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Russia "Three Days in St. Petersburg" Jay Dunn 74 images Created 21 Sep 2014

Three summer days wandering through cosmopolitan St. Petersburg, the cultural capital of Russia, before setting out on a river cruise to Moscow. In the metro, along the Neva River, on foot through working-class neighborhoods, a visitor encounters the everyday and the extraordinary in the “Venice of the North.”

Watch “Waterways of the Tsars, Russia” a beautiful video of the 700-mile journey by water from St. Petersburg to Moscow at http://vimeo.com/104882942
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  • Singer-songwriter Anastasia Shygaley performs outside the Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood, built where Emperor Alexander II was assassinated in 1881 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Crosses gleam in the morning sun on the Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg, Russia. Closed for restoration for nearly 30 years, it reopened in 1997.
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  • The richly decorated ceiling of the Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg, Russia. Closed for restoration for nearly 30 years, it reopened in 1997.
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  • A view from Nevsky Prospekt of the Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood, built where Emperor Alexander II was assassinated in 1881 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • A respectful hush inside the Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood, built where Emperor Alexander II was assassinated in 1881 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • A multitude of decorated arches inside the Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood, built where Emperor Alexander II was assassinated in 1881 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Summer tourists marvel at the ethereal interior of the Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood, built where Emperor Alexander II was assassinated in 1881 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • The ceiling of the Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg, Russia. Closed for restoration for nearly 30 years, it reopened in 1997.
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  • The ethereal interior of the Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood, built where Emperor Alexander II was assassinated in 1881 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • The ethereal interior of the Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood, built where Emperor Alexander II was assassinated in 1881 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • An exquisite detail inside the Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Closed for restoration for nearly 30 years, the Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg, Russia reopened in 1997.
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  • The Salt Pier, mooring for river boats in St. Petersburg, Russia, as seen from the new suspension bridge over the Neva River.
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  • A brightly painted playground at the housing blocks directly opposite the Salt Pier, where river boats moor in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • A doorway in the residential apartment blocks directly opposite the Salt Pier, where river boats moor in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Agricultural workers enjoy a Saturday morning game of backgammon near the Salt Pier, where river boats moor in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Agricultural workers enjoy a Saturday morning game of backgammon near the Salt Pier, where river boats moor in St. Petersburg, Russia. A massive complex of new apartments rises behind them.
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  • Abandoned green houses give way to new apartment blocks rising behind them near the Salt Pier, where river boats moor in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Poppies grow wild near abandoned greenhouses in the fields opposite the Salt Pier, where river boats moor in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Rising from nothing, new apartment blocks near the Salt Pier will provide much-needed modern housing to many residents of St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Marigolds grace this apartment porch near the Salt Pier in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • New mothers wheel their children through a sunny Saturday afternoon near the apartments directly opposite the Salt Pier, where river boats moor in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • On sale are "cherniki," similar to blueberries, at this friendly corner fruit stand opposite the Salt Pier, where river boats moor in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Flowers and fruit for sale at this friendly corner fruit stand opposite the Salt Pier, where river boats moor in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • A rainbow of colors on Saturday afternoon at the friendly corner flower stand opposite the Salt Pier, where river boats moor in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • A thousand-mile stare from this subway attendant at the bottom of an escalator. With 5 lines, the metro in St. Petersburg, Russia is fast, clean, and efficient. Built deep and made to last, the system serves the five million residents of this sophisticated city well.
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  • A study in faces on a green line train. With 5 lines, the metro in St. Petersburg, Russia is fast, clean, and efficient. Built deep and made to last, the system serves the five million residents of this sophisticated city well.
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  • Transfers on the green line. With 5 lines, the metro in St. Petersburg, Russia is fast, clean, and efficient. Built deep and made to last, the system serves the five million residents of this sophisticated city well.
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  • Morning rush hour is almost over at the Proletarskaya green line station. With 5 lines, the metro in St. Petersburg, Russia is fast, clean, and efficient. Built deep and made to last, the system serves the five million residents of this sophisticated city well.
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  • On the move underground in the St. Petersburg, Russia metro. With 5 lines, the city subway is fast, clean, and efficient. Built deep and made to last, the system serves the five million residents of this sophisticated city well.
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  • On the move underground in the St. Petersburg, Russia metro. With 5 lines, the city subway is fast, clean, and efficient. Built deep and made to last, the system serves the five million residents of this sophisticated city well.
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  • Subway riders in St. Petersburg, Russia. With 5 lines, the metro is fast, clean, and efficient. Built deep and made to last, the system serves the five million residents of this sophisticated city well.
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  • Passengers just before the interior station doors close. With 5 lines, the metro in St. Petersburg, Russia is fast, clean, and efficient. Built deep and made to last, the system serves the five million residents of this sophisticated city well.
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  • An American icon in the subway of St. Petersburg, Russia. With 5 lines, the metro is fast, clean, and efficient. Built deep and made to last, the system serves the five million residents of this sophisticated city well.
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  • Above ground after a ride across the city. With 5 lines, the metro in St. Petersburg, Russia is fast, clean,and efficient. Built deep and made to last, the system serves the five million residents of this sophisticated city well.
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  • Pedestrians cross the street to enter the Proletarskaya green line metro stop into St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • In a tiny playground behind the Proletarskaya green line metro stop, a girl messages her school friends in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Customers at a tiny but thriving fruit stand sandwiched between new construction and old apartments near the Proletarskaya green line metro stop in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • City dwellers make their way to and from the Proletarskaya green line metro stop in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • A new baby gets a loving glance near a busy intersection in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Construction workers watch a canal reinforcement project in St. Petersburg, Russia, only three feet away from a two-ton backhoe dumping earth just outside the photo frame.
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  • This young woman was flying down the sidewalk on her scooter just seconds after descending from a city bus near the St. Nicholas Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • A peaceful canal scene near the St. Nicholas Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Business is good for the watermelon man on a hot summer afternoon in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Young people enjoy some time together near Teatralnaya Ploschad in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • A flower vendor's wares brighten up the sidewalk near Teatralnaya Ploschad in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Young love and a huge teddy bear on the streets of St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • A study in faces and fashion on the crosswalk in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • The look of concentration as a woman waits to meet someone in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Rooftops on a rainy day in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • A young woman is met by her boyfriend at the Ploshad Vosstania railroad station in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • A gray afternoon street scene by the bus stop in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Electric street trams are still in service in many areas of St. Petersburg, Russia, a great convenience for commuters.
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  • A bus driver waiting to go on duty wears a world-weary expression in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Russian winters have been hard on this 60's administrative building in St. Petersburg.
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  • Exposed infrastructure in a working-class area of St. Petersburg, Russia. Rapid development will change these areas last.
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  • Gas plant administrators discuss an upcoming project in a working-class neighborhood of St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Lunch break at the luxury car garage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • A proud father walks with his children near the beautiful fountains at Ploshad Lenina railroad station in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Fresh fruit means hard work for this metro stop vendor in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • The universal language of coffee, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • News on the wall outside a St. Petersburg factory.
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  • Seen from water level on the Fontanka River, one of the famous Horse Tamer sculptures on the Anichkov Bridge seems hemmed in on all sides by modern life in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Near the Hermitage, one of St. Petersburg's many lovely canal bridges.
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  • St. Petersburg, Russia, as seen from the Neva River on a brilliant afternoon.
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  • A classical corner edifice replete with statuary at the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin) near St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Hundreds of tourists barely fill the 1,000 meter square Hall of Light at the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin) near St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • "The Triumph of Russia" covers the ceiling of the Hall of Light at the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin) near St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Newly gilded towers gleam in the afternoon light at the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin) near St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Summer tourists stream through the topiary gardens at the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin) near St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Summer visitors to the Hall of Light at the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin) near St. Petersburg, Russia listen to some of the building's history.
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  • Visitors are ushered through a series of ornate rooms at the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin) near St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Blissfully unaware of the passing crowds, a sublime cherub sleeps through the afternoon at the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin) near St. Petersburg, Russia.
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  • Making a day of it, a young woman washes grapes for a picnic at the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin) near St. Petersburg, Russia.
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