Maritime monument in St. Petersburg - peeling paint had to go! (The wire on the left, too.)Peeled paint patched, wires removed from sky.That pedestrian sign really interfered with the rest of the image.Legend has it that a hero saved the city by killing a large bear an ax, hence the symbol of the city seen here and on public buildings.Hammer and sickle on the front of a public bldg. in Moscow. Grungy.The Canon sign detracts, as does the wire cutting across the image.Eagle on the front of the duma bldg. People of Russia