St. Petersburg

<BODY> <h2>St. Petersburg</h2><br> <B>Associated Article:</B> <I>Russia's Treasure-House</I> -Smithsonian Magazine<BR> St. Petersburg served as the capital of Russia from 1712 to 1917, was designed by Peter the Great, and was built by the greatest European architects. Located on the delta of the Neva River, it is nicknamed the "Venice of the North," having many canals and 42 islands. It is an opulent city with sumptuous palaces like the <B>Hermitage</B>, one of the world's largest museums; and also it is a poor city with many dilapidated neighborhoods. It is a romantic city, acting as a muse for many Russian writers and poets, such as <B>Tolstoy, Pushkin, Gogol</B> and <B>Dostoevsky</B>; also it's a music-lover's city, being either the birthplace or adoptive home of some of the greatest Russian composers, like <B>Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev</B> and <B>Mussorgski</B>. Overall, we discover St. Petersburg to be a remarkable city full of traditions and beliefs unchanged by either time or events. 07DR<BR> <B>Level 1</B> - JSCA 30 min.<br> <B>Level 2</B> - CA 52 min.<BR> <B>Associated Programs:</B> <a href= "../ttlmnp3749-.cfm"target="MAINBODY"><I>Italy: Domenico Trezzini (Builder of St. Petersburg)</I></a> and <a href= "../ttlmnp2876-.cfm"target="MAINBODY"><I>Russia 2: St. Petersburg</I></a> <A HREF="index.htm" target=_top>Home</a><br> </BODY>