Russia's "second city," St. Petersburg, was built three centuries ago — which is recent, compared with most cities in Russia. Emperor Peter the Great imagined a luxurious playground for the ...

The construction of St. Isaac's Cathedral was ordered by Alexander I in the early 1800s. This neoclassical marvel was finally completed in 1858 after 40 years of construction. St. Isaac's has an ...

Find top St Petersburg restaurants and things to do to ... and what is happening now in Russia, St. Petersburg is ... policy brought huge numbers of people into St. Petersburg during the late 1800s.

Consequently, Russia became an empire with St. Petersburg as its capital city. Up until 1918 St. Petersburg was the capital of the Russian Empire and a symbol of its greatness.

Arrests in St. Petersburg, Russia, mirror those happening on the streets of Moscow and beyond. Back here in St. Pete, Florida, demonstrators have stood in solidarity with the people of Ukraine.