This building smelled absolutely awful. Homeless people and stray dogs probably used it as a restroom.
| I think this was at some point a bunch of ticket booths?
| One thing I loved about St. Pete was that there was so much more greenery in and on the abandoned stuff - don't see that in Colorado much.
| That's a "your ad here" sign in the top right.
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Not *strictly* abandoned - the Russian Ground Forces HQ was being remodelled and as far as we could tell very empty. That's me at the bottom.
| In the ancient city of Pskov south of St. Petersburg. Around 10 or 11 AM I think.
| Plaque in an abandoned Soviet hospital/medical school in Pskov that was sort of built into the bridge it was next to.
| Same place.
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Same place. The yellow text on top says 'freedom'.
| Right across from the hospital, but I didn't get a chance to explore it. It was full of middle school-aged kids while we were in the hospital.
| An old (~1800s if not late 1700s) grave plot in the middle of St. Petersburg.
| A danger unique to Russian urbex - stray dogs. The rottweiler at the front gave me a warning bark/lunge, and they followed me for longer than was at all comfortable. Did not feel welcome in this neighborhood at all.
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A run-down summer home next to where the dogs started following me. There was an 18th century-style mansion across the alley from this.
| Near where I lived - it looked interesting, but there were fresh footprints in the snow leading into it. Didn't feel like having my camera stolen.
| Park of the Fallen Monuments in Moscow - where a lot of Soviet monuments went after the fall. The place is vaguely maintained, but open and free to the public.
| A really weird building/complex next to the WWII museum in Moscow. I still can't figure out what the hell the building was used for. I would've gone in but I had a feeling someone was inside.
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Shot of the same complex - the tree was huge, but back in a public square near a metro stop.
| From my last day in St. Petersburg, near my apartment. It looked cool, but again there were fresh footprints leading into a pitch black staircase...no thanks.
| The graffiti says "It's a beautiful city, St. Petersburg."
| Bad pic, good story. The two-story abandoned building boat in the moat surrounding the soccer stadium I lived next to is sinking here because a giant crane boat somehow messed up its anchor the week prior. It took several divers in VERY cold water and multiple firetrucks 60+ hours to fix the tilt, though I don't know why they did.
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