The gigantic rostrum columns in - well at the time the city was called Leningrad -, but now it's again St. Petersburg.
The photo was taken in 1980. ...
All photos on Travelphoto NET: Copyright Laurenz Bobke. Republication only with my written permission, and only with proper credit (including a link back to this site if shown on the web).
Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in the world; but it is impossible to foresee this, it is impossible to be warned. ~James Baldwin