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Sightseeing in St. Petersburg

Guided tours of St. Petersburg, excursions to the most famous sights of Saint Petersburg. Sightseeing and Interesting Places of St. Petersburg.

The beautiful city – Saint Petersburg - is located on the Neva River. The trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks passed here and from the ancient times this area have had great strategic significance. On 27 May, 1703, Peter the Great's decree founded Saint Petersburg and right here the Russian tsar opened "window to Europe" – Russia acquired access to the Baltic Sea.

Saint Petersburg started to grew around the Saint Peter's Fortress, which is called the Peter and Paul Fortress today in the name of Peter and Paul Cathedral located here. In 1712, this city became a capital of Russia and all state authorities moved here. From the beginning the most talented architects and engineers not only Russian, but also from Switzerland, Italy, France and other countries contributed to Saint Petersburg development. Many monuments composing magnificent groups were constructed here. The Palace Square with the Winter Palace, St. Isaak and Kazan Cathedrals, Hermitage, Peterhof, Peter and Paul Fortress, Admiralty, Spit of Vasilyevsky Island are well-known all over the world. The sphinxes on the University Embankment, the Smolny Cathedral and the monument to Peter the Great (Bronze Horseman) are familiar symbols of Saint Petersburg. Then the Aurora Cruiser became similar sign of this city. The peculiar phenomenon of Saint Petersburg is the White Nights in May and June when you can admire Neva drawbridges in the gleam of unsetting sun.

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