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The Peter and Paul Fortress  The Peter and Paul Fortress is the first major building of Saint-Petersburg; it was a famous political prison in the imperial Russia. The Engineer's House houses an exhibition called "Return to Petersburg" with relics - mostly old household stuff - from the city's pre-Revolutionary past. The Cathedral of Saint Peter and Paul is the burial place of the Russian Tsars. The last Russian Tsar Nikolai the Second and his family were buried there in 1998. |
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 Saint Isaac Cathedral
 One of the pearls of Saint-Petersburg is St. Isaac Cathedral. It's the former principal and the largest cathedral of the city which can accommodate about 10 000 people. The cathedral is adorned with 112 solid granite columns weighing 114 tons each and about 400 monumental bronze sculptures. The height of the Cathedral is over 100 meters. Its dome covered with 100 kg pure gold is encircled by 24 statues. The Cathedral has 4 smaller bell towers. Its interior impressive as well; it is decorated with unique paintings, sculptures and mosaics by famous masters. The observation platform on the colonnade provides a magnificent view of the city. |
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| The Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan  The Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan (the Kazan Cathedral) is one of the most magnificent cathedrals of Saint-Petersburg. Its semicircular colonnade of ninety-six columns is extremely striking. The Cathedral was built at the beginning of the 19th century during the Russian-Turkish war. It was conceived as a large duplicate of St. Peter's in Rome. The Cathedral is closely connected with the history of Russian arms. The Statues of the Russian army heroes during Napoleon's march of Russia, Mikhail Kutuzov and Mikhail Barklay de Tolly are on the square in front of the Cathedral. At the moment the Museum of Religion is housed there. |
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The State Hermitage
 The State Hermitage is the oldest and the largest museum in the world. The museum is located in 6 historical buildings of Saint-Petersburg including the Winter Palace - the former residence of Russian Tsars.  More
than three million works are displayed in the 400 hall of the State
Hermitage. Collections of prehistoric culture and Egyptian art, the
art of Antiquity, Scythian gold, Italian, Spanish, German, English,
Russian, Flemish, Dutch, French paintings and sculptures are among
them. The State Hermitage was included in the list of especially valuable objects of national heritage. |
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The Russian Museum  The State Russian Museum is the world's largest museum of Russian art. It was opened at the end of the 19th century in the Mikhaylovsky Palace, one of the finest monuments of Russian architecture. The collection of the Museum numbers 400000 works and covers the entire history of Russian fine art from the 10th century to the present day. It includes the unique collection of ancient icons, works of painting, graphic art and sculpture, decorative and applied art, folk art and numismatics as well as the world's finest collection of Russian Avant-garde. |
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Yussupov
Palace  The most sumptuous non-imperial palace in St. Petersburg was the home of rich and powerful Yusupov family, who from the mid-18th century (when the first version of this palace was built) until the revolution, moved in the most powerful circles in Russia. The Yusupovs were great collectors of art, and their collection was known well beyond Russia. After the revolution most of the collection was moved to the Hermitage, though traces of the incredible wealth that once kept this palace pulsating with life still remain: the various sitting rooms, the intricate chandeliers and candelabras that adorn every room and corridor,  and the
beautiful private theater that looks like a cozy version of the Mariinsky.
The palace has been registered in the catalogue named “European Private
Mansions of Interest” by the British “Weidenfeld and Nicholson” Company.
Recently the palace opened an exhibit concerning an event that occurred in the palace in the winter of 1916. It is in this palace where the assassination of Rasputin, one of the most scandalous figures in Russian history, took place. The exhibit shows two rooms where it all happened. In the first room one can see wax figures of the conspirators - the Russian noblemen who participated in the drama. In the cellar where the assassination took place there are two wax figures at the table - young count Yusupov and Rasputin. |
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Peterhof  Peterhof lies on the Southern bank of the Gulf of Finland. It was built for the first Russian Emperor Peter the Great as a summer residence according to the model of French Versailles. Twenty palaces and more than 170 fountains are located on the territory of seven parks. The largest and the most beautiful fountain - Grand Cascade - is in front of the Grand Palace. It is encircled by 200 gilded Statues. Peterhof is really splendid, don't miss your chance to visit it. |
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Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo)
 The summer residence of Russian Tsars - Pushkin (former Tsarskoye Selo) - was built at the beginning of the 18th century. The central part of the Pushkin ensemble is the Catherine Palace. It strikes by a rich attire of its apartments. One of the finest rooms - the Grand Hall - is decorated in the Baroque style. The real pearl of the Palace was the Amber Room, called the eighth wonder of the world. Unfortunately Pushkin was occupied during the Second World War and the unique Amber Room disappeared. Not far from the Catherine Palace is situated the Lyceum, a popular noble school. The famous Russian poet Alexander Pushkin studied there in 1811-1817. |
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Pavlovsk  Pavlovsk is one of the finest Palace ensembles in Europe. The landscape park, one of the largest in Europe, has the area of 600 ha. These lands were presented to the future Russian Emperor Paul the First by his mother Catherine the Great. A wonderful Palace surrounded by artificial lakes and canals was built there. A large number of antique sculptures from Italy as well as an excellent collection of portraits created by Russian artists are displayed there. You will be stricken by the rich attire of the Palace and the splendid park. |
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Oranienbaum  Oranienbaum is the Palace-and-park ensemble on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland opposite the town-fortress Kronshtadt. In 1743, Oranienbaum became the summer residence of the future tsar Peter III. A fortress ensemble with a petite palace was constructed for him to the design of architect A.Rinaldi. Later A.Rinaldi was commissioned by the Empress Catherine the Great to erect the Chinese Palace and the Katalnaya Gorka (Sliding Hill) with a pavilion. The architectural style of these monuments is distinguished by the subtle blend of elegant rococo style with traces of classicism. Oranienbaum is famous for its landscape parks dating hack to the middle of the XIX century. . |
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