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2021-09-06 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
From Leningrad to St. Petersburg
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Posted by badanov 2021-09-06 06:37|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 One of my favorite moments was in St P at the Winter Palace when a guide referred to an obnoxious security guard as 'is gift from Soviet Period of our history, a big man over a small space'.
Posted by Lord Garth 2021-09-06 10:40||   2021-09-06 10:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Visited there in 1997. For my money still the most beautiful city on earth.
Posted by Tom 2021-09-06 13:25||   2021-09-06 13:25|| Front Page Top

#3 tom,

I also like the imperial city which is the inner core but outside that is a Soviet city with institutional grey apartments and ugly commercial structures but then outside of that is an art deco post Soviet city that reminds me of Coral Gables Florida except for the snow
Posted by Lord Garth 2021-09-06 17:26||   2021-09-06 17:26|| Front Page Top

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