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Visit St. Petersburg and its landmark buildings
Time-lapse video of St. Petersburg.
Video: Geoff Tompkinson/GTImage.com; original music by Vincent Jacq (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Explore the traditional architecture and crowded waterways of the Russian city St. Petersburg
Time-lapse video of St. Petersburg, Russia.
Video: © Kirill Neiezhmakov; www.youtube.com/user/nk87design (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Take a guided tour to the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Overview of the Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

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St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg.
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St. Petersburg, Russia
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Chesmenn Church
Chesmenn Church, St. Petersburg.
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Fontanka River
Fontanka River, St. Petersburg.
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Admiralty Tower
Admiralty Tower, St. Petersburg.
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St. Petersburg: pedestal of the Alexander Column
Pedestal of the Alexander Column in Palace Square, St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg: Hermitage and Alexander Column
Winter Palace (left) and the New Hermitage (right; both parts of the State Hermitage...
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St. Petersburg: Hermitage
Hermitage museum complex on the Neva River, St. Petersburg. Shown from left to right...
St. Petersburg: Hermitage
The Winter Palace (left) and the New Hermitage (right), parts of the Hermitage museum,...
St. Petersburg: St. Isaac's Cathedral
St. Isaac's Cathedral, St. Petersburg.
Bronze Horseman
The Bronze Horseman, monument to Peter the Great, St. Petersburg.
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Saint Isaac's Cathedral
Saint Isaac's Cathedral, St. Petersburg.
Evgeny Gerashchenko
St. Petersburg: Kazan Cathedral
Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg.
Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ (commonly known as the Church of the...
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St. Petersburg: Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ
Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ (commonly known as Church of the Saviour...
Smolny Cathedral
Smolny Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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St. Petersburg
St. Isaac's Cathedral (left), one of the Rostral Columns (centre), and the Stock...
Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul
Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, St. Petersburg.
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St. Petersburg: Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul
Chapel of St. Catherine in the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, St. Petersburg.
Russian cruiser Aurora
The Russian cruiser Aurora moored on the Bolshaya Nevka River, St. Petersburg.
Vyborg
Vyborg, on the Gulf of Finland, Leningrad oblast, Russia.
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Great Palace
The Great Palace, Petrodvorets, St. Petersburg.
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Petrodvorets Park
Petrodvorets park, St. Petersburg.
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Grand Palace: Samson Rending the Lion's Jaws
Samson Rending the Lion's Jaws, copy of an 1802 sculpture by Mikhail Kozlovsky,...
Peterhof: Grand Palace
View from the Grand Palace, Peterhof, Russia.
Peterhof: Grand Palace
The Grand Cascade of the Grand Palace, Peterhof, Russia.
Catherine Palace
The Catherine Palace, Pushkin, St. Petersburg.
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Pushkin: Catherine Palace
Rear facade of the Catherine Palace, Pushkin, Russia.
Pushkin: Hermitage Pavilion
Hermitage Pavilion on the grounds of the Catherine Palace, Pushkin, Russia.
Pushkin: Catherine Palace Chapel
Golden onion domes of the Catherine Palace Chapel (Church of the Resurrection), Pushkin,...
Cameron Gallery
The Cameron Gallery on the grounds of the Catherine Palace, St. Petersburg.
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St. Petersburg: St. Isaac's Cathedral
Interior of St. Isaac's Cathedral, St. Petersburg.
Dennis Jarvis (CC-BY-2.0) (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Buildings line the banks of a waterway in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Many waterways...
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The bow of the cruiser Aurora, anchored in the Bolshaya Nevka River, and...
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St. Petersburg: Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul
Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul with the walls of the Peter-Paul Fortress in...
Russian Revolution
Demonstrators gathering before the Winter Palace in Petrograd (St. Petersburg) in...
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Vasilyevsky Island: former Exchange building and Rostral Column
The former Exchange building and Rostral Column, Vasilyevsky Island, Saint Petersburg.
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cruise missile
BrahMos, a supersonic cruise missile co-developed by Russia and India, on display...
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Corinthian columns
The Corinthian columns of Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg.
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Kirov, Sergey Mironovich
Sergey Mironovich Kirov, statue in St. Petersburg.
Evgeny Gerashchenko
Komissarzhevskaya, Vera Fyodorovna, Countess Muravyova
Vera Fyodorovna Komissarzhevskaya, sculpture at her grave in Tikhvin Cemetery, St....
Alex Bakharev
Figure 88: Main gate to the Admiralty, St. Petersburg, by Andreyan Dmitriyevich Zakharov,...
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Siege of Leningrad: Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad
Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad, Victory Square, St. Petersburg, Russia,...
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Nabokov, Vladimir
Nabokov House, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Neva River
Cable-stayed bridge spanning the Neva River at St. Petersburg.
Evgeny Gerashchenko
Nevsky Prospekt looking northwest toward the spire atop the Admiralty, St. Petersburg.
© Wolfgang Kaehler
Przhevalsky, Nikolay Mikhaylovich
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky, monument in St. Petersburg.
Sergey Kudryavtsev
Pulkovo Observatory
Pulkovo Observatory, near St. Petersburg.
Chesnok
Russian State Museum
Russian State Museum, St. Petersburg.
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St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, Russia.
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