Military in Saint Petersburg

Discover 3 places tagged “military” in Saint Petersburg.

Flowers growing on a mass grave.

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery

This memorial complex contains several mass graves for victims of the Siege of Leningrad.

Field tools.

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Russian Museum of Military Medicine

Rare documents, old instruments, and gruesome specimens showcase the history of military medicine.

Outside the modern-day Research Institute, looking significantly better than it did under siege

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry

Inside the world's largest seed bank, WWII botanists elected to starve to death rather than compromise their collection.

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