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Post by Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:13 pm

Huge anchor
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The cathedral from a window in Commandant’s House
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The place where the leaders of the infamous Decembrist rebellion stood when their death sentence was read out in 1826. They were executed nearby, beside the present-day Artillery Museum.
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An exhibition, featuring video, about the installation of the massive Alexander’s Column – the largest solid granite structure in the world, standing tall in the middle of Palace Square. It was created from a huge rock in Finland, and placed to commemorate the Russian victory over Napoleon in 1812.
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Cheap Flash cartoon about the city’s history.
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Post by Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:14 pm

Instruments of torture?
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Creepy 19th century advertisement for bicycle tires.
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Nice house, eh?
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Oh noes! Giantwoman!
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Hallo?
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Post by Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:14 pm

Y hallo there tinyhouse?
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Tinyhouse interior
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Aw bummer,
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noone modeled in the bathtub!

Cow-shaped cup.
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what

Another funky exhibit
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I thought Pissoirs were only art in France :roll:

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Post by Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:15 pm

Hallo thar?
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More creepy 19th century adverts.
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A model of the square in front of the Moscow Train Station in the early 20th century, now Uprising Square. The monument to Alexander III is now in the backyard of a museum; it was replaced on its original location by a revolutionary monument.
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Model train station building.
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Model square, continued
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Post by Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:15 pm

Model Square, continued.
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Back outside.
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Fortress walls at the Neva.
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Post by Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:17 pm

The waterfront gate.
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Whoa there.
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The walls, too, are under restoration
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The fortress had also housed a rocket laboratory in Soviet times, and now has a rocket museum in its walls.
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Post by Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:17 pm

Liquid-fueled rocket engines.
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Post by Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:19 pm

Model of the Vostok capsule, used to send the first man to space in 1961.
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Actual Soyuz capsule that went to space. Soyuz continues to be Russia’s primary space vehicle. The first space tourists went up in one of these.
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Leaving the fortress through the main gate… Image
I wasn’t the only one concerned about that scaffolding! Some girls RAN past that, afraid it’d all collapse on their heads :lol:

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Post by Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:09 pm

Another day, another place.

Downtown, Nevsky Prospekt – St. Petersburg’s main street.
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Gostiny Dvor, the old shopping center, now housing mostly posh shops with out-there prices.
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Sign reads “sale”

Nevsky Prospekt, looking south.
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The old Comedy Theater on Nevsky Prospekt
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An old palace that was converted to “Pioneers’ Palace” during communist times, and is now “Youth Creativity Palace” (same thing, basically)
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I used to attend a number of activities here.

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Post by Otohiko » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:09 pm

Youth Creativity Palace, clouds
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Theatre on the same site. I was here quite a lot too; my dad used to work here.
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Gate on the same site
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Anichkov Bridge with its famous statues
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Beloselski-Belozerski Palace from the Anichkov bridge
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