Pavlovsk Imperial residence
Pavlovsk is a municipal town in Pushkinsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, located 30 kilometers (19 mi) south from St. Petersburg proper and about 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) southeast from Pushkin. The town developed around the Pavlovsk Palace, a major residence of the Russian imperial family. Between 1918 and 1944, its official name was Slutsk, after […]
Gatchina Imperial residence
Gatchina is a town and the administrative center of Gatchinsky District in Leningrad Oblast. It is located 45 kilometers (28 mi) south of St. Petersburg, along the E95 highway leading to Pskov. Gatchina is the largest town in Leningrad Oblast, and is best known as the location of the Great Gatchina Palace, one of the main residences […]
Catherine Palace: Amber room
Tsarskoye Selo palace and park ensemble — a brilliant monument of world architecture and landscape art XVIII — early XX century. A whole group of architects, sculptors, painters embodied the desires of their royal customers. In Tsarskoe Selo concentrated best samples baroque and classical architecture; it is here were first in the Russian capital interiors, decorated in Art […]
Excursion to the Peter and Paul Fortress
Peter and Paul Cathedral is justly regarded one of the main attractions of Peter and Paul Fortress. It was built in 1712–1733 as the main cathedral of St Petersburg, new capital of the Russian Empire. Designed in Baroque style by Dominico Trezzini, it combines typical features of West-European and Italian church architecture. It is rectangular in shape, […]
Excursion on the Aurora battleship
A silhouette of the early twentieth century warship is markedly noticeable in Petrogradskaya embankment of St. Petersburg. It is a unique monument of the history of Russia and its Navy, a museum ship – the legendary cruiser Aurora. This ship happened to become a witness and participant of many controversial events of the intricate history […]
Excursion to the Hermitage
The State Hermitage Museum — In the center of St. Petersburg on the Neva River, opposite the Peter and Paul Fortress, the museum is the largest in Russia. Take a tour of the Hermitage — should anyone visiting St. Petersburg. The State Hermitage Museum — is the calling card of St. Petersburg, as well as one […]