Tips & Tricks
Summer Gardens (Letnii Sad, St. Petersburg) – this large park is located on an island between the Fontanka, Moika and the Swan Canal in St. Petersburg. With the Summer garden going through renovations in recent times, four fountains are now situated on the main alley, as they were during the era of Peter the Great, […]
Russian Cruiser Aurora (Petrogradskaya Naberezhnaya, St. Petersburg) – the Russian military’s legendary cruiser, the Aurora, marked its 110th birthday in 2010. The Aurora took part in the Russo-Japanese war, in WWI and in the Russian Civil War of 1917-1921. On 25 October 1917, a blank shot from her forecastle gun marked the beginning of the […]
State Kremlin Palace (1, ulitsa Vosdvizhenka, Moscow) – this building, built in 1961, was a more modern extension of the Kremlin (as a venue for governmental, diplomatic, and Communist Party gatherings). This 6,000 seat venue was also a second stage for the Bolshoi. Nowadays, along with ballets and opera productions, various pop and rock concerts […]
Moscow Raceway – is this an FIA-approved auto racing venue, which opened in 2012. It is located in the Volokolamsky District of Moscow Oblast (close to the villages of Sheludkovo and Fedyukovo — 97 km. from Moscow). Various auto races are held here, including motorcycle competitions like the Superbike World Championship race. See the Raceway’s […]
Petrovsky Stadium (Petrovsky Ostrov, St. Petersburg) – this is not just a stadium, but a sports complex that consists of a number of buildings (located on a small island in the delta of the River Neva). The main structure, Grand Sport Arena (whose capacity is 21,405 spectators), is the home of the FC Zenit football […]
Moscow Zoo (B.Gruzinskaya, 1 Moscow) – this is one of the oldest zoos in Europe (opening in 1864 – when it was known as the Zoological Park). The Zoo has since gone through the Communist revolution, and was even open during the height of World War II (1941) – when it generated a million visitors. […]