Gallery: The Eerie Similarity Between Russia's Palaces and Metro Stations
David Burdeny01Komsomolskaya Metro Station, Moscow, Russia, 2015 HR
Komsomolskaya Metro Station, Moscow, Russia, 2015
David Burdeny02Blue Drawing Room. Catherine Palace. Pushkin, Russia, 2014 HR
Blue Drawing Room. Catherine Palace. Pushkin, Russia, 2014
David Burdeny03Avtovo Metro Station, St Petersburg, Russia, 2014 HR
Avtovo Metro Station, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2014
David Burdeny04Amber Room, Catherine Palace, Pushkin, Russia, 2015 HR
Amber Room, Catherine Palace, Pushkin, Russia, 2015
David Burdeny05Elektrozavodskaya Station, Moscow, Russia, 2015 HR
Elektrozavodskaya Station, Moscow, Russia, 2015
David Burdeny06Novoslobodskaya Metro Station, Moscow, Russia, 2015 HR
Novoslobodskaya Metro Station, Moscow, Russia, 2015
David Burdeny07Kiyevsskaya Station, Moscow, Russia, 2015 HR
Kiyevsskaya Station, Moscow, Russia, 2015
David Burdeny08Jordan Stairs I, State Hemitage, St Petersburg, Russia, 2014 HR
Jordan Stairs I, State Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia, 2014
David Burdeny09Kiyevsskaya Metro Station (east), Moscow, Russia, 2015 HR
Kiyevsskaya Metro Station (east), Moscow, Russia, 2015
David Burdeny10Arbatskaya Metro Station, Moscow, Russia, 2015 HR
Arbatskaya Metro Station, Moscow, Russia, 2015
David Burdeny11Docent II, State Hemitage, St Petersburg, Russia, 2015 HR
Docent II, State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2015
David Burdeny12Aeroport Metro Station, Moscow, Russia, 2015 HR
Aeroport Metro Station, Moscow, Russia, 2015
David Burdeny13Belorusskaya Station, Moscow, Russia, 2015 HR
Belorusskaya Station, Moscow, Russia, 2015
David Burdeny14Red Room, Yusopof Palace, St Petersburg, Russia, 2015 HR
Red Room, Yusopof Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2015
David Burdeny15Taganskaya Metro Station, Moscow, Russia, 2015 HR
Taganskaya Metro Station, Moscow, Russia, 2015
David Burdeny16Mikhailovsky Theatre Curtain, St Petersburg, Russia, 2014 HR
Mikhailovsky Theatre Curtain, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2014
David Burdeny17Prospekt Mira Station, Moscow, Russia 2015 HR
Prospekt Mira Station, Moscow, Russia 2015
David Burdeny18Jordan Stairs II, State Hemitage, St Petersburg, Russia, 2014 HR
Jordan Stairs II, State Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia, 2014
David Burdeny19Sokol Metro Station, Moscow, Russia, 2015 HR
Sokol Metro Station, Moscow, Russia, 2015
David Burdeny20Palace Square, St Petersburg, Russia 2014 HR
Palace Square, St. Petersburg, Russia 2014
David Burdeny21Mayakovskaya Station, Moscow, Russia, 2014 HR
Mayakovskaya Station, Moscow, Russia, 2014
David Burdeny22Yusopf Theatre (Czar Box), St Petersburg, Russia, 2015 HR
Yusopf Theatre (Czar Box), St. Petersburg, Russia, 2015
David Burdeny23Docent I, State Hemitage, St Petersburg, Russia, 2015, HR
Docent I, State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2015,
David Burdeny24Kropotkinskaya Station, Moscow Russia, 2015 HR
Kropotkinskaya Station, Moscow Russia, 2015
David Burdeny25Yusopf Theatre Curtain, St Petersburg, Russia, 2015 HR
Yusopf Theatre Curtain, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2015
David Burdeny26Sportivnaya Station, St Petersburg, Russia, 2014 HR
Sportivnaya Station, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2014
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