With its neoclassical architecture and picturesque maze of snow-covered canals, St Petersburg may not spring to mind as ... as their clay are not the alien breed you might expect. When Wallpaper* made ...

Milan-based architectural firm Piuarch has become the first foreign practice to complete a contemporary building in the historical centre of St Petersburg since the ... restaurants in Russia - ...

St. Petersburg was founded in 1703 by Tsar Peter the Great, but the city is actually named after the Saint, who was mythologized in Christianity as the guardian of the keys to the gates of heaven.

states in his book ‘Original anecdotes of Peter the Great’ that Peter ordered the Vasilyevsky island in St. Petersburg to become a “little Amsterdam” with canals instead of streets ...

Just a few hours ago, social media users started sharing photos of a strange occurrence in the waters of Griboyedov Canal in St. Petersburg. "An amazing picture on the canal — the current is ...

Then the canal spilled into the vast Neva River, and all of St. Petersburg spread before us. Pink, peach and violet clouds streaked the horizon. Across the river, on Zayachy Island — one of a ...

With its waterways and canals, St. Petersburg has long been called the "Venice of the North." Now, with visitors outnumbering inhabitants, Russia’s second-largest city may one day rival Italy's ...