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The collection includes souvenir dolls from all over the world, dolls made by St Petersburg's painters, and many others. An exhibition Russian Peasant Dolls" shows the important role which dolls played in the life of peasants.... more
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This cathedral is the second largest church in the city and was built between 1827-1835 in the form of the Greek Orthodox cross. Closed during the 1930s, its interior was dismantled and the structure became a warehouse. Plans w... more
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In 1826 Nicholas I enlisted architect Adam Menelaws to construct a “farmhouse” in the Alexandria Park near the Grand Palace at Peterhof. What he ended up with instead was an English Gothic-style cottage. There are all sorts of... more
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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 little overwhelmed by the beautiful architecture of St Petersburg. Built in 1807 i... more
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This church was built between 1731 and 1734 by order of empress Anna Ioannovna on the spot where the wooden Archangel Michael Church had been founded in 1712. The church's main altar is consecrated in honor of Simon and Anne, t... more
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The town is situated near Tsarskoe Selo roughly 25 kilometers from St. Petersburg. The central attraction is the Great Palace. It was a royal residence given by Catherine II as a present to her son Pavel. The palace grounds hav... more
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St. Petersburg Travel Experiences
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Hydrofoils, fountains and gold at Peterhof
We had read Peterhof was a good place to go, around a 30 minute ride by hydrofoil from the banks of the Neva out into the Gulf of Finland... Continue reading »
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Back in the USSR
.........IT was GREAT!!! ....was last here in 1992 (studying) just as the Gorbachev/Yeltzin reforms had rocked the whole countr... Continue reading »
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Saint Petersburgh
Saint Petersburg was very cold although very beautiful.We had a very keen local guide who took us on a 5 hour city walk instead of 2 hrs.... Continue reading »
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St Petersburg on a business trip to attend a conference. I was here about the same time last year when the first snow arrived and it was... Continue reading »
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Saint Petersburg's Complex
Saint Petersburg is a fascinating place and is vastly different from Moscow, Russia's other major city. It is a truly European city and r... Continue reading »
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Popular St. Petersburg Hotels
- Apricot Hostel
- Rossiya St Petersburg
- Novotel St Petersburg Centre
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- Rinaldi by the Hermitage
- Hotel Pribaltiyskaya
- Moskva Hotel
- Pulkovskaya Hotel
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Popular St. Petersburg Things to Do
- Dvortsovaia Ploshchad' (Palace Square)
- Edmond J Safra Grand Choral Synagogue (The)
- Ermitazh (Hermitage, The)
- Letnyi Sad (Summer Gardens)
- Griboedov Club
- Titanik (Titanic)
- Peterhof
- Tavricheskii Sad (Tauride Gardens, The)
- Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad
- Petropavlovskaia Krepost' (Peter and Paul Fortress)
