Day 106 (12th October) Saint Petersburg

We went to the Hermitage today. Got the orange line from Ploshchad Aleksandrogo Nevskogo to Spasskaya, then the purple line to Admiralteiskaya. The pictures tell it all.

Mosaic in Admiralteiskaya metro station

Palace Square

Entrance to Palace Square

Jennifer being arrested by the Palace Guard

Entrance to Hermitage

Jordan Stairs

Count Potemkin

Painting of Russian victory over the Turks at Poltava

Marshal Kutuzov 1745-1813

Icon of the Last Judgement

The Royal Doors of Novgorod

Icon of Archbishop Nikolai

Icons for February and March

Icon of the Annunciation

Icon of the Transfiguration

Procession of the Double-Sided Cross

Two-Part Icon of the Fiery Descent of the Prophet Elijah

Icon of the Miracle of St George and the Dragon

Icon of the Resurrection and the Harrowing of Hell

Peter the Great Room

Gerbovyi Zal

Cathedral of the Image of the Saviour

Wedding of Nikolai II to Maria Fedorovna

Aleksandr Nevskii

Painting of Nevskii’s Battle on the Ice

Kutuzov at Battle of Borodino

Large Throne Room

Liturgical Vessel for the Host

The Peacock Clock

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