Russia
St. Petersburg
Attractions
Attractions in St. Petersburg
Peterhof Palace and Garden (Petrodvorets)
Once a formal garden built for Peter the Great, this popular park still has more than 80 of the original marble statues and sculptures and houses Peter's Summer Palace, a simply designed two-story building that now displays many of the ruler's own artifacts.
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Yusupov Palace
The horrific murder of Rasputin, the notorious "mad monk," took place in this stately palace, which offers guided tours of the scene of the crime.
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Alexander Palace and Park in Tsarskoye Selo
This magnificent palace is most well known for its role during the reign of the last Tsar, Nicholas II, who, with his family, was kept here before being moved to Siberia and then murdered.
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Blockade of Leningrad Museum
The museum tells about the life of the city during the 900-day siege in 1941-44b.
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Catherine Palace and Park in Tsarskoye Selo
Filled with 18th-century paintings and ornate rooms, this white and gold palace is surrounded by a 1400-acre park complete with fountains, bridges, the Agate Pavilion bathhouse and the Great Pond. The Palace also has a famous Amber Room, stolen by Nazi troops during WWII, but now recreated by Russian craftsmen.
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Mussorgsky Opera and Ballet Theater
The superb repertoire of classical operas and ballets as well as the opulent interior of this theater make it well worth a visit.
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Pavlovsk Palace and Park
Once the hunting grounds of czars, this 1,500-acre park contains an aviary, charming foot bridges, trails, ponds, gardens and the sprawling palace that belonged to Paul I.
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Peter and Paul Cathedral
The oldest and one of the tallest buildings in St. Petersburg is popular for the spectacular view provided by the thin, gilded needle-like spire rising from its bell tower. The graves of nearly all Romanov rulers since Peter the Great are here.
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Piskariovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Nearly half a million civilians who died in the 900-day Siege of Leningrad (the city's name from 1924-1991)are remembered at this cemetery with mass graves, an eternal flame, a statue of the Motherland, and photographs and documents describing the siege.
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St. Isaac's Cathedral
This gold-domed, ornate, 19th-century cathedral is the third largest domed cathedral in the world, and offers visitors a 300-step climb to a spectacular view of the city.
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Summer Garden (Letny Sad) and Summer Palace of Pet
The modest palace is set amid the lovely Summer Gardens, where Peter the Great held "assemblies" attended by aristocrats eager to maintain their social standing.
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Admiralty (Admiralteystvo)
Originally a dockyard for shipbuilding, this early St. Petersburg building is known for its beautiful gilded spire, and now serves as a naval college.
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Alexander Column
This 155-foot red granite column in Palace Square honors Russia's victory over France in the Napoleonic Wars, and is considered a remarkable engineering accomplishment.
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Alexander Nevsky Lavra
This beautiful monastery complex contains cemeteries where many of Russia's greatest literary and cultural figures are buried.
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Anichkov Bridge
This bridge, the first to cross the Fontanka River, has undergone a series of reconstructions and is noted for its elaborate cast-iron fencing and striking horse and human sculptures.
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Applied Art Museum
This jewel of a museum, hidden inside the Artistic Industrial Academy, is worth a visit both for the magnificent building that houses it and for its treasure trove of glass, ceramics, furniture and other fine arts and antiques.
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Architect Rossi Street (Ulitsa Zodchego Rossi)
Carlo Rossi, Alexander I's favorite architect, created this impressive Neo-Classical ensemble of buildings.
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Arctic and Antarctic Museum
Celebrated Russian polar expeditions and rescue missions are dramatically detailed and illustrated at this museum, which contains the original small plane that carried the Chelyuskin crew to safety in a 1934 rescue operation.
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Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge
This three-span bridge crossing the Neva River was the first of its kind in St. Petersburg, with unique features such as its fast-rising middle span, gigantic arched girders and two granite, Romanesque-style towers designed to resemble lighthouses.
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Bronze Horseman (Monument to Peter the Great)
A gallant and heroic Peter the Great atop a horse is depicted in this striking statue on Decembrist (Senate) Square commissioned by Catherine the Great to honor her predecessor.
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