Gallery 2023 St Petersburg — Filippov Art & Photography

Walking the streets of St Petersburg. The arch that leads to the Palace square

The "Copper Rider" the monument to Peter the Great from Katerina the Great

View on the General Staff Building from the Palace Square

Always wanted to take this photo, the foot of the giant granite Atlant on the front with the Hermitage building out of focus on the back. I saw similar photo in "Soviet Photo" magazine about 40 year ago

Hermitage (Winter Palace) the court yard.

St. Isaac Cathedral, Inside the art, mosaic, marbles, malachite, lapis lazuli, iron work and gilding-- Incredible!

Look out from the House Of Books across the Nevsky Avenue on to Kazan Sobor

This is a quite interesting perspective, in one shot we get here the pillars of the Kazan Sobor, the monument to commander-in-chief Michael Kutuzov who beat the Napoleon in the war of 1812, the "House Of Books" and the Savior on the spilled Blood cathedral on the back

We climb up on to the St. Isaac Cathedral's observation deck in the evening, 200 steps in several spans. The views were magnificent!

View on the Blue Bridge with the St Isaac Square and cathedral on the back just after the sunset. The lines under the bridge are what left of the moving boat that fazed out because of the long exposure I used to take this shot

St. Isaac Cathedral, Inside the art, mosaic, marbles, malachite, lapis lazuli, iron work and gilding-- Incredible!

View on the St Isaac Square and cathedral on the back and the famous Astoria hotel on the right just after the sunset

Hermitage the Grand Staircase.

Hermitage, Etienne Falcone "Menacing Cupid" circa 1757

Hermitage, one of the long halls

The colonnade of the Kazan Sobor

Canal Griboyedova.

The Savior on the Spilled Blood church. Very interesting history of this church, why it was built, how it was built and how it survived the Soviet time and being restored now. Amazing religious art and architecture!

Very interesting history of this church, why it was built, how it was built and how it survived the Soviet time and being restored now. Amazing religious art and architecture!

Aivazovsky Hall at Russian Museum. Takes one's breath away!

Malaya Konushennaya Street. Walking street with restaurants, performances and tourists

This is an interesting spot, two bridges join each other in the shape of "T" on a joint of River Moyka and Canal Griboyedova

Field Of Mars. Monument and eternal fire to the Fighters of Revolution.

Summer Garden. Beautiful park with old trees, flower beds, fountains, Greek Statures and elegant cottages where one can buy a cup of coffee, seat at the table and watch well dressed city folks walking the alleys

ST. Michael's Park with view on the Engineering Castle.

The St. Isaac Cathedral in the evening, the photo was taken from the steps of the Manege Building using tripod to see how the cars' lights were trailed as the cars were going by. Looks cool, isn't it?

We were in St. Petersburg on the City Day, it celebrated its 320 years. So the flags and the flames!

Here is another curious place, from this spot one can see 7 bridges. I counted 6, not sure if I missed the one I was standing on.

The famous Bank Bridge.

Malaya Konushennaya Street. Monument to Russian classical writer Nikolay Gogol.

Lomonosov Bridge over Fontanka River.

Fontanka River.

This is an interesting spot, two bridges join each other in the shape of "T" on a joint of River Moyka and Canal Griboyedova with the Savior on the Blood church on the backdrop.

A musician plays guitar on the Malo-Konushennyy Bridge in the evening.

This is an interesting spot, two bridges join each other in the shape of "T" on a joint of River Moyka and Canal Griboyedova with the Savior on the Blood church on the backdrop

Very interesting history of this church, why it was built, how it was built and how it survived the Soviet time and being restored now. Amazing religious art and architecture!

This is the Altar Piece of the Peter and Paul Church at Peter and Paul Fortress

The stature of Peter the Great at the Peter and Paul Fortress. With its tiny head and massive torso, it's hard to believe that this statue offers a true representation of Peter the Great, the founder of the Peter and Paul Fortress (and of St. Petersburg). According to sculptor Mikhail Shemyakin, however, it was based on the death-mask and wax figure of Peter kept in the Hermitage.

Peter and Paul Fortress, walking on the fortress wall. View on the court yards of the fortress and the Peter and Paul church where the Peter the Great and other tsars are buried

The Peter and Paul fortress also contain a notorious prison where a lot of political prisoners were held. Some of the names are: Vladimir Lenin, Fyodor Dostoevsky and others. On the photo is the inner court yard where prisoners were allowed to walk

Very interesting history of this church, why it was built, how it was built and how it survived the Soviet time and being restored now. Amazing religious art and architecture!

The Grand Staircase at the St. Petersburg Art Academy. Many Russian great artists came through this institution, such as Ivan Shishkin, Iliya Repin, and others

The St. Petersburg Art Academy. Many Russian great artists came through this institution, such as Ivan Shishkin, Iliya Repin, and others. This was an incredible exhibit of Soviet time paintings which were full of life and good energy

View on the St. Isaac from across the Neva River University embarkment

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