St Petersburg
MARCH 2015
Icebreaker Krasin
C-189 Submarine
Museum of Political History of Russia
Red Banner Knitwear Factory
Museum of Medical History
Borei Gallery
These images show the sites we visited in St Petersburg in 2015 as part of research for future socially engaged art in the northern and Arctic region. Click on an image to enlarge and view photographs as a slideshow.
S-189 is a 613 Class diesel submarine that saw 35 years service in the Soviet Navy.
S-189 is a 613 Class diesel submarine that saw 35 years service in the Soviet Navy.
S-189 is a 613 Class diesel submarine that saw 35 years service in the Soviet Navy.
S-189 is a 613 Class diesel submarine that saw 35 years service in the Soviet Navy.
S-189 is a 613 Class diesel submarine that saw 35 years service in the Soviet Navy.
Erich Mendelsohn designed the factory's power station; other buildings were designed by S. O. Ovsyannikov, E. A. Tretyakov, and Hyppolit Pretreaus, who was the senior architect of this project. The complex of buildings of this factory was listed by the government of Saint Petersburg in 2001 (with additions of 2006) for its historical significance.
Photographs from the Museum of Medical History
