Painting by Alexei Bogolyubov, “View from the Swan grooves on the Mikhailovsky Castle in St. Petersburg,” painted in the 1880s.

Carefully looking at the picture of Bogolyubov, you can see the trellises growing in the Summer Garden along the banks of the Swan groove. Household scenes (rinsing clothes, boating) give the canvas the serenity of a rural pastoral.

Modern photographs “View from the Swan groove at the Mikhailovsky Castle in St. Petersburg.” As Alexander Blok wrote: “Steel machines where the integral breathes …”.

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