Arguably the most famous set of atlantes, these ten strapping clones are forever holding up the monumental portico of the Hermitage Museum's entrance on Millionnaya Street in St. Petersberg. They're roughly 20 feet tall, and visitors have a hard time seeing their faces. Alexander Terebenev carved them with veiny, clenched feet, as if they're really putting forth an effort, and likely with an eye toward bringing Russia into alignment with western culture by including references to Classical architecture. The great and neglected Russian photographer Boris Ignatovich uses one of them in a famous Petersberg street scene with a tricky use of scale.

Two other buildings in St. Peterserg with integrated figural sculpture are the 1914 House of Books, and the Admiralty Building, with twin female atlantes holding up globes.