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