Images of St.Petersburg

Admiralty Building in St Petersburg

The building is the former headquarters of the Imperial Russian Navy

 the current headquarters of the Russian Navy

The Empire-Style edifice on Admiralty Quay was constructed 1806 - 1823.

 The building with its gilded spire is one of the landmarks of the city. 

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Kazan Cathedral in St Petersburg

Kazan Cathedral ( Kazanskiy Kafedralniy Sobor, Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan )

of the Russian Orthodox Church .

The Russian Museum in St Petersburg

The State Russian Museum ( formerly Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III ) 

is the largest depository of Russian fine art in Saint Petersburg.

The museum was established in 1895

Kunstkammer

The Kunstkamera was the first museum in Russia.

Established by Peter the Great and completed in 1727,

 the Kunstkammer Building hosts

 the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography

Vitebsky Railway Terminal

Vitebsky ( Tsarskoe Selo Station ) was the first railway station

 to be built in Saint Petersburg

 and the whole of the Russian Empire.

Pulkovo Observatory

The Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory

( Central Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences at Pulkovo )

is the principal astronomical observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences

, located 19 km to the south of Saint Petersburg.

 It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre

 of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments

St. Petersburg State University

a Russian federal state-owned higher education institution

It is the oldest and one of the largest universities in Russia.