

Panoramas by Andrew Varlamov Silver


Mound of uncompleted bridge near the Volkhov River

Golden dome of Saint Sophia Cathedral ( www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Sophia_Cathedral_in_Novgorod ) is visible.
Uncompleted bridge near the Volkhov River (1914)

The bridge left uncompleted because World War I began. Yuriev Monastery ( www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuriev_Monastery ) is visible on the opposite...
Two churches in Myachino

This is far end of Voskresenskaya sloboda near Myachino lake in Veliky Novgorod. Sloboda ( www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloboda ) was located around...
Alekseevskaya (White) Tower

Alekseevskaya Tower is situated in Veliky Novgorod ( www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veliky_Novgorod ) near crossroad of earth mound (...
Biker in white

Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross, To see a fine lady upon a white horse; With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes She shall have music...
Bikers at Ligovsky prospekt

Parade of motobikes has become traditional on City Day in Saint-Petersburg. Now bikers are awaiting start of ride down Nevsky prospekt.
Boat is leaving marine

Boat is leaving marine to conduct training for annual regatta in honor of anniversary of Saint-Petersburg. 26th regatta named "Vesla na vodu" (Hold...
Bird's-eye view from belfry of St.Catherine Church - west corner

Petrovsky Stadium ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrovsky_Stadium ) is visible behind Tuchkov Bridge ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuchkov_Bridge ).
Bird's-eye view from belfry of St.Catherine Church - east corner

Stone church was founded in place of burned wooden church in October 1811 by project of architect Andrei Alekseevich Mikhailov (A.A.Mikhailov 2nd)....
Bird's-eye view from belfry of St.Catherine Church - south corner

Birzhevoy Bridge ( www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange_Bridge ), Saint Isaac's Cathedral ( www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Isaac%27s_Cathedral ) and...
Bird's-eye view from belfry of St.Catherine Church - north corner

Tuchkov Bridge ( www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuchkov_Bridge ) across Malaya Neva ( www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaya_Neva ) is visible from this corner.
Open class in the Old Printing House

The Old Printing House is located nearby the Neva Gate of the Peter and Paul Fortress. Today is Saturday and childern draw their ex-libris on...
Metro station ”Pushkinskaya”

Pushkinskaya is a station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of the Saint-Petersburg Metro. It opened on December 30, 1956. A statue of poet...
View of New Holland Island from the side of Kryukov canal

Founded by a decree of Peter the Great in 1721, New Holland, which has an area of over 7.6 hectares, was used for drying timber used in...
New Holland Arch (1765)

Cold weather and thick ice let us approach this artifical island in the heart of Saint-Petersburg. New Holland Island was created in 1720, when the...
Metro station ”Zvenigorodskaya”

Metro station "Zvenigorodskaya" opened on December, 20, 2008 as a part of the first starting complex of Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line (...
Metro station ”Sportivnaya”

The station was named "Sportivnaya" because of its close proximity to the Petrovskiy Stadium, the home stadium of the city's home football team and...
The Church of the Epiphany in Winter

It is one of the famous architectural and painting monuments of the 17th century in Yaroslavl. It was erected in 1684-1693 by order of and with...
Ipatiev Monastery in Winter

The Hypatian Monastery was founded around 1330 by a Tatar convert, Prince Chet, whose male-line descendants include Solomonia Saburova (...
Smolny Convent in Winter

The Smolny Convent was constructed at the behest of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna in 1748-1769 by architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (...