The Menshikov Palace, the first large structure built with stone in St. Petersburg, was constructed for Prince Alexander Menshikov, a close associate of Peter the Great, in the early 1700s.

The Winter Palace, former royal residence of the Russian tsars in St. Petersburg, on the Neva River. Several different palaces were constructed in the 18th century, with the fourth and final version ...

MOSCOW, June 13. /TASS/. The restoration of the Chinese Palace in the Peterhof Museum-Reserve in St. Petersburg has been completed after 20 years, Russian Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova said.

Poland announced Wednesday it had shut its consulate in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg, after Russia ordered the closure in a tit-for-tat move. Russia ordered the closure in December after ...

Flush with canals and built around water – the city curves around the Gulf of Finland, and the Neva River runs through the city center – St. Petersburg is a planned city that originated with ...