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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A mixed-use development that will bring thousands of apartments and a grocery store to St. Petersburg’s Skyway Marina District is starting to take shape after receiving funding from public and ...

LARGO, Fla. — The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) said detectives arrested a St. Petersburg man after he allegedly stole 36 high-end watches from his employer. Detectives said their ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Florida Orchestra is looking to build a permanent home in St. Petersburg — one where it can have space for equipment, offices, storage and most importantly a ...

Nestled in the Sinai mountains, the ancient St Catherine's Monastery has been the centre of recent tensions after an Egyptian court ruled last week that it sat on state-owned land. Dating back to ...