Petrodvorets (Peterhof or Summer Palace), "the Versailles of Russia"
St Petersburg
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Petrodvorets (Peterhof or Summer Palace), "the Versailles of Russia" |
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| The Winter Palace, closed this day (25th May) for the visit of Presidents Bush and Putin. | St Petersburg has many canals built to drain the swamps on which the city was located. |
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| Cruiser Aurora, a historic ship because in 1917 it gave the signal for storming the Winter Palace by firing a blank shot. | Sunbathing |
(1) Vladivostok Photos from the 3 day train trip to Irkutsk
(2) Irkutsk Eastern Siberia city close to Lake Baikal and exile location for dissidents, criminals
(3) Novosibirsk The largest city in Siberia with a famous Opera House
(4) Ekaterinburg Site of the execution of the royal family in 1918 and of the "exile" of Marshall Zhukov in 1946.
(5) Moscow The usual tourist attractions.
(6) St Petersburg and Petrodvorets