russian toys

moss dolls from the vyatka province, early 20th century

straw dolls from the tambov province, late 19th century

rag dolls from the moscow province, 19th century

clay toys, 1880s

bolshye gonchary in tula

another post about the super impressive folk art collection at the russian museum

hermitage museum

going through the photos taken in st petersburg

here are some from the (impressive) hermitage museum

russian architecture

 

random photos of crazy buildings in st petersburg

babushka

chesme church

located - in the middle of nowhere among the soviet buildings - in moskovsky prospekt in the south of st petersburg,

chesme church appears like a candy, on a wasteland

it was built on 1780 in honour of the battle of chesme won by the russians in 1770

you can read its whole story on the wikipedia page - here

definitively my favorite church among allll the churches seen !

russian folk art

oh my !

the folk art collection at the russian state museum is one of the most beautiful / interesting collection i've ever seen..

i was looking forward to visiting this section of the museum,

but i didn't expected all these amazing goods, fabrics...

i possibly took photos of almost everything !

more to come.

food stands

the watermelon stand is the best 👌

painted walls

saint petersburg

i've been quiet here

life has been busy

i'm just back from st petersburg -

i took tons of photos, here's a few shots off of my phone

i miss russia already