Oto in Motherland: a (huge) photo log

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:22 pm

Senate Square, with the Bronze Horseman just out of view behind the trees

The exit?

Just one more picture!
Saviour-on-the-Blood in the centre, Palace Square on the left, very far on the right – the white rising spires of Smolny Cathedral

Coming down

Snapping a picture as I go, catching the Ismailovsky cathedral which would burn a couple of weeks later.

*to be continued*

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:23 pm

The Bronze Horseman

St. Isaac’s Cathedral, again

I’ll never get over the impression of mass it gives. A fantastic building.

Richly-decorated house on Manezhny Boulevard

For some reason this one stuck out in my memory – a gate into nowhere (that is, I remembered exactly where it was from back in the day, and had no trouble finding it – it’s not an official landmark or anything)

The old historic storehouse complex New Holland, presently under reconstruction by a French architect

*to be continued*

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:23 pm

Moika river

Building

Moika again

*to be continued*

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:24 pm

Mariinsky Theater, also known as Kirov Theatre, home of the most famous Ballet troupe in the world

Construction site for 2nd hall of the Mariinsky Theater – except the project for it was scrapped. They’re still clearing it, waiting for a new project to be approved.

*to be continued*

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:24 pm

Synagogue

Possibly the neatest and best-maintained building in the city

I’ve now entered Dostoyevski’s Petersburg, vividly described in Crime and Punishment. Dostoyevski was very exact about geographical detail; I wasn’t, but the overall area still gives the same impressions.

*to be continued*

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:25 pm

Oto in the land of Dostoyevski

*to be continued*

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:25 pm

Beer can

Yoink!

Actually, that was my beer all along

Birds

*to be continued*

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:26 pm

Old fire tower

Griboedov Canal

Old houses, again a Dostoyevskian vibe

*to be continued*

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:26 pm

Along Griboedov Canal

Another foot bridge

Buildings along the canal

Tuborg bottles

Buildings

*to be continued*

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:27 pm

VAZ-Zhiguli car, of old vintage!

With a hilarious sign – “Old Russian”, a swipe at “New Russian”, a term for the noveau-riche elite (whom I dearly despise)

Bridge

Street

Building with a tower

*to be continued*