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St. Petersburg Hotels - St. Petersburg Culture - St. Petersburg Visa St. Petersburg - Petrograd - Leningrad - St. Petersburg. This is the sequence of the designations this amazing city, often referred to as the "Venice of the North", has held over its short but dynamic history. The foundation of the city by Peter the Great was not only Russia's political symbol for sea access and thus, military prowess, but also for making the impossible possible: founding a city on swampy lands. With a population of over five million, St. Petersburg is the northernmost city in the world that counts over a million inhabitants and thanks to its location, it is host to the famous and beautiful natural spectacle called "white nights." In the month of June the sun essentially never goes down and produces an intoxicating bluish-silver light that fascinates millions of locals and tourists each year. St. Petersburg is Russia's cultural capitol as well as "Russia's window toward the West". Over the years, St. Petersburg has been home to a great number of Russia's most influential composers, artists, poets and of course, writers. Literary greats such as Alexander Pushkin, Nikolaj Gogol and Fiodor Dostojevski called this city their home. It is for this reason that the recipient of the nobel price for literature, Joseph Brodsky, stated: "Russian literature originated with the foundation of St. Petersburg." With its magnificent cathedrals and regal palaces, beautiful gardens and parks and magical waterways, St. Petersburg's historical atmosphere has the potential to enrapture you. It is ravishingly beautiful city that binds you in its spell with its mix of magnificence and squalor. Due to an abundance of sights the city has to offer (some claim that this city has more individual tourist attractions than Paris!) it is crucial to be very selective and disciplined and set priorities. Peter the Great invited architects, craftsmen and engineers from all over Europe, who built numerous buildings in and around St. Petersburg that are all worth a visit. The wife of his grandson, Catherine the Great, shifted the focus toward art and founded the world-renown Hermitage. Thanks to her passion for art, Russia's famous treasure trove owns an amazing 2.7 million pieces of art. The ambition to view all of them is an impossible feat. Thus, we recommend that you do take a moment to determine the sights you definitely do not want to miss during your stay in St. Petersburg, and go on from there... St. Petersburg Hotels - St. Petersburg Culture - St. Petersburg Visa
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