Piter My Home Town

Russian folks casually call Saint-Petersburg by its shortened variant: Piter.

I was born here and for 30 years never stepped away for more than a couple of weeks. Shortly before I moved to Israel I was lucky to have my personal photo exhibit devoted to St. Petersburg. This was a perfect way to say farewell to my dearest place on Earth. Below are some pictures from that exhibition.

Kronstadt, Russia. A dog on an ice of frozen Gulf of Finland next to Navy ships

St. Petersburg, Russia. Chess players at Yesod Jeiwsh cultural center

St. Petersburg, Russia. Kirov statue next to Kirov stadium undergoing a complete reconstruction

St. Petersburg, Russia. A man draggin an old monitor from a dump

St. Petersburg, Russia. Communists celebrating anniversary of the October Revolution

St. Petersburg, Russia. Modern art exhibit

St. Petersburg, Russia. A car owner replacing a spark plug

St. Petersburg, Russia. Lena Kuzmenok playing guitar in a kitchen

St. Petersburg, Russia. The main building of the Electrotechnical University at night

St. Petersburg, Russia. Communists celebrating an anniversary of October Revolution

St. Petersburg, Russia. Inner yard of a residential building on Vassilievsky island

St. Petersburg, Russia. A playground in early spring

St. Petersburg, Russia. Greeting a rising sun on Neva embarkment

St. Petersburg, Russia. A resident of a block of flats located in Peter-and-Paul fortress

Faces of Holocaust survivors