745405 The Duma, St Petersburg, c.1890s (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The town hall of St Petersburg with the famous Italianate tower built by the little-known architect Giacomo Ferrari and completed in 1804. The tower was used for the semaphore telegraph system between the Imperial residences. Different coloured balloons were flown from the tower to warm of floods threatening the city. On the left is the small chapel of the Guslizky monastery.); Russian, out of copyright.