The tsars are remembered for their lavish palaces – monuments of decadence that encouraged peasants and factory workers to take up arms in the Russian Revolution. But Peter the Great, the tsar who ...

If you're visiting St. Petersburg in the summer, the Peterhof Palace & Garden is an absolute must-see. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Peterhof was the brainchild and summer palace of Peter the Great.

This photo taken on Jan. 21, 2023 shows the Palace Bridge illuminated in red to celebrate the Chinese New Year in St. Petersburg, Russia. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua) This photo taken on Jan. 21, ...

St. Petersburg reveals its imperial character most clearly during the White Nights, when the Neva reflects palace façades, cathedral domes, and granite embankments beneath a sky that never fully ...

Glide above the heart of St. Petersburg with this breathtaking drone video of the Winter Palace, the former official residence of the Russian Tsars. Witness the immense scale of this Baroque ...

With its ornate white-and-yellow facade and gilded cupola, this property captures the opulence and grandeur of St. Petersburg itself. An exacting eight-year renovation of an 1820 palace designed for ...

MOSCOW, June 13. /TASS/. The restoration of the Chinese Palace in the Peterhof Museum-Reserve in St. Petersburg has been completed after 20 years, Russian Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova said. "The ...

Hundreds of books and scientific papers have been written about the history of the place, and the number of attractions on the site of this former imperial residence is truly remarkable. The summer ...

If you’ve been to Moscow, you’ll understand Russia’s boundless capacity for ugliness. But judge this country on its capital at your peril – St Petersburg’s vast, grand architecture and obsessive ...