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The city of St. Petersburg
is relatively young according to European and Russian standards.
Founded in 1703 it will celebrate only 300th anniversary in year
2003. Though the city is rather young it has rich and fascinating
history. Since the days of Peter I's "Paradise" and "North
Venice" till nowadays St. Petersburg has been living an interesting
life.
 Since
its birth Petersburg was the city of myths and mystery. You can
hardly find such a young city wrapped in exciting stories, astonishing
myths and mysterious legends. The unique history of the city is
not only reflected in numerous rumors and still alive in destiny
of people gazing through time from old portraits. The whole sophisticated
development of St. Petersburg is materialized in its palaces and
temples, park ensembles, street labyrinths and multistoried houses.
Like any other large city St. Petersburg will tell his stories to
every attentive and interested observer. Outstanding personalities
of culture and history - military leaders, courtiers, tsars and
princes, artists and poets, writers and travelers lived and walked
here. Come here to adore this "North Venice" of Peter
the Great and his magnificent daughter Elizabeth; the city made
the Russian Empire great power; where Lomonosov, Derzhavin, Pushkin,
Gogol and Dostoevsky wrote their masterpieces. Come to get to know
the history of St. Petersburg, White Nights of mysterious North
Palmira and to see the spires of the Admiralty and Peter and Paul
Fortress.
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