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Quote: The biggest and most famous museum in Russia, located in the former imperial residence - the Winter Palace. The site of the Hermitage, perhaps, one of the best museum sites in the… Read More
Quote: Peterhof is located 29 km from Saint-Petersburg on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland. Why Peter decided to build a summer residence here for several reasons. One of them - an ideal location for the time… Read More
Quote: High above the city walls ascended the spire bell tower of Peter and Paul Cathedral - the highest building in town. With this fortress in 1703 began Petersburg, in the same year was founded and the cathedral.We… Read More
Quote: It appearance is obliged to St. Isaac's Cathedral of Peter I, who was born May 30, the day of Isaac of Dalmatia, the Byzantine monk, once canonization. May 30, 1710 the emperor ordered the building near the… Read More
Quote: Palaces aren’t often at the top of my list of places to see even when visiting large cities but I couldn’t help but be intrigued by the Yusupov Palace. Compared to many royal residences, this place seemed so… Read More
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Quote: This museum is dedicated to the German seige of St. Petersburg during WWII. It's harrowing and awe-inspiring, but it does sanitize history a little. There is no mention of the cannibalism that went on in St.… Read More
Quote: In this tiny apartment, Anna Akhmatova penned some of her most moving poems. Shared with Nikolay Nikolaevich Punin and his wife Anna Evgenevna, Akhmatova lived here during the Stalinist purges of the early 20th… Read More
Quote: The Academy of Arts of St. Petersburg, Russia was founded in 1758 and was based on existing Western art academies of the time. The Bologna Academy, the Paris Academy, the Vienna Academy, and the Berlin Academy… Read More
Quote: "There is no future without past!" exclaims the poster in front of the Political History Museum. This seldom-visited museum, just a few blocks from the Peter and Paul Fortress, fascinates on more than one level.… Read More
Quote: Before abandoning us on the street in front of the Menshikov Palace museum, our taxi driver tried valiantly to find someone who could point out the entrance. Unfortunately, most of the passers-by were young… Read More