Mikhaylovsky Gardens and the Moyka canal.

Russian Cruiser Aurora, built in 1900. It was from this ship that the shot marking the start of the October Revolution (1917?) was fired. This ship is now considered a national monument, and is so hallowed that during WWII the Russians sank it to protect it from German bombs.

From left to right - Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Museum of Zoology, and one of two Rostral columns (oil-fired navigation beacons in the 1800's).