From the series A Dull Morning in Saint Petersburg

In this post you will find a couple of photographs made in Saint Peterburg in September 2014.


Dmitry Ivanov. 2014. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Saint Petersburg. The Peter and Paul Fortress.
A decorative “bomb” on the pediment of the Neva Gate. A view from the Neva Curtain. The Trinity Bridge is seen in the background.

Nature In Megalopolis

Dmitry Ivanov. 2016. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Korolyov, Moscow Oblast.
A birch tree before the glass facade of the GLONASS Center.

Address: Russia, Московская область, Пионерская улица.

Military Equipment in Memorial of Glory in Korolyov

The Memorial of Glory is a war memorial complex in Korolyov, Moscow Oblast, Russia, dedicated to military personnel and toilers of the home front of the Great Patriotic war¹, as well to soldiers of other armed conflicts involving the Soviet Union and Russia. The memorial was opened on 9 May 1985.
The central part of the Memorial of Glory is the Monument to Soldiers of the Great Patriotic War. Also three examples of the Soviet military equipment are installed in the memorial as monuments: a T-34-85 tank, a BS-3 gun and a BRMD-2 armoured car.

Dmitry Ivanov. 2014. CC-BY-SA 3.0. The description of the photo →
A Soviet medium tank T-34-85 Model 1944 installed as the monument to the home front toilers. The monument was unveiled on 9 May 2000.
The T-34-85 tank was equipped with the 85-mm ZIS-S-53 gun designed in 1943 by Central Artillery Design Bureau (the chief designer – Vasily Grabin) located in Kaliningrad².

Spring. Time to Build Birdhouses

Dmitry Ivanov. 2015. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
A birdhouse on a birch tree.
This birdhouse is one of bird nest boxes wich were placed in May 2015 in a forest park in Korolyov, Moscow Oblast to commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide.