*
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Postby Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:25 pm

Nevsky Prospekt, Duma building
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Ornamented front door of the central book store. Closed for restoration, like a lot of other stuff.
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A Lutheran church on Nevsky Prospect
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Nevsky Prospekt
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Moika River
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*to be continued*
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Postby Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:26 pm

The Headquarters Arch, at the old high command headquarters building, leading to Palace Square
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Palace Square, with its prominent Alexander’s Column, through the Headquarters Arch
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Palace Square, Winter Palace at the back
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Headquarters building
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*to be continued*
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Postby Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:29 pm

(fixed link)
A Lutheran church on Nevsky Prospect
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(returning to regularly-scheduled showing)
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Postby Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:30 pm

Otohiko wrote:(fixed link)
A Lutheran church on Nevsky Prospect
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(returning to regularly-scheduled showing)


:roll:
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Postby Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:30 pm

Palace Square, a more symmetrical view
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Statue on top of the Headquarters Arch
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Hay
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Palace Square
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Otoshadow on pavement, Palace Square
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*to be continued*
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Postby Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:31 pm

Alexander’s Column
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Column and lantern
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Lantern
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Oto at Winter Palace
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Oto’s bag on Palace Square
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*to be continued*
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Postby Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:34 pm

Main gate of the Winter Palace
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Winter Palace
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Bottles on Palace Square
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Dude with hat
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The end of Nevsky Prospekt (right) at Palace Square (left)
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*to be continued*
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Postby Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:34 pm

You think that’s a bus?
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No. That’s a portable toilet. :lol:

St. Isaac’s Cathedral
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Big old tree at the Admiralty Gardens
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Fountain at the Admiralty Gardens
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Trash can at the Admiralty Gardens
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*to be continued*
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Postby Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:34 pm

The Admiralty building, in a state of obvious disrepair
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Monument to Przhevalsky, a famous explorer of Central Asia
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The beaten path…
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Wedding party at St. Isaac’s
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*to be continued*
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Postby Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:35 pm

More grass
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The Bronze Horseman – the most prominent monument to Peter the Great, put in at Catherine the Great’s behest
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Street
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*to be continued*
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Postby Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:35 pm

Nevsky Prospekt yet again
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What. It’s a huge street! :roll:

Winter Palace, from the Palace Bridge
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The Kunstkammer from the Palace Bridge – Russia’s first museum, holding among other things Peter the Great’s personal collection, which includes two-headed animals, deformed fetuses and teeth he himself pulled out of his patients. Peter mastered 14 professions in his life, including shipbuilder, stonemason, grenadier and dentist.
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Oto on Palace Bridge
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Bottles
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*to be continued*
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Postby Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:36 pm

Winter Palace from across the river
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Insolence!
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My coin is absent :|

…thar
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Rostral Column
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The fortress
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*to be continued*
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Postby Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:37 pm

Rostral Columns and Stock Market building
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And there’s that famed floating fountain. It’s quite huge.
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Doesn’t look as impressive as it does ‘live’ – it has a rather elaborate pattern of cascades programmed patterns, and at night it’s illuminated by lights and accompanied by music.

Fortress
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Oto
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The crappy restaurantship
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*to be continued*
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