Located on the same coastline, but further west of Peterhof, this park was established in 1711 as the country residence of Count Alexander Menshikov, the first Governor-General of St. Petersburg ...

Moscow: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has reinstated the imperial name of a train station outside Saint Petersburg that is used by tens of thousands of tourists visiting the former ...

Soar over the stunning city of St. Petersburg with this captivating drone footage. Marvel at the grandeur of the Winter Palace, the golden domes of St. Isaac’s Cathedral, and the intricate ...

Saint Petersburg was built at the beginning of the 18th century in an astonishingly short period of time, according to an orderly plan based on many of Peter the Great's own ideas. The city was ...

St Petersburg was built as monument to the might of Imperial Russia - and the glory of the Tsar whose name it bears. Now Peter the Great's 'Window on the West' plays host to this week's G8 summit ...