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City Environs: The Piskaryov Memorial Cemetery
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  • By Michael_D on January 15, 2005
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  • The Piskaryov Memorial Cemetery - Saint Petersburg
    The Piskaryov Memorial
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    The Piskaryov Memorial Cemetery is where 470,000 civilians from the Leningrad blockade and 100,000 soldiers from the Leningrad front are buried. The memorial is situated in the northeast of the city, on Prospekt Nepokoryonnykh (Avenue of the Undefeated).

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  • Address: Prospekt Nepokoryonnykh

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    City Environs: Piskarov Memorial
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  • By Michael_D on January 15, 2005
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  • Piskarov Memorial - Saint Petersburg
    Piskarov Memorial
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    A hammer and sickle on the tombstones indicate that civilians are buried here. Soldiers are buried under tombstones with stars on them. Over 600,000 total died. Sad, solemn music is played in the cemetery. Because of the outdoor acoustics, it sounds like the music is everywhere, but it's low.

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    City Environs: Kresty Prison
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  • By Michael_D on January 19, 2005
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  • Kresty Prison - Saint Petersburg
    Kresty Prison
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    Somewhat of an eyesore compared to every other shot of the Neva River youll ever see. The Vyborg "side" isnt a tourist area and most Rfs wont be thrilled to take you here. The prison has dozens of relatives/friends etc outside in the street waiting to communicate with encarcerated loved ones, these days probably not the political type prisoners but more likely real criminals.(That said, I saw alot less crime in the streets than in many other world cities). The people used a huge number of hand signals to communicate with loved ones and its often a bit sad but always interesting to watch.

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  • Directions: On the Vyborg side of the Neva River

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    City Environs: Factories are almost everywhere
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  • By Michael_D on January 19, 2005
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  • factories in most nieghborhoods - Saint Petersburg
    factories in most
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    In the USSR times factories were placed throughout all the nieghborhoods without too much regard for industry invading a living area largely I think to facilitate commuting for the worker. Just on my bus #7 to Leninsky Station some days I noticed dozens of such factories along the way. Far from being an ugly thing to me, it appealed to me REAL timeline of days gone by. Times when the workers, productiion and the USSRs percieved place in the world was based on labor, productivity and solely how it benefitted Russia. Imagine how shocking this would all become after glastnost and people were free travel to and see all of Europe and America actually had better planned cities, less poverty and hugely better economies. Certainly they now struggle with "what happened". I see these factories as mirrors of the past.

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    City Environs: Fountains and golden sculptures
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  • Updated By globetrott on August 25, 2003
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  • Petrodworez / Peterhof in St.Petersburg - Saint Petersburg
    Petrodworez / Peterhof in
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    Its amazing to see the great golden sculptures in Peterhof / Petrodworez. This was something I did not at all expect in a communiste country, and it was great to see, how many russians went to this castle and enjoyed their free time there.

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  • Directions: right in front of the castle

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    City Environs: great details
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  • Updated By globetrott on August 25, 2003
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  • Peterhof / Petrodvorec in St. Petersburg - Saint Petersburg
    Peterhof / Petrodvorec in
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    Its great to see, that even in communist times the heritage left over by the Tzars was left and even restored... And obviously much more money was invested into castles like Peterhof, than into the city of Leningrad / St.Petersburg

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  • Directions: Close to the castle

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    City Environs: Petrodworez & its surroundings
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    Petrodworez / Peterhof in
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    Petrodworez / Peterhof and its great park and fountains was my favorite place to go, when I visited Leningrad in the years 1978-1985. Leningrad was re-named after Russia's last revolution to " St. Petersburg " - its historical name.

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  • Directions: Peterhof is about 20 Km out of St.Petersburg

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    City Environs: a small Pavillion to win soap or toothpaste
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  • Updated By globetrott on August 25, 2003
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  • a russian gambling-hall in Peterhof - Saint Petersburg
    a russian gambling-hall
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    This was one of the small pavillions in Petrodworez / Peterhof and it had something very special inside : A russian "Gambling-hall" There were plenty of machines, where you put in some money and were able - if you were lucky - to grab special goods by a crane you were able to stear left or right, up and down... These machines existed also in our country and you may grab there rings and (cheap) jewelery, but here in Russia, you could grab : Toothpaste and soap !!! It is one of the things, I could not beleive, as it somehow revealed that in communisme soap was a treasure... ;-))) BUT I saw it myself in 1985 last time !!!

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  • Directions: Close to the main castle

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    City Environs: Peterhof
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  • Petrodrodvorec / Peterhof - Saint Petersburg
    Petrodrodvorec / Peterhof
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    one more pic of Petrodworetz / Peterhof. There was the possibility to go there by bus, or - much better and faster - to take the hydrofoil that started right in front of the Eremitage . These hydrofoils were great achievements at that time, and they had been of Russian production !

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  • Directions: about 20 Km out of Leningrad / St.Petersburg

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    City Environs: Pushkin, a suburb of St....
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  • By AndreasK on September 8, 2002
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  • City Environs - Saint Petersburg
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    Pushkin, a suburb of St. Petersburg, is mainly notable for two things: the Lyceum, the school where the poet Pushkin studied, and the Grand Palace of Catherine the Great. The Catherine Palace is a large Baroque structure. Inside is a dizzying array of beautifully adorned rooms and halls second only to the interior of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg itself.

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