The image displays a winter urban landscape at Victory Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia, looking generally north-northeast

The image displays a winter urban landscape at Victory Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia, looking generally north-northeast. The foreground is covered in undisturbed snow with numerous human footprints. A dark, bare deciduous bush occupies the left side of the foreground. Across the midground, a wide, multi-lane road, Moskovsky Prospekt, is visible, mostly clear of snow but bordered by snow-covered verges. A black vehicle is partially visible on the far right edge of the road, and a street lamp post stands further into the midground on the right. In the background, the prominent concrete House of the Soviets (Dom Sovetov) stands centrally, characterized by its tall, multi-sectional facade. To the right of this building, a row of long, multi-story residential buildings with multiple windows is visible. The sun, positioned low on the horizon, is directly behind the Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad, silhouetting its large winged figure and casting significant lens flare across the lower-middle portion of the frame. The sky is largely overcast with gray clouds, but the sun breaks through, creating bright illumination and lens artifacts. A single dark bird is captured in flight in the upper-left quadrant of the frame. No human figures are present.