RUSSIA TOUR APRIL 2018: St. Petersburg (St. Issac's Cathedral II)

Gears: SL with 24-90 mm

RUSSIA TOUR APRIL 2018: St. Petersburg (St. Issac's Cathedral I)

St. Issac's Cathedral is the largest Orthodox Church in Russia and is the fourth largest in the world.

Gears: A7R3 with 16-35 mm GM

Wooden model showing how the large and tall columns were erected in the Cathedral.

RUSSIA TOUR APRIL 2018: St. Petersburg (Along both Banks of Neva River)

The following photos were taken along the bank of Neva River on the side of University Embankment near the Blagoveshchenskiy Bridge, the Palace Bridge, and Admiralty Embankment. The river was still covered with ice in early April.

Gears: SL with 24-90 mm

The golden doom building is the famous St. Isaac's Cathedral

Blagoveshchenskiy Bridge

The Palace Bridge and the Winter Palace (the State Hermitage Museum)

Peter and Paul Cathedral
(Viewing from Spit of Vaslievsky Island, the dividing point of Neva River)

The Hermitage Museum Complex, viewing from Spit of Vaslievsky Island.
Complex left to right: Hermitage Theatre,  Old Hermitage,  Small Hermitage, Winter Palace 

Old  St. Petersburg Stock Exchange

Rostral Column

Winter Palace viewing from Spit of Vaslievsky Island

Bottom of Rostal Column

Palace Bridge

Going to cross the Palace Bridge

Shot from Palace Bridge

Shot from Palace Bridge

Shot from Palace Bridge

Shot from Palace Bridge

Shot from Palace Bridge

Shot from Admiralty Embankment after crossing Palace Bridge