Here is a thread dedicated to the pics I took last summer during my fifth trip to Russia, from Saint Petersburg to the Altai mountains.
On this map (sorry for the mercator projection), you can see in blue the route I took :
In yellow, it's the route of this year's trip (I've just come back). Other colours are for my other trips from previous years. I've already made, here on SSP, some threads about my 2010's and my 2011's trips. Just look up my profile or my signature if you are interested.
So, let's start by Saint Petersburg where I only stayed for two days :
1- A little walk by night. The train station :
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3- The subway is very deep :
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7- Saint Isaac's Cathedral, third largest dome in the world behind St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and St Paul's Cathedral in London :
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9- Kazan Cathedral:
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19- Hermitage museum (it was unfortunately closed this day) :
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22- Inside of Saint Isaac's Cathedral :
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29- Saint Petersburg seen from the top of the Cathedral :
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38- The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood :
39- Back to the subway...
40- To visit quickly some outer districts :
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42- A Paris-themed mall :
43- Back to downtown :
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Next : Novosibirsk, Barnaul and Altai mountains.