Moscow: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has reinstated the imperial name of a train station outside Saint Petersburg that is used by tens of thousands of tourists visiting the former palaces of ...

No St. Petersburg festival would be complete without Valery Gergiev, dynamic director of the Mariinsky Theatre (also known by its Soviet-era name, the Kirov) and a central figure in the city's ...

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A colossal diamond, a golden cap, 15,000 dresses and the Amber Room – these are just a few of the treasure items of Russia’s imperial legacy now displayed the museums of Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Lenin's greatest monument teetered and began to fall Thursday after inhabitants of this historic city voted to restore its original name of St. Petersburg _ the longtime imperial capital of all Russia ...

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Unquestionably, the main attraction of our trip to Europe on board the Azamara Club Cruise will always be the visit to St. Petersburg in Russia. We know little of this part of the world, this land of ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — This is Russia’s imperial city, where the Romanovs lived 200 years of extravagance. Evening shadows beneath a long, mustard-colored arcade conjure Raskolnikov’s tortured skulk ...

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has reinstated the imperial name of a train station outside Saint Petersburg that is used by tens of thousands of tourists visiting the former palaces of the ...