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more chandeliers ....

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Uploaded on Feb 24, 2012

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not everything inside the winter palace is a huge hall or ballroom ....

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Uploaded on Feb 23, 2012

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st. george's hall, the principal throne room of the tsars of russia

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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generals of the patriotic war of 1812 (napoleon's invasion of russia)

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Uploaded on Feb 16, 2012

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there must be a thousand chandeliers in the winter palace ...

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Uploaded on Feb 15, 2012

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peter the great (small throne) room

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Uploaded on Feb 14, 2012

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armorial hall, a place for grand receptions

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Uploaded on Feb 13, 2012

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main staircase at the winter palace (there are 117 staircases in there ...)

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Uploaded on Feb 12, 2012

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as seen from the palace square

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Uploaded on Feb 11, 2012

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former residence of the russian emperors (~1500 rooms), now a spectacular art museum

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Uploaded on Feb 10, 2012

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from left to right: hermitage theater, old hermitage, small hermitage, winter palace; one of the...

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Uploaded on Feb 9, 2012

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eastern tip of vasilyevsky island, in the delta of the neva river, with rostral columns

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Uploaded on Feb 8, 2012

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selling matryoshka dolls to tourists

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Uploaded on Feb 7, 2012

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view along griboedov canal towards the church of the savior on spilled blood (built on a site where tsar Alexander II was assassinated in 1881)

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Uploaded on Feb 6, 2012

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biggest problem in st. petersburg? finding a parking spot!

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Uploaded on Feb 5, 2012

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an expensive shopping area in the heart of st. petersburg

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Uploaded on Feb 4, 2012

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the most famous street in russia, nevsky prospekt is the center of shopping, business, restaurants,...

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Uploaded on Feb 4, 2012

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on the banks of neva river

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Uploaded on Feb 2, 2012

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