The Peterhof palace in St. Petersburg, October 14, 2007. Russia Blog readers can view photos from Charles Ganske's last trip to St. Petersburg here.
Charles Ganske travelled from Moscow to St. Petersburg on October 13, 2007. The next day he visited the famous Peterhof palace complex.
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Alexandrovsky Square in front of the Winter Palace
The Winter Palace
A horse-drawn carriage for tourists parked in front of the Winter Palace
The gate to the Winter Palace
Russian military school cadets walking near the Neva River
The Winter Palace facing the Neva River
Boat crossing the Gulf of Finland to the Pererhof
Charles Ganske enjoying the fresh air from the Gulf of FInland
Golden statues in front of the Peterhof
The Peterhof grounds
The view down to the Gulf of Finland from the palace
Pond in front of the palace
This room was used by President Putin to host President Bush and other world leaders at the G-8 Summit in July 2006
The Empress Catherine the Great's portrait in her throne room
Catherine the Great's throne
The portrait room
A Turkish divan that was given to Catherine the Great by one of her generals as a spoil of victory over the Turks
A harp
One of the Czarina's tables
The Czar's bed
Peter the Great's study
A Russian Orthodox church attached to the palace
Another view of the church
Trees in the palace gardens. The Peterhof is known as the "Russian Versailles" and is bigger than the original
The other side of the Peterhof, facing the palace grounds and the highway along the Gulf of Finland
A fountain on the palace grounds
An old house in the town of Peterhof (population 82,000), which is a fast growing suburb of St. Petersburg
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.
Charles Ganske is the co-founder and first fellow of the Real Russia Project and former editor in chief of Russia Blog.
Comments
Peterhof is a lovely, beautiful place.
It's better to visit it during the summer though, for as one can see from the pictures, they're preparing for the winter off-season and have cut off the water supply to the fountains.
Anyhow, great photos, thanks.
Posted by: King George The Decider | November 13, 2007 5:19 AM
Nice pics Charles!
Posted by: Lois DuPey | November 13, 2007 2:12 PM
Wow ... Very nice pics !!!
Posted by: Sara | November 28, 2007 11:38 PM
I was going to say 'wow!' but it looks like I've been beat to it multiple times =)
Posted by: chris | December 2, 2007 1:42 AM
Nice pictures.... greetings!!!
Posted by: Chiptuning | December 10, 2007 5:06 AM