I lived in St. Petersburg from February to late June, 2011.
The city is incredible – simultaneously beautiful and difficult. I would recommend visiting to anyone. Whilst the winter snow is certainly a bit magical, it makes getting around pretty hard. The best time is definitely June: the weather is brilliant, there’s a celebration almost every weekend and the light lasts all the way through the night.
View from St Isaac’s cathedral
The Bronze Horseman in the snow
Frozen Neva
Winter Palace
Kazan Cathedral in summer
St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral
Jordan staircase, the Hermitage
Victory Day
Pivskarevskoye memorial cemetery
Jordan staircase, the Hermitage
Chesme Church in the snow
Northernmost Buddhist temple in the world
Defenders of Leningrad monument
White nights in St. Petersburg (photo taken at midnight in mid-June)
Mayakovskaya metro stop
Smolny Cathedral
Winter palace on the river Neva
Aliye Parusa festival
Elagin Island
Church on Spilled Blood, park view
Lenin