Russia 2008
Photos by Adam Jones
These photos were taken on a month-long trip to Russia in May-June 2008.
Gallery 5: St. Petersburg
I.
Looking out over the Neva from a window in the Hermitage.
II.
Griselda aboard the battleship Aurora, which fired the first salvo of the 1917 revolution.
III.
Inside the Aurora.
IV.
The Aurora participated in the ill-fated (to put it mildly) naval campaign
against the Japanese in 1905, when the entire Russian Baltic fleet, after sailing halfway round the world,
was destroyed in under an hour of combat. The ship's captain died in the engagement, and here is commemorated
with a photo in a setting made from the shell-blast that killed him.
V.
1920s propaganda poster aboard the Aurora.
VI.
VII.
The last (and first) time I was in St. Petersburg, over a decade ago,
I foreswore the Hermitage in order to visit the Artillery Museum, one of the world's greatest
military collections. It was a pleasure to pay a return visit (and Griselda emerged from it
saying, "That was more interesting than the Hermitage"). Here, outside the vast brick complex,
visiting schoolchildren look at some of the toys that the big kids play with.
VIII.
Griselda's camera was at death's door, but before it expired (her subsequent
shots are taken with my backup camera), it produced a couple of happy accidents, like
this psychedelic photo taken outside the Artillery Museum. Photo by Griselda Ramírez.
IX.
This photo and following: inside the Artillery Museum.
X.
All photos copyright 2008 by Adam Jones, unless otherwise indicated. These images may be freely used for educational and other non-commercial purposes, if the author is credited and notified. For commercial use, please contact the author.
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