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St. Petersburg
The Cathedral of the SS Apostles Peter and Paul
4 August, 2000 (#31)
St. Petersburg, Russia
(Formerly Leningrad, Formerly Petrograd)
I joined "Denise's Tour", out of Helsinki by train, to visit this city
called "The Venice of the North." During the siege of Leningrad
in World War II, ~600,000 perished. Now, the place is alive again
with capitalism ascendant...
- Arnold
[picture of soup bowl]
Spicy bowl of Borscht