Walking through the town of Nikolskoye in Russia's Leningrad region

The town developed from the village of Nikolskoye, which was founded in 1710 on the bank of Tosna river about 30 kilometers southeast of St. Petersburg by decree of Russian Emperor Peter…

Walking in the historic part of Vsevolozhsk, a city in Russia's Leningrad Region. It is located just 5 km northeast of St. Petersburg.

Founded in 1892 by Pavel Vsevolozhsky. Thus, the city's name derives from its founder's surname.

In 1890, construction…

Walking in Kupchino, a truly Soviet district of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was built on the site of old villages, their fields, and collective farms that once lay to the south of historic pre-Revolutionary St. Petersburg. One of these villages was called…

Walking in Vyritsa — an urban-type settlement in Gatchinsky District, of Leningrad Region of Russia, nestled along the banks of the Oredezh River. It is located 59km south of St Petersburg and 21km from Gatchina, the capital of the Leningrad region.

The…

Walking through Siversky, an urban-type settlement in Gatchinsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located 70km south of St Petersburg on the Oredezh River and the St Petersburg-Warsaw Railway (now St Petersburg-Pskov line).

The settlement's history…

Walking through Admiralteysky District – one of four districts recognized as part of St. Petersburg's UNESCO-listed historic center, which is developed in the area around the historic building of the Admiralty and its shipyard, built in 1704–1706.

From 1706…

Walking through Volosovo, a town in Russia’s Leningrad Region. It is located 85km southwest from St Petersburg on the former lands of the Wrangel family - a Baltic German noble family with branches in several countries. Members of the family have also been…

Walking through the town of Sertolovo in the Leningrad region of Russia. Located just 6–7 km northwest of St. Petersburg, Sertolovo is one of the closest towns to the city.

The first mention of Sertolovo as a village dates back to the Chronicles of 1500.…

Walking through the town of Tosno in Leningrad Region of Russia with a population of 32,000 residents. Located 60 km southeast of St. Petersburg, Tosno began as a postal station on the historic Moscow-St Petersburg road, later growing into a postal settlement.…

Live from St Petersburg, Russia on a May Day Weekend Friday Night. It is the International Worker’s Day in Russia when people are having 4 days off!

Walking through Chudovo, a town in the Novgorod region of Russia. It is located on the banks of the Kerest River, 120 km southeast of St. Petersburg and about 70 km northwest of Veliky Novgorod. The population is approximately 14,000 residents.

One of the…

Walking through Old Ladoga (formerly known as just "Ladoga"), officially the very first capital of Russia where Russia actually was founded by Prince Rurik. Nowadays, it is the historic settlement in Leningrad region of Russia, which is located in 110km east…

Walking through Veliky Novgorod (Novgorod The Great), one of the oldest cities of Russia. Founded in 859, it is three years older than Russia itself. It is located in 500km northwest from Moscow and 190km southeast from St Petersburg.

This video is a kind…

Walking through the town of Volkhov in Russia’s Leningrad Region. It is located 135 km east of St. Petersburg, on both banks of the Volkhov River, with a population of 37,000 residents.

The town originated as a settlement for the builders of the Volkhov…

Walking through the streets of the town of Kirishi in the Leningrad region of Russia, located 155 km southeast of St. Petersburg, with a population of 49,500 residents.

Kirishi was founded in the late 1950s when its territory was chosen as a convenient site…

Walking through the streets of Lyuban, a town in Russia's Leningrad Region

Lyuban is located about 100 km southeast of St. Petersburg, right on the M-10 highway (St. Petersburg – Moscow). With a population of just 4,300 residents, it is a small but historically…

Walking in Tikhvin, one of the oldest towns in Leningrad Region of Russia. It is located in about 200km southeast from St Petersburg. The population is 53,000 residents.

This walk passes through such a significant places as the Tikhvin Holy Dormition Cathedral…

Walking in Boksitogorsk, the town in Leningrad Region of Russia which is located in 245km southeast from St Petersburg on the St Petersburg - Vologda highway.

Boksitogorsk grew around the Boksitogorsk (Tikhvin) alumina plant, which operates based on a large…

Walking in Pikalyovo, an early-Soviet-era industrial town in the Leningrad region of Russia, located 260 km southeast of St. Petersburg on the highway and railway to Vologda. The population is 19,830 residents.

In 1930, deposits of cement limestone and…

Walking through the town of Pushkin in St. Petersburg, Russia, formerly known as Tsarskoye Selo (Tsar's Village) – the residence of the Imperial Romanov family. By 2025, its population is nearly 109,000 residents.

The town is traversed by the St. Petersburg–Vitebsk…