Lights along Nevsky Prospekt, October 16, 2007.
To view photos of Nevsky Prospekt from January 2007, click here
Click on the extended post to view more photos of Russia's 2nd city by Charles Ganske.
New apartment buildings along the Gulf of Finland October 14, 2007
Sign advertising Zvezda (Star) television network, which is produced by the Russian Ministry of Defense. The slogan below the image of the Federation Tower and the Moscow City complex reads, "Be strong"
(Bood silni), October 14, 2007
A statue of V.I. Lenin in front of an old Soviet building, October 15, 2007
Another view of the Lenin statue - just like back in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle!
Inside the Marinsky Theater before a performance of the opera Don Giovanni (Don Juan)
in Italian, October 16, 2007
The VIP box at the Marinsky Theater. The theater program gave a special thanks to St. Petersburg Mayor Valentina Matviyenko, former Russian Economics and Trade Minister German Gref, and Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin for their support of the performing arts in the city
A sign advertising the state natural gas monopoly Gazprom on Nevsky Prospekt, October 16, 2007
Another view of Nevsky Prospket at night
Charles Ganske on Nevsky
Charles Ganske next to a mannequin of Anton Gorodetsky, hero of the
Russian action/horror film Day Watch (Dnevnoy Dozor), October 17, 2007
Sign advertising Zenit, the local professional hockey and soccer club
Interior of a the local Fontanka Pizza restaurant
The Alexander Nevsky Monastery
The Hotel Moskva and a McDonalds across the street from the Alexander Nevsky Monastery
A sign directing drivers north towards the highway to Murmansk
Downtown St. Petersburg near the Moskovsky Rail Station, October 18, 2007
All of these photos were taken with a Nikon Coolpix 5600 digital camera without a tripod. Link and reference to Russia Blog required when reposting these photos.
Comments
Some good photos, but should correct you on the sports team, Zenit is the football team, CSKA is the hockey team.
Posted by: Frank | December 1, 2007 7:10 AM
I need to visit
Posted by: Matt | December 11, 2007 7:09 AM
"Some good photos, but should correct you on the sports team, Zenit is the football team, CSKA is the hockey team."
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Frank
CSKA is the Moscow based sports club (ice hockey, basketball and football). SKA is the St. Petersburg ice hockey team.
Here's some recent commentary from their North American coach:
http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/10801-.html
BTW, there's a CSKA in Bulgaria:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Sofia
For other CSKA named teams:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=CSKA&fulltext=Search
Posted by: Michael Averko | December 11, 2007 11:30 PM
Wow... We did our best kiss of the collection in St. Petersburg...
In front of St. Isacco.
It's the first page of our book of kisses
Posted by: Acchiappabaci | February 20, 2008 9:24 PM