"Some views from Russia, St.-Petersburg" by eksvist

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Milestone

A milestone or kilometre sign is one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road or boundary at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.
In Europe the distance measured typically starts at a city or town, as many roads were named for the towns at either end.

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ship-restaurant

On the Neva river is a several ship-restaurants. This is one of them.

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bear

Unhappy bear at the The Bronze Horseman monument, who must to photograph with the tourists, to serve some money ...

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the huge Kolyvan vase

The magnificent example of Russian stone-carving - the huge Kolyvan vase
- had been installed here before its walls were erected. The vase was made of Revnevo jasper to the design of the architect Abraham Melnikov in 1843 at the Kolyvan Lapidary Works in the Altai Mountains.
It is 2.57 m high and weighs 19 tons.

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on the knees of Peter I

Mikhail Chemiakin's statue of Peter I in the Peter and Paul Fortress, one which makes him look like a total freak.
He is portrayed as having a tiny head, spindly legs, skeletal hands, and is wearing enourmous square-toed shoes.

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The Catherine Palace

The Catherine Palace is the Rococo summer residence of the Russian tsars, located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin),

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Marble Amor

Marble Amor (Falcone 1750) In Catherine Palace

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Griboyedov Canal

Griboyedov Canal