Located opposite the Hermitage Museum on the Moika river, the original 19th-century facade, designed by Dutch engineer Basil von Witte in 1852, has been retained, while the building behind is entirely new.
"Let's take this peoples' power and build it right up — until we retake control of the building behind us".
He stood up and took a good look at the building behind him.
For decades, the building behind the statue has intermittently housed an eatery named Aist (stork).
But the fence on which it hangs is rusted; the building behind it is boarded up.
The gunman came closer, looming larger against the building behind him.
CONS: The apartment is in the back, so the views are of the building behind.
Inside the building behind him lounged 15 young men, all armed with AK-47 assault rifles.
Photos: A suite at the Mansion Hotel and the building behind its walled courtyard.
Both told investigators they were inside the building behind the stand and did not see the gunman.
Yet looking at the building behind him, burnt out by riots that followed Mr Gray's funeral, he adds, "and look at this store!
