St. Petersburg
Palace Square (Dvortsovaya Ploschchad)
Free: All time Palace Square is basically the central city square of St. Petersburg and the former Russian Empire. It was the setting of many events...
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St. Petersburg
Piskariovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Free: All time Piskariovskoye Cemetery serves as a reminder and memorial for the tragedy the city lived through during World War II – specifically during the...
St. Petersburg
St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral
Free: All time Located in the sailor quarter of St. Petersburg, this impressive baroque Cathedral was named after Nicholas – the patron saint of seamen. It...
St. Petersburg
The Bronze Horseman
Free: All time The Bronze Horseman is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great – the founder of St. Petersburg immortalized in the poem of the...
St. Petersburg
Strelka (The Arrow)
Free: All time Strelka, literally translated to “arrow”, is the eastern tip of Vasilyevsky Island and is one of the oldest parts of St. Petersburg. Strelka...
St. Petersburg
Chesme Church
Free: All time When Catherine the Great was delivered the news about Russian victory over the Turks in 1770, the Empress decided that a church was...
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Bridge of Kisses (Potseluev Most)
Free: All time The Potseluev Most, literally Bridge of Kisses, is a bridge across the Moyka River in Saint Petersburg. The name of the bridge spurred...
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The Big House (Bolshoy Dom)
Free: All time Unofficially named “The Big House” (Bolshoy Dom), this great Soviet Constructivsm-styled building was where once the headquarter of Soviet secret police OGPU. The...
St. Petersburg
Alexander Nevsky Monastery
Free: All time Alexander Nevsky Monastery or Lavra is St. Petersburg’s most ancient and prominent monastery. In fact, the word “lavra” in Russian is reserved only...
St. Petersburg
Dom Knigi
Free: All time The House of Books (Dom Knigi) is located in the middle of Nevsky Prospekt (the main street in St. Petersburg). It is housed...