Results 1 to 13 of 13

Thread: nice pictures of St. Petersburg

  1. #1
    Почётный участник astarz41's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2004
    Location
    Chicago (from Piter)
    Posts
    91
    Rep Power
    14

    nice pictures of St. Petersburg

    I hope I'm putting this post in the right forum...but here's a really neat St. Petersburg photography site. There are a lot of beautiful artsy pictures of the city, especially the black and white ones.

    http://www.photofora.com/eugene/guide.htm
    Свет
    С утра запутается в шторах и цветах,
    Которые ты забываешь поливать.
    Тебя не радуют весна и пение птах,
    Ведь снова ты должна любовь свою порвать,
    Ведь снова ты должна...

  2. #2
    Почтенный гражданин
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Posts
    445
    Rep Power
    14

    Fantastic pictures of Stockholm, St Peterburg and Helsinki

    These pictures are really fantastic (!) as they truely shows the "soul" of these cities - also, vitally, representing them in their true, most natural and beautiful element - the winter! (Many pictures from Stockholm, the, by far oldest of the three)

    Please do take a look at the pictures of these Pictures. I know all of these cities very well and I sincearly recommend these pictures as good representants of the from each and every one of them. Watch these until you decide to go there!
    Листьев не обожгло, Веток не обломало
    День промыт как стекло, только этого мало

  3. #3
    Почётный участник astarz41's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2004
    Location
    Chicago (from Piter)
    Posts
    91
    Rep Power
    14
    I agree. That's why I liked them so much. You can almost feel the cold air and hear the traffic looking at some of those pictures. It feels like you're really there.

    I like this picture a lot because that's how I remember the city in winter. I used to live very close to this place and that's very much how everything looked. The dirty snow on the ground all the cars at rush hour.
    http://www.photofora.com/eugene/nevs...2vostanija.jpg

    And also this one. Look at how the whole road is covered with snow. And that's the main road in the city!
    http://www.photofora.com/eugene/nevs.../images/08.jpg
    Свет
    С утра запутается в шторах и цветах,
    Которые ты забываешь поливать.
    Тебя не радуют весна и пение птах,
    Ведь снова ты должна любовь свою порвать,
    Ведь снова ты должна...

  4. #4
    Завсегдатай
    Join Date
    Nov 2002
    Location
    Северо-Восточный Администритивный Округ.
    Posts
    3,471
    Rep Power
    18
    astarz41 - You are truly great ! These are the kind of pictures that i google for at 4:00 am when i can't sleep and want to get all exited about russia. You have the same "respect", i guess, that i do for the kind of "city beauty" that most people just dont see in regular old cars and buildings. Thanks for the website, these are superb .
    Вот это да, я так люблю себя. И сегодня я люблю себя, ещё больше чем вчера, а завтра я буду любить себя to ещё больше чем сегодня. Тем что происходит,я вполне доволен!

  5. #5
    JJ
    JJ is offline
    Властелин
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    Ural, Russia
    Posts
    1,390
    Rep Power
    15
    Quote Originally Posted by astarz41
    Look at how the whole road is covered with snow. And that's the main road in the city!
    So what? Don't you know that SPb is located in latitude 60 north but Chicago is in 40 such as Sochy is. My town is in latitude 56 North but the climate is continental so the snow-drifts height in the winter is about 1-1.5 m.
    Gib immer 100% bei der Arbeit: 12% am Montag, 23% am Dienstag, 40% am Mittwoch, 20% am Donnerstag, 5% am Freitag ...

  6. #6
    Почтенный гражданин
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Posts
    445
    Rep Power
    14

    Cool and cooler

    Where I live now is about 1000 km more to the north than for ex. St Peterburg and Stockholm, but since there are no cities of that caliber here, these cities, other that beeing some of the worlds most beautiful, also represent the most northly of their kind - with their history and architecture!

    /Cave Canem!!!
    Листьев не обожгло, Веток не обломало
    День промыт как стекло, только этого мало

  7. #7
    Властелин
    Join Date
    May 2004
    Location
    Illinois
    Posts
    1,115
    Rep Power
    15
    Also very near to where I lived.
    Corrupting young minds since May 6, 2004.

  8. #8
    Почётный участник astarz41's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2004
    Location
    Chicago (from Piter)
    Posts
    91
    Rep Power
    14
    So what? Don't you know that SPb is located in latitude 60 north but Chicago is in 40 such as Sochy is. My town is in latitude 56 North but the climate is continental so the snow-drifts height in the winter is about 1-1.5 m.
    I know, you won't see anything like that in Chicago. St. Pete is one of the few big cities where there is so much snow the snow plows can't keep up with it. I meant to say that that's another thing that makes St. Pete a unique place.
    Свет
    С утра запутается в шторах и цветах,
    Которые ты забываешь поливать.
    Тебя не радуют весна и пение птах,
    Ведь снова ты должна любовь свою порвать,
    Ведь снова ты должна...

  9. #9
    Почётный участник astarz41's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2004
    Location
    Chicago (from Piter)
    Posts
    91
    Rep Power
    14
    Sorry, double post...
    Свет
    С утра запутается в шторах и цветах,
    Которые ты забываешь поливать.
    Тебя не радуют весна и пение птах,
    Ведь снова ты должна любовь свою порвать,
    Ведь снова ты должна...

  10. #10
    Почётный участник
    Join Date
    Mar 2004
    Location
    Russia, Kamchatka
    Posts
    106
    Rep Power
    14
    Quote Originally Posted by astarz41
    I know, you won't see anything like that in Chicago. St. Pete is one of the few big cities where there is so much snow the snow plows can't keep up with it. I meant to say that that's another thing that makes St. Pete a unique place.
    If a lot of snow in big city make it unique place, Murmansk, Vorkuta and Norilsk should be mentioned as another unique plases. Nowhere but in Russia cities of such size can be found beyond polar cirlce.

  11. #11
    Почтенный гражданин
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Posts
    445
    Rep Power
    14

    Comparition

    Of course, but what I meant whas that, concidering the cultural and historical magnitude of these three "northliest" metropolises ( St Peterburg, Stockholm and Helsinki) there are just no competitors; and with that many inhabitants (St Peterburg has as much as 5 million , Sthlm - 1,8 millionand Helsinki around 0,8 million; All including suburbs.

    After all, they are all roughly equally far up north as southern Greenland...

    /Best Regards
    Листьев не обожгло, Веток не обломало
    День промыт как стекло, только этого мало

  12. #12
    Почётный участник astarz41's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2004
    Location
    Chicago (from Piter)
    Posts
    91
    Rep Power
    14
    Кстати о Норильске, http://www.zve.ru/images/shots/216_5b.jpg Brrrr!!! Dress accordingly http://www.zve.ru/images/shots/216_2b.jpg
    Свет
    С утра запутается в шторах и цветах,
    Которые ты забываешь поливать.
    Тебя не радуют весна и пение птах,
    Ведь снова ты должна любовь свою порвать,
    Ведь снова ты должна...

  13. #13
    Почётный участник
    Join Date
    May 2004
    Location
    Roseville, California
    Posts
    113
    Rep Power
    14
    WAAAAAA,,hoo,hoo,hoo,hoo,hoo,hoo,hooo,hoo!
    BEAUTIFUL. Some of them bring back some fond memories.
    "Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is doing it. Right is right, even if nobody is doing it."
    St. Augustine
    http://www.paladinrepublic.com

Similar Threads

  1. you're so nice
    By tohca in forum Grammar and Vocabulary
    Replies: 11
    Last Post: August 23rd, 2008, 09:54 AM
  2. Very nice song
    By Mike-A in forum Videos
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: November 3rd, 2007, 11:09 AM
  3. Here is a very nice New Years song
    By kwatts59 in forum Translate This!
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: January 2nd, 2005, 07:25 AM
  4. Nice link
    By Kostja in forum Dutch
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: August 10th, 2004, 04:54 AM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  


Russian Lessons                           

Russian Tests and Quizzes            

Russian Vocabulary