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Day Two of the museum sprint involved Peter the Great's original palace, the Peter & Paul Fortress, and St. Isaac's Cathedral, as well as visiting the Bronze Horseman. That night, I met a really nice girl from Scotland at the hostel, and we went out for a few drinks - including some vodka, naturally!
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 | The rear entrance to the Hermitage |
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 | Statues at the Hermitage entrance |
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 | More cool statutes on the palaces |
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 | Troitsky most bridge over the Neva |
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 | A ship in the frozen Neva |
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 | A small church (?) on the Petrograd side of Petersburg |
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 | Statue of Peter I in front of his original cabin |
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 | Entrance to Peter's original log cabin |
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 | "Stop" in Russian |
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 | Entrance to the Peter & Paul Fortress |
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 | The Peter & Paul Cathedral inside the Fortress |
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 | Ikon on the Peter & Paul Cathedral |
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 | The entrance to the Peter & Paul Cathedral |
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 | Pulpit inside the Peter & Paul Cathedral |
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 | Coffins of Catherine II, Peter III and other members of the royal family |
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 | Room where the last royal family was re-buried |
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 | More tombs of the royal family, including Alexander I |
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 | Tomb of Paul I |
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 | Statue of Peter the Great inside the Fortress |
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 | A mosque on the Petrograd side |
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 | Sign warning of artillery attacks during World War II |
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 | The Bronze Horseman in pl Dekabristov |
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 | St. Isaac's Cathedral from pl Dekabristov |
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 | The Bronze Horseman: "To Peter I from Catherine II" |
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 | The statue with the Latin inscription |
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 | A wedding party taking photos at the Bronze Horseman |
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 | Me in front of the Bronze Horseman |
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 | St. Isaac's Cathedral |
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 | Another view of St. Isaac's |
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 | Isaakievskaya pl from the dome of St. Isaac's |
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 | Looking out over St. Petersburg from the dome of St. Isaac's |
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 | More of St. Petersburg from St. Isaac's dome |
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 | pl Dekabristov and Vasilyevsky Island from St. Isaac's |
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 | Vasilyevsky Island from the dome of St. Isaac's |
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 | The Admiralty and Dvorstovaya pl from St. Isaac's |
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 | Golden-winged lions on a small bridge |
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 | The Kazan Cathedral from the side |
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 | Ikon over a door to the Kazan Cathedral |
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