Description: During a 10 year period (1801-1811), master builder Andrei Voronikhin oversaw construction of this huge building, a majestic semicircular colonnade ... More |
Description: Catherine II (more popularly known as Catherine the Great) had a huge influence on Russian history. The German-born empress reigned from 1762-1796. ... More |
Description: Most come to Gorokhovaya 64 for shopping or to seek the advice of an attorney, without ever knowing that Grigory Rasputin once lived here. Set on a ... More |
Description: They turn the lights down low more than they used to here on the weekends, probably in an attempt to create more intimacy, though you might have ... More |
Not big on excitement but great for photo ops with the Church of Spilled Blood in the background. I wouldn't go out of the way for it if you are on ...More |
The Tauride Gardens in St. Petersburg, Russia were very beautiful. I enjoyed my visit to Russia immensely. All of the people there were friendly. Our ...More |
Description: The James Cook Cafe and Pub breathes life into the newly renovated Malaia Koniushennaia. The cafe offers a huge selection of coffees from all over the ... More |
Description: Sergei Kirov was Leningrad's Communist Party boss until his assassination in 1934, which it is largely accepted happened at Stalin's behest. The ... More |
Description: This bridge is 35.8 meters wide and 23.5 meters long and crosses the river Moika at Ulitsa Glinki. From 1738, there had been a wooden pedestrian ... More |
Description: The store, located just across from Gostinii Dvor right in the centre of town, is the main branch of the Titanic chain of video & music shops. The ... More |
If were in the U.S. it'd be the tackiest hillbilly bar you'd ever seen, but since it's in Russia, it offers a level of amusement it may be difficult ...More |
Truly amazing workmanship throughout the building and grounds. As you walk through the rooms, you can easily imagine yourself back 200+ years ago - ...More |
Description: This bridge is positioned where Palace and Kutuzov embankments meet at the source of the Fontanka river. It was built in the 1760s and was one of the ... More |
Description: The brightly-lit and bright yellow Cathedral of the Transfiguration was built by decree of empress Elizabeth on the spot where the Preobrazhenskii ... More |
Description: This cathedral attached to Smolnyi Monastyr (Smolnyi Convent) was built according to the design of, V. Rastrelli, a famous 18th century architect. ... More |
Description: The history of the cruiser Aurora is firmly intertwined with the 20th Century story of St. Petersburg. During the Communist period it was proudly ... More |
Description: Is it harmless fun or superficial tack? Marstall actually manages to overcome the issue because it is happily both. The 'mini-shows' or 'concourses', ... More |
Description: Helsinki is one of the major rail gateways to St. Petersburg. If you take a train from Finland's capital to St. Petersburg, you'll arrive at the ... More |
Description: The Bronze Horseman (Mednyi Vsadnik) is probably St. Petersburg's best known monument to Peter the Great. Rearing above a huge stone, the horse and ... More |
Description: This exhibition hall on Isaakievskaia Ploshchad' (St Isaac's Square) is a good place to drop in for an hour or so if you are beginning to feel a ... More |
Description: This bridge linking Zaiachii Ostrov to Troitskaia Ploshchad' is the oldest in the city and became necessary once the Peter and Paul Fortress had been ... More |
Description: On the Liteinyi Prospekt stands an old three-story house. There lived and worked a wonderful poet of the 19th century dedicated to unraveling the ... More |
Description: This is one of the lesser known of the former tsarist resorts. It is situated 41 kilometers from St. Petersburg on the Finnish Sea Gulf. Sitting on a ... More |
Description: This suspension bridge is 20.2 meters long and only 1.85 meters (6 feet 1 inch) wide crossing Kanal Griboedova not far from Kazan Cathedral. The ... More |
Description: Polar bears, wolves, ice picks and even a life size model air craft with wooden skis which was used in the Arctic and designed by Shavrov are on ... More |
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