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The Viazemskskaia Lavra (Monastery). A notorious night shelter where the worst criminals of St. Petersburg found shelter. It has since been altered into a children's asylum.

Karl Bullaabout 1910

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

  • Title: The Viazemskskaia Lavra (Monastery). A notorious night shelter where the worst criminals of St. Petersburg found shelter. It has since been altered into a children's asylum.
  • Creator: Karl Karlovitz Bulla
  • Date Created: about 1910
  • Physical Dimensions: 16.2 × 23 cm (6 3/8 × 9 1/16 in.)
  • Type: Print
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Gelatin silver print
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 84.XP.224.43
  • Culture: Russian
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: Karl Karlovitz Bulla (Russian, 1854 - 1929)
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
The J. Paul Getty Museum

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