Description: A good deal of this interminable building is now taken up by dozens of clothes' stalls selling their wares almost on top of one another. That ... |
Description: This is a reinforced concrete bridge 226.2 meters long and 36 meters wide crossing the Malaia Neva between Vasil'evskii Ostrov and the Petrograd Side. ... More |
Description: St. Petersburg was built around the point where the main channel of the majestic Neva empties itself into the Gulf of Finland. Flowing about 75 ... More |
Description: This tiny little church has been under heavy restoration and wood scaffolding continues to conceal the building and bags of stones, piles of wood ... |
Description: Although this was the childhood home of Lolita's famous author, the rest of his life was spent well away from the place, after his well-to-do family ... More |
Description: The first burial at this cemetery took place in 1905. At that time this area lay in the countryside, and the original occupants of the graves were ... More |
Description: The University was established together with the Academy of Sciences by decree of Peter the Great in 1724. Since 1804, the University has occupied ... More |
Description: This street is named after its creator, architect Ross, and lies behind the Academic Theater of Drama. It is formed by two identical buildings, both, ... More |
Description: This is a metal three-part bridge 334.3 meters long and 23.5 meters wide which crosses the river not far from the Smol'nyi Institut. It was built in ... More |
Description: The convent was established to mark the death of pious Father John of Kronshtadt, in his time (the latter part of the nineteenth century) one of the ... More |
Description: The 18th and first half of the 19th century Strel'na Palace and Park complex is 27kms from St Petersburg on the way to Petrodvorets. Peter I had a ... More |
Description: Located on the first floor in the building of the Artists' Union Exhibition Center on Bolshaia Morskaia, 38, the gallery offers for sale paintings and ... More |
Description: "D-137" gallery was founded in 1996. In the exhibition halls the collections of pictures, graphic art, sculpture and photos by contemporary Russian ... More |
Description: The land was given to the Lutheran Parish by Peter I in 1727 and on it they constructed the Church of St. Peter through the course of 1728-1738. The ... More |
Description: This is a three-bay bridge 57.1 meters long and 14.7 meters wide crossing the Fontanka River at Ploshchad' Lomonosova. It was originally a drawbridge ... More |
Description: This mighty Doric column, cut from a giant granite monolith with a bronze base, cap, bas-reliefs and a sculpture on top, was put on Palace Square in ... More |
Description: Housed inside the Russian Academy of Arts, the museum was founded in 1758, with collections donated by Catherine the Great, Count Besborodko and ... More |
Description: This cemetery competed with that of the Alexander Nevskii Monastery for design and prestige. Many of St. Petersburg's aristocrats, academics, famous ... More |
Description: Created for and mainly addressing children, the Puppet Fairy Tale Theatre was founded by actresses Yekaterina Chernyak, Yelena Gilodi and Olga ... More |
Description: This cemetery is 70 hectares. In the eastern section of the cemetery lie common graves of the 'Defenders of Leningrad', those who perished defending ... More |
Description: The mosque was built between 1910 and 1920. Its design was based on the mausoleum of the 14th-15th century Pur-Emir in Samarkand. The grey granite ... More |
Description: This cast-iron bridge crosses the Moika River at Nevskii Prospekt. It was often referred to as the green bridge because of the color it was painted. ... More |
What would a visit to St Petersburg be without a stroll down Nevkii Prospekt? Walking down the main heartline of the city, you'll pass churches and ...More |
Description: This resort-town is situated in one of the most picturesque places on the North coast of the Gulf of Finland. It gets its name from the Sestra ... More |
Description: The expanse of the stadium complex can hold up to 25,000 people and there is a range of sports that are held here from fencing to tennis and football. ... More |
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