Nevsky Prospekt finally ends at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, constructed under Peter the Great in 1710 to shelter the relics of the patron saint of St. Petersburg. Main attractions along Nevsky ...

Looking to appeal to the Francophile Russian ... in Saint Petersburg. At the age of 18, Peter Carl embarked on a Grand Tour of Europe, picking up invaluable skills from master goldsmiths in Germany, ...

Vibrant, traditional, and modern, Russia’s two major cultural centers represent centuries of the country’s rich and turbulent ...

The Peter and Paul Fortress is where St. Petersburg was founded. Peter the Great commissioned the building ... also houses the remains of centuries of Russian czars and their families.

The Kremlin and its far-right proxies now paint Ivan as a great statesman and devout Russian Orthodox Christian ... or high ranking bishop, of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga. His book, “The ...

On my way home from the conference, I stopped in to see my old friend Peter, whom I’ve known ... envoy met with Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, Russia, to make progress on cease-fire talks ...

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, joined by 29 other Russian ... his statue still rises over countless public squares and private courtyards. There are Lenin prospekts, or boulevards, from St. Petersburg ...

Zurab Tsereteli, the renowned Georgian-Russian sculptor ... works include the iconic Saint George Monument located at Freedom Square in Tbilisi. Among his most notable works are the 98-meter-tall ...

Russia now celebrates ... full-length white stone statue was installed here in 1955. The statue was designed by sculptor Apollon Manuylov in 1949 for a competition to create a monument to the poet for ...