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Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject located in Northwestern Federal District of Russia on the delta of the Neva River at the east end of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. Founded by Tsar Peter the Great on May 27, 1703 as a "window to Europe", it served as the capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred years. To really feel all the beauty and harmony of St. Petersburg's architecture one must stroll along the banks of the Neva, listen to the ripple of its waves, contemplate the city's buildings, the vistas of its quays and canals.Only then will the city on the Neva reveal itself in all its charm – the charm of the wonderful and inimitable City of Bridges.

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Early Russia’s foremost cultural and art centre. For the many centuries ever since Novgorod produced a large artistic school and preserved numberless monuments of the 11th-17th-century architecture, along with artistically outstanding works of early monumental painting.

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View of the kremlin through the arch of the former Gostiny Dvor

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Novgorod. The Torgovaya Storona. View of the kremlin through the arch of the former Gostiny Dvor Continue reading →

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View of the kremlin wall from the Volkhov River

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Novgorod. Kremlin-citadel. View of the kremlin wall from the Volkhov River Continue reading →

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Mitropolichya (Metropolitan’s) Tower

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Novgorod. Kremlin-citadel. Vladychny Dvor. View of the Mitropolichya (Metropolitan’s) Tower from the yard Continue reading →

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Church of St Procopius and Church of the Holy Women

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Novgorod. The Torgovaya Storona. Yaroslavovo Dvorische. To the left, Church of St Procopius (1529), to the right, Church of the Holy Women (1510). General view from the East Continue reading →

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Kremlin-citadel. Vladychny Dvor.

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Novgorod. Kremlin-citadel. Vladychny Dvor. Clock Tower of St Euthymus (1443; upper section rebuilt in 1673) with the overgate Church of St Sergius of Radonezh (1463, 1459). General view from the North Continue reading →

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Yaroslavovo Dvorische (Yaroslav’s Stead)

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Novgorod. The Torgovaya Storona. Yaroslavovo Dvorische (Yaroslav’s Stead). Cathedral of the Holy Women (1510). View from the West Continue reading →

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Cathedral of the Annunciation-on-Torg

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Novgorod. The Torgovaya Storona. Cathedral of the Annunciation-on-Torg (1466; rebuilt in 1530s; passageway with an octahedral belfry (16th century?) to the Church of the Archangel Michael (non-existent at present). General view from the East Continue reading →

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Church of the Dormitionon-Torg

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Novgorod. The Torgovaya Storona. Church of the Dormitionon-Torg (1135; rebuilt in 1458). General view from the West Continue reading →

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Church of St John the Merciful

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Novgorod. The Sofiyskaya Storona. Church of St John the Merciful on the Myachino Lake (1422). General view Continue reading →

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Church of St John the Theologian

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Novgorod. The Torgovaya Storona. Church of St John the Theologian in Radokovitsy (1383-1384). General view from the West Continue reading →

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