Photo by moaksey If you are scheduled to travel to Moscow for business, you’re in for a treat. Moscow is a city with enormous historical significance and a rich cultural heritage. Nevertheless, the sheer size of the city and its population of 10 million can make Moscow difficult to navigate. That’s why many business travelers [...]

St Petersburg is second largest city in Russia, the city is major European cultural center, and famous for its glorious medieval buildings. Situated on the Neva River at the Baltic Sea, Saint Petersburg also known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and Leningrad (1924–1991). The city was established by Peter I the Great of Russia on May 27, [...]

The Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden is the oldest botanical garden in Russia, the garden is located in the centre of  at Aptekarskii Island and occupies an area of 18.9 ha. Consisting of outdoor and rich indoor collections, the garden belongs to the Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. also known as the [...]

Saint-Petersburg was founded by Peter the Great in 1703. To secure the approach to the Neva River, Peter the Great started with the construction of the Peter and Paul Fortress. The fortress was designed to protect the city from the invading Swedes during the Northern War, and was built as an elongated hexagon with six [...]

The Kunstkamera (Kunstkammer) was the first museum in Russia, located on Neva riverfront of St. Petersburg, the museum was established by Peter the Great and completed in 1727. It hosts Peter the Great Museum of anthropological and ethnological, with a collection of almost 2,000,000 items, it is among the most complete collections in the world. [...]

Saint Petersburg is home to more than two hundred museums, many of them hosted in historic buildings. The largest of the museums is the Hermitage Museum, with three to four million visitors a year, the most visited and probably most important internationally. The Hermitage is one of the most important art museums in the world. [...]

St. Petersburg has about 40 different theaters, The Mariinsky Theater is one of the most famous opera houses in the world. It is the home of the Kirov Ballet. The Alexandra or Alexandrinsky Theatre was founded on the adoption of Empress Elizabeth I. A compiled from students of the cadet corps troops formed the first [...]