Art and Culture

Russian Literature The history of St. Petersburg’s literature is very rich indeed. It is in this Russian city where literary greats like Prokofiev, Dostoevsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Pushkin and Shostakovich live ...

The Baroque Palaces of Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg is called the City of Palaces because of the sheer number of palaces and castles found there, reminders of the city’s ...

Located in the historical building of the Academy of Fine Arts, the Fine Arts Museum has one of the oldest buildings in St. Petersburg. It has been ...

Located only a block away from the Mikhailovsky Castle and the Field of Mars, the Applied Art Museum is little known and rarely included in tourist itineraries but this is ...

Arctic and Antarctic Museum unfolds the dramatic story of Russian and Soviet polar exploration. From the first days of polar navigation in the Russian Far North ...

Displaying an enormous collection of arms and heavy artillery from the Middle Ages to the present day, this museum is located just across a narrow canal from the Peter and ...