This palace and park south of St. Petersburg was a summer residence of the tsars ... but only during the reign of the emperor’s daughter, Elizabeth, was the palace developed to its definitive ...

Peter I was no stranger to modest accommodation, and when he moved out of the cabin in 1712, this new summer “palace ... of St. Petersburg), was built under the rule of Empress Elizabeth ...

WHAT TO DO The grand avenue of Nevsky Prospekt is St. Petersburg's heart, running past parks, theaters and shops to the opulent Palace Square. That's where Bolshevik revolutionaries took power in ...

Though it's located about 20 miles outside St. Petersburg ... but her namesake palace only began taking on its grand stature in 1743, when their daughter, the Empress Elizabeth, engaged a series ...

If you're visiting St. Petersburg in the summer, the Peterhof Palace & Garden is an absolute must-see. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Peterhof was the brainchild and summer palace of Peter the Great.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 27.—On an island in the Neva, nearly opposite the Winter palace, rise the sombre ... been turned into an amusement park. On Summer afternoons, especially on holidays and ...