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It is common knowledge that St.Petersburg is one of the greatest and most beautiful cities in the world.
“Northern Palmira”, “Northern Venice”… A lot of the most poetic names have been given to Russia’s second capital.
The founder of St.Petersburg was Peter the Great, who laid the first stone of the Peter and Paul Fortress on the 16th of May 1703 on Hare Island thus starting a new city.
In 1712, St.Petersburg became the Capital of the Russian State, the center of its political and cultural life.
The best architects, sculptors and artists were invited there who created the city’s unique look. Broad wonderful squares, wide avenues, including the main street – Nevsky Avenue, rich palaces of Russian aristocrats, majestic cathedrals and government buildings sprang up there. The Peter and Paul Cathedral, the building of 12 collegias, St.Nicolas Church, Winter Palace, Smolny Cathedral, Nickolas and Mariinsky Palaces, built to the designs of architects Tresiny, Chevokinsky, Rastrelli, Rossi, Kvarengui, Monferan, Shtakenshnaider and others make the city unique. It is ornamented by brilliant sculptures of Russia’s statesmen – the famous Bronze Horseman, the monument to Peter the Great, the monument to great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, the monuments to great army leaders, Mikhail Kutuzov and Barclai-de-Tolli, etc.
Here brilliant composers – Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and Glinka – created their music; illustrious poets and painters also worked here.
St.Petersburg’s gems are its palaces – summer residences of Russian tsars such as Peterhoff, Tzarskoye Selo, Pavlovsk and Lomonosov.
The legendary cruiser Aurora, the Smolny Institute and the Mars Field tell about three Russian revolutions.
Everyone knows about the 900-day siege of Leningrad during the World War II. Over 500,000 of its victims are buried in the memorial Piskarev cemetery.
Welcome to St.Petersburg – one of the youngest, most charming and most beautiful city in the world!
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