Album 99
(Translated by Svetlana
Guzeeva)
Following existing tradition we'll continue getting to know Vyborg - now in winter.
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Castle
Certainly there are leaves growing, birds fluttering and sun shining in summer, however, such "black and white" variant is also quite interesting. |
| We'll stroll (briefly) along places we already know..
Big Scoop Gulf.
Its old finnish name sounds like "sprat gulf" in russian.
Novy Gorodskoy(New City) bridge is seen in the left.
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Castle wall.
That's what "life imprisonment" looks like :)
By the way, castle really was used as political jail for some time (in particular, several decembrists served a term here)
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| View on the historical center of the city from the tower |
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Finland gulf (its part in the foreground is called Southern gulf).
Paths in the ice are seemingly left from the ice-breakers. |
| Fortress bridge. It looked differently in the past indeed and was replaced in 1979.
Old bridge(Abosky, Abo's) was a drawbridge (or rather its part rolled to the side). |
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Northern gulf.
Famous (for its original architecture) hotel - it's situated not far from the station.
Black dots on the ice in the right are fishermen.
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| There are Anninskiye (Anne's) fortifications on this and a couple of other pictures. Yellow
Fridrikhgamskiye (Fridrikhgam's) gate is seen in the left. |
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Let's go down..
Fortifications got their name in the honor of empress Anna Ioannovna though their construction had been planned already since the times of Peter the I (for protection of boarders in the North-West of Russia).
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| Construction was carried on in 1731-1742. Later on fortifications were reconstructed and restored. |
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Castle in the evening with highlight on. |
| And this, well.., new-russian church is situated in the other part of the city. Neon sign-boards, perfect highlight and plenty of lamps. |
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And a couple of usual buildings on one of the Vyborg streets in the end. |
Anniversary edition of Wandering Camera is ahead.. |
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