THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY IN RUSSIA | Saint Petersburg City - Юрий Степанченко

St. Petersburg is a Russian port city on the Baltic Sea. It was the imperial capital for 2 centuries, having been founded in 1703 by Peter the Great, subject of the city's iconic “Bronze Horseman” statue. It remains Russia's cultural center, with venues such as the Mariinsky Theatre hosting opera and ballet, and the State Russian Museum showcasing Russian art, from Orthodox icon paintings to Kandinsky works.

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The best sites to visit in Russia’s cultural center!

Recently, news broke that the Philippines is one of the 53 countries that have been granted free e-visa access to St. Petersburg and the surrounding Leningrad region of Russia. It’s filled with lots of unique architecture that has seen a lot throughout Russia’s history. A bevy of museums and cathedrals and palaces that each have a different story to tell about Russia. That being said, we’ve come up with these 10 Things You Must Do in St. Petersburg.

1. Explore the State Hermitage Museum

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Known as the second-largest art and culture museum in the world, the State Hermitage Museum is usually mentioned in the same vein as The Louvre in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
The 255-year old museum houses over 2.7 million works of art and artifacts that date back as far as the peak of Egypt, with actual mummies on display. Even better, work by artistic visionaries like Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, and Anthony van Dyck is also open for public viewing.
Address: St. Petersburg, nab. Palace, 34
Simply love this place- All my old memories -

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