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PALACES AND MUSEUMS
OF ST PETERSBURG
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PETERHOF
Peterhof, Russia is a small suburb of the former Imperial capitol of Russia. It is located a pleasant one hour
hydro-foil ride across a portion of the Baltic Sea from St. Petersburg. It is a fact that Peterhof has literally
thousands of sister city relationships across the world. Peter I started it all when he chose the spot...
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TSARSKOYE SELO (Pushkin)
Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin) is one of St. Petersburg's magnificent Imperial residences. The estate boasts a beautiful landscape park,
dotted with architectural gems, and the center piece is the magnificent blue, white and gold Catherine Palace.
Forming the core of the estate, Tsarskoye Selo boasts almost 600 hectares of beautiful parkland. In front of the Catherine Palace
visitors can enjoy formal gardens with finely trimmed trees and bushes...
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ALEXANDER PALACE (Tsarskoye Selo)
Emperor Nicholas I loved the Alexander Palace very much. He spent the happiest and saddest days of his marriage there. On October 19, 1860,
the wife of Emperor Nicholas I, Empress Alexandra (1798 - 1860) passed away in the Alexander Palace. For Alexander Alexandrovich, the
grandson of Nicholas I ...
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PAVLOVSK
A superb palace and park ensemble, dating from the late 18th to the 19th century, Pavlovsk was a summer residence of the Russian emperor
Paul I and his family. Its architects were among the greatest of the period: Cameron, Brenna, Quarenghi, Voronikhin and Rossi. The landscape
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NOVGOROD
Novgorod - one of the most ancient cities of Russia located in its North-West, near the site where the Volkhov river takes its waters
from Lake Ilmen, emerged as a political center of Slavic and Fino-Ugric tribes in the mid-9th century.
No other old Russian cities have managed to preserve so many ancient architectural monuments adorned with wall murals...
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