Russia’s only surviving Soviet submarine of the S-189 class, now docked at the Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment opposite the Admiral Nakhimov monument, is set to become a new private museum in the city. Continue reading
The J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles, USA, is hosting until September 3 2007 a fascinating exhibition dedicated to the civilisation of the Greeks at the Black Sea, were they were colonists, conquerors, sailors and merchants. Continue reading
It’s been almost a year since a curator was linked to the theft of millions of dollars worth of art, jewellery and religious icons from Russia’s Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. Continue reading
The Hermitage Museum in Amsterdam is holding a six month exhibition titled Persia: Thirty Centuries of Culture and Art. Continue reading
City Hall has found a new way of taxing the credulity of the poor. Instead of gaming halls, which are to be banned from Jan. 1, 2008, gamblers are being offered a state lottery alternative. Continue reading
Women in St.Petersburg have taken part in a race wearing shoes on 9 cm stiletto heels competing for a prize of around $US 2,000. Continue reading
Up to the end of July the afloat fountain in harbour area of Neva, opening in Day of city, will work in a following mode.. Continue reading
Period of navigation – 2007.. Continue reading