Russian children at Tsarskoye Selo, October 15, 2007
On October 15 Charles Ganske visited Tsarskoye Selo (Czar's Village) and the town of Pushkin in the suburbs of St. Petersburg.
Click on the extended post to view more photos from this beautiful place (please be patient, as photos may take some time to upload).
An outdoor market near the entrance to the park
Map of the Ekaterinsky Palace grounds
The Ekaterinsky Palace
Another view of the palace
The palace grounds
A ballroom
Charles Ganske in the ballroom
An ornate Russian pechka (stove) near the ballroom
A cherub
A dining room
Another dining room
A gold-lined clock
A painting of the Russian cavalry
Portraits of Tsar Nicholas II and the Czarina Alexandra. Nicholas II was born in Tsarskoye Selo and was a fluent English speaker. In 1917 the Czar and his family were murdered by the Bolsheviks. Today the murdered Romanovs are regarded as saints and passion bearers by the Russian Orthodox Church, and the Church of All Saints in Yekaterinberg commemorates the place where the Czar and his family were executed
Ongoing renovation and restoration work inside the palace
Tables used for restoration work
Three visitors to the palace
A Greco/Roman statue on the palace grounds
A dance hall used by the Czars
The lake at Tsarskoye Selo
A boat dock on the lake
Trees
A creek near the lake
A statue by the creek
The "Turkish Baths" near the edge of the palace grounds. Across the street is a bus stop in the town of Pushkin
A new restaurant in Pushkin
Inside the new restaurant. Most Russian restaurants don't get going until fairly late in the evening
This upstairs room is used to host parties and wedding receptions
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.
It is a real "treat" to read and see photographs of the resotration of older buildings in Russia, especially the palaces. The crew is doing an A-1 job, too.
More pics please!