History of the St. Petersburg

This is our small tour of the Peter and Paul (St Petersburg) Fortress. We not only hope that with our help you have become better acquainted with the fortress than you were previously; but it is also our wish that you leave the fortress with a desire to find out still more about the interesting historical past and remarkable cultural wealth of the City on the Neva.

History of St. Petersburg bridges

• Bridges over northern branches of the Neva
• Bridges over the Neva
• Anichkov bridge
• St. Petersburg’s suspension bridges
• Bridges between Engneers' castle and Palace square
• First cast-iron bridges
• Fontanka granite bridges
• Old Kolomna bridges
• Bridges over the Griboyedov canal
• Bridges over the Winter canal
• More (13) »

The Peter and Paul fortress

• → History of the Peter and Paul fortress (7)
• → The Peter and Paul fortress today (8)

The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg

• The History of the Museum

• → Russian Culture (7)
• → Prehistoric culture (1)
• → Culture of the peoples of the east (11)
• → Art and culture of antiquity (4)
• → Western european art (20)

Novgorod - monuments of ancient architecture

• St Sophia Cathedral
• History of the Novgorod
• Wooden church (17th century)
• Wooden Kuritskaya Church
• The Antoniev Monastery
• Church of St Andrew Stratilates
• Belfry of St Sophia Cathedral. Detail of the western facade
• Kremlin-citadel. Belfry of St Sophia Cathedral
• Entrance arch of the kremlin
• Kremlin towers and the Volkhov River
• More (29) »

Arkhangelskoye estate museum

• Arkhangelskoye Estate history

• → Views and architecture (7)
• → Interiors (9)
• → Sculptures (11)
• → Painting (4)
• → Over (2)

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An on-line compilation of a photographic study of the bridges in Leningrad (the former name of Saint Petersburg), published by Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad, 1975.