St. Isaac's Cathedral was once the main church of St. Petersburg and the largest church of Russia. The church was designed to accommodate 14 thousand standing worshipers. The gilded dome of St. Isaac's is one of the most recognizable features of the skyline of St. Petersburg. We climbed the 300 steps to get a better view of St. Petersburg and snap a few pictures (which until recently was prohibited due to national security reasons...uhhh yeah).
Myself atop St. Isaac's, with a statue of Nicholas I in the background.
A view of the Neva River and Decembrists' Square.
Some palace...if I remember correctly, it was the home of one of Nicolas I's daughters. She hated looking out the window and seeing a statue of her dad, or something like that...he wasn't a very nice guy, hence the name "the bloody tsar".
A view of the Admiralty's spire and the Winter Palace and the Alexander Column, which is under scaffolding.
A view of the city, nothing that special in this picture.
Myself inside St. Isaac's