Bruce Stangeland's Photographs from a Trip to St. Petersburg, July 2009


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Nickolas I guarding St. Isaac's Cathedral, St. Petersburg


Elderhostel Group with Peter the Great near Senate, St. Petersburg


Alexandrovskiy Gardens and St. Isaac's Cathedral, St. Petersburg


Rostral Column at Old Harbor, St. Petersburg


Ther Hermitage Museum in the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg


Tombs of the Romanov's, St. Peter and Paul's Cathedral, St. Petersburg


Inside St. Peter and Paul's Cathedral, St. Petersburg


Men's Quartet in St. Peter and Paul's Cathedral, St. Petersburg
Listen to them Sing


Cruiser "Aurora" which signaled the start of the 1917 Revolution, St. Petersburg


Saviour on the Blood Cathedral, St. Petersburg


Mosaic outside Saviour on the Blood Cathedral, St. Petersburg


Statue of Aleksandr Pushkin at the Art Square, St. Petersburg


Monument to Siege of Leningrad, 1941-44, St. Petersburg


Canal Tour Boat at "8 Bridges", St. Petersburg


Pay Toilet outside Moscovskiy Train Station, St. Petersburg


Wedding at Smolnyy Cathedral, St. Petersburg


Smolnyy Cathedral, St. Petersburg
My painting of this scene


Holy Trinity Cathedral at Sunset, St. Petersburg


Entrance Gate at Catherine's Palace, Pushkin


Exterior of Catherine's Palace, Pushkin


Exterior Ornamentation, Catherine's Palace, Pushkin


Main Staircase and Chinese Vases, Catherine's Palace, Pushkin


Great Hall (Gold Room) in Catherine's Palace, Pushkin


Mirrors in Great Hall ("Gold Room"), Catherine's Palace, Pushkin


Garden at Catherine's Palace, Pushkin


Grotto Pavilion, Catherine's Palace, Pushkin


Gallery of Philosophers, Catherine's Palace, Pushkin


"Coat of Arms" Wing, Entrance to Peterhof Palace


Double-eagle atop "Coat of Arms" Wing, Peterhof Palace


Grande Cascade and Grand Canal leading to Gulf of Finland, Peterhof Palace


Fountain and Grand Cascade, Peterhof Palace


Peter's Pleasure Palace on Gulf of Finland, Peterhof


Neptune Fountain, Peterhof


Flowers and Fountains, Peterhof


Ambassadors' Staircase, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg


Armorial Hall, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg


Peter The Great (Small Throne Room), Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg


Roman Mosaic (copy) in Pavilion Hall, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg


Chandelier in Pavilion Hall, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg


della Robbia Ceramic Panel (15th - 16th cent.), The Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg


Raphael Loggia Gallery in The Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg


Ceiling in the Raphael Loggia Gallery at the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg


Bust of Nefertiti, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg


"Return of the Prodigal Son", ca. 1668, by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg


"Poppy Fields" by Claude Monet, 1887, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg


"Family Portrait" by Henri Matisse, 1911, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg


"Two Sisters (The Visit)" by Pablo Picasso, 1902, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg


Courtyard in Winter Palace (Hermitage Museum), St. Petersburg


South Side of Winter Palace (Hermitage Museum), St. Petersburg


Triumphal Arch and Chariot of Glory in Palace Square, Winter Palace (Hermitage), St. Petersburg


Dinner at "Tchaikovsky" Restaurant, St. Petersburg


Shopping Center near Moscow Hotel, St. Petersburg


Fruit in Supermarket, St. Petersburg


Inside Holy Trinity Cathedral, St. Petersburg


Garden at Holy Trinity Monastery, St. Petersburg


Mosaic above Holy Gates at Holy Trinity Monastery, St. Petersburg


Graves in 18th Century Necropolis, St. Petersburg


Alexander Nevsky Guarding Moscow Hotel, St. Petersburg


Moskovskiy Train Station, St. Petersburg


Getting on the Train to Moscow