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Saint Petersburg

 

See also: the previous (November 2022) and the next (August 2023) reports.

It was worth to take short look at the Hermitage museum before Chinese tourists return after Covid hiatus.

 

Variety of door handles. Sometimes they are complete.

 

A street sign dated from 1768.

 

A lot of ice from Ladoga floats to Neva and channels in mid-April.

 

Closed bars on infamous Dumskaya Street because they served alcohol to minors.

 

On Orthodox Easter there were more people in the Buddhist temple on Primorsky avenue than in Orthodox churches.

 

The Annunciation Rotunda Church (1809).

 

The building of a research institute that makes Russian nuclear stations.

 

Pleasant and uncharacteristic for St. Petersburg low-rise buildings in Novaya Derevnya.

 

Ushakovsky overpass.

 

Petrogradsky district. The buildings there are among the best in the city.

 

Details.

 

Yards.

 

The occasional sticker of Wagner private military company.

 

The descent vehicle of the topographic satellite "Kometa".

 

It serves as a piggy bank.

 

A garbage truck.

 

Sometimes you can't see the city behind the garbage (rental electric scooters are cancer).

 

Campaigning against pigs.

 

There is a lot, in comparison with Moscow, agitation for the special military operation in Ukraine.

 

More details.

 

Something furry.

 

Getting in (as of April 2023): tollway, high-speed "Sapsan" or overnight trains, frequent flights — anything you like.

Where to stay: The Olympia garden hotel (former Sokos), just be sure to book a superior room or you will end up without a city view.

Where to eat: The Pasta Fresca or The Frank ribs, rolls and bar.

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