One of the world's most beautiful cities, St. Petersburg has all the ingredients for an unforgettable travel experience: high art, lavish architecture, wild nightlife, an extraordinary history and rich cultural traditions that have inspired and nurtured some of the modern world's greatest literature, music, and visual art. From the mysterious twilight of the White Nights to world-beating opera and ballet productions on magical winter evenings, St. Petersburg charms and entices in every season. Saint-Petersburg. Com is here to help you navigate every aspect of this fascinating city, with all the information and travel resources necessary to plan your trip to St. Petersburg.
One of the world's most beautiful cities, St. Petersburg has all the ingredients for an unforgettable travel experience: high art, lavish architecture, wild nightlife, an extraordinary history and rich cultural traditions that have inspired and nurtured some of the modern world's greatest literature, music, and visual art. From the mysterious twilight of the White Nights to world-beating opera and ballet productions on magical winter evenings, St. Petersburg charms and entices in every season. Saint-Petersburg. Com is here to help you navigate every aspect of this fascinating city, with all the information and travel resources necessary to plan your trip to St. Petersburg.
The shopping in St. Petersburg has never been better and you can usually find almost everything that you could possible need simply along the Nevsky Prospekt. There are also countless kiosks, which line the underground stretch between the Nevsky Prospekt and the Sadovaya Ulitsa, where cheap CDs and DVDs are sold.
Many traditional Russian handicrafts can be purchased all over the city, such as the famous stacking Russian dolls (matryoshka), and either credit cards or Russian rubles are accepted - strictly no other currencies. However, if you are looking for more Western-style shopping in St. Petersburg, then a number of good shopping malls are found around the Sennaya Ploshchad and also the Vladimirsky Prospekt.
A city of palaces and museums, broad avenues and winding canals, St. Petersburg's short history has endowed the city with a wealth of architectural and artistic treasures. Alongside world-famous attractions such as the Hermitage, St. Isaac's Cathedral and the Mariinsky Theatre, the city has scores of lesser known but equally fascinating sights that reveal both the pomp and extravagance of St. Petersburg's political and Imperial past, and also the mysterious, tragic genius that has touched so many of the city's great artists and writers. Still considered Russia's cultural capital, St. Petersburg reflects the country's extraordinary fate like no other city, and its uniquely rich atmosphere exerts a powerful grip on even the most jaded traveler.
The subject about the cost of living in St. Petersburg Russia also highlights that Russians no longer survive on just pickled cucumbers, beetroots and a vat of vodka - although the latter is arguably still true!
As more and more Russians in St. Petersburg experience a form of disposable income so the range and quality of products available continues to increase.
The trend towards commuting to large supermarkets on the city outskirts has certainly taken off over the past few years – mainly due to the growth in vehicle ownership.
These larger outlets obviously buy in huge bulk and maintain more competitive prices than their smaller city centre counterparts. The prices, in Russian roubles/rubles, featured in our (changing) shopping list below are only to be looked upon as a guideline. .
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In Russian literature and informal documents the "Saint" (Санкт-) is usually omitted, leaving Petersburg (Петербург, Peterburg). In common parlance Russians may drop "-burg" (-бург) as well, leaving only Peter (Питер, pronounced as "Piter "; IPA: ˈpʲitʲɪr).
Saint Petersburg was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on. From 1713 to 1728 and from 1732 to 1918, Saint Petersburg was the Imperial capital of Russia. In 1918 the central government bodies moved from Saint Petersburg (then named Petrograd) to Moscow. It is Russia's second largest city after Moscow with 4. 8 million inhabitants. Saint Petersburg is a major European cultural centre, and an important Russian port on the Baltic Sea.
Saint Petersburg is often described as the most Western city of Russia. V. Morozov. The Discourses of Saint Petersburg and the Shaping of a Wider Europe. Copenhagen Peace Research Institute. 2002., banks and other businesses are located in Saint Petersburg.
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