Though it's located about 20 miles outside St. Petersburg proper, the Catherine Palace and Park certainly merits a visit by anyone in the area, especially enthusiasts of elaborate and fanciful ...

Past travelers said Alexander Park makes for a nice addition to any visit to Catherine Palace, but they also said it's not worth the trip from St. Petersburg if you don't plan to also tour ...

The urban model of Saint Petersburg, which was completed under Catherine II, Alexander I and Nicholas I ... along with the work being done to restore the monuments and palace-parks of Saint Petersburg ...

From rare snaps of the British and Russian royals on holiday together in the late 1800s, to Princess Grace checking up on ...

In Zoïa Svetova's family, her Bolshevik grandfather fell victim to Stalin's purges, her parents were sent to the gulag and ...

The Rurik and Romanov dynasties of Russia have shaped modern-day Russia’s land and people. From the first dynasty, which began around the 780s, to 1917, when the Romanov dynasty fell to the Bolshevik ...

"attachment_2729623" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Cinderella, a Poodle dog dressed as Jodie Turner-Smith, attends the Pet Gala by Anthony Rubio in New York, New York, USA, 19 May 2025. The annual ...

- This post may contain affiliate links. Read our disclosure. From the Mongols to the Tsars and the revolution that brought Leninistic principles to the people’s doorstep, Russia has been a ...

Located in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg, Russia, the Amber Room was looted during World War II by the Army Group North of Nazi Germany and taken to Konigsberg for ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — St. Petersburg Police have broken up a major fentanyl ring following a nine-month undercover investigation. St. Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway made the ...