St. Petersburg’s goal of becoming a “cultural capital of Europe” took a big step forward Monday with the announcement of the Palace of the Arts on Vasilievsky Island of St. Petersburg, an ...

1. The Menshikov Palace. Photo credit: Lori/Legion-Media. The Menshikov Palace was one of the earliest stone buildings in St. Petersburg, built between 1710 and 1727.

The park and palace are located south of St. Petersburg in the town of Tsarskoye Selo. Ticket prices range from 700 to 1000 rubles (or about $11 to $16), ...

St. Petersburg Palace May 19, 2004, 12:01am EDT Jun 06, 2013, 01:32pm EDT. Share. Save. This article is more than 10 years old. Overview. St. Petersburg's short but colorful history comes alive in ...

This palace and park south of St. Petersburg was a summer residence of the tsars. Its construction began under Catherine I, the wife of Peter the Great, ...

Palace Square, in the heart of St. Petersburg, is the city's main square and home to the Baroque-style Winter Palace that stands at the square's northern end. Built in the 1750s, the Winter Palace ...

ST. PETERSBURG'S NEW "PALACE OF THE PEOPLE"; Immense Building for the Masses to be Opened Dec. 19. DINING ROOM TO SEAT 2,000 Concert Hall, Opera House, and Other Attractions -- The Work of the ...

Near the city where the 1917 Russian Revolution was born, the newest landmark is a once-derelict palace now transformed into a gleaming showcase for St. Petersburg’s most famous living son, ...

The confection of buildings that is St Petersburg is celebrating its 300th anniversary. Stanley Stewart visits a tarnished Russian fantasy Three hundred years ago this May, Peter the Great rode ...

Russia's Peter the Great's first palace in Petersburg was a mere 710 square feet, smaller than the average one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan.

Crossing St Isaac’s Square in winter has always been perilous in St Petersburg. There’s the snow, for a start. Crisp and pretty it may be, but it’s slippery underfoot and you could easily ...