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GENERAL ST. PETERSBURG LINKS

The Best Mega Web Site of Links on Russia

Sher's Russian Index. Categories containing links to all manner of Russian web pages. Professor Benjamin Sher's (Yale University) easy to negotiate site of links.

The Best Petersburg Web Site

*Saint-Petersburg.com, which claims to be "the most authoritative site on the culture, entertainment and history of our beautiful Northern capital." At this site you will find quick facts on the city, along with interesting sections on the history and the attractions found in St. Petersburg and in the environs. For images, follow the links to the photo gallery, the video section, and some really nice 360° degrees panoramas.

Petersburg Multi-Media Links

(N.B. You may need to install Realplayer 5.0 or higher and/or QuickTime 5.0 or higher on your computer in order to listen and/or to view the following)
Multi-media lectures from the series A History of Russia by Professor Michael Petrovich (recorded in 1987 before the Soviet Union dissolved), published on the web site of the Center for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Seventeen Moments in Soviet History. Copyright © Russian Source Book Project Grant 2003. Seventeen major moments, (1917-1991) each year leads to a moment, but there are many more moments/topics listed in the drop down boxes on each page. Each page and subpage includes: texts, contexts, video, music, images, websites (It costs nothing to register for access to all the materials).

Video Gallery. An online collection of movies about St. Petersburg. Movies are: "A Day in St. Petersburg" (4:35 min.); "Magnificent Peterhof" (2:59 min.); "When Water Meets Fire: Festival in Peterhof" (2:16 min.); "The Royal Splender of Tsarskoye Selo/Pushkin" (3:22 min.); "Pavlovsk, A Neo-Classical Haven" (2:48 min.); "Untouched by Time and Troubles: Lomonosov Park" (2:18 min.); "Gatchina, a Forgotten Jewel" (2:25 min.). Part of the www.saint-petersburg.com website.

360° Panoramas. An online collection of panoramas of some of more famous Petersburg sites. Panoramas: Kazan Cathedral, St. Isaac Cathedral and Manege, The General Staff Building and the Winter Palace, St. Nicholas Cathedral, St. Isaac's Cathedral and Astoria Hotel, Italian Bridge and Canal Griboyedova, Kronshtadt's maritime Cathedral and Square, Peterhof, Victory Square and Hotel "Pulkovskaya", Residence of Grand Duke Alexei Romanov. Part of the www.saint-petersburg.com website.

The Treasures of Russia. Narrated visual tours of Peterhof: Palaces of the Tsars. Real Networks plug-in will allow you hear the narration for each exhibit; to experience the interactive panoramas, you need QuickTime. Tour the Romanov Gallery, Monplaisir, Assembly Hall, Drawing Room, Fountains, Grand Staircase, Dining with the Tsars, etc.

3D Panorama of the Kirov/Mariinsky Theater. A virtual tour of the main hall and a panarama of Theatre Square. From the www.ticketsofrussia.ru web site.

State Hermitage Museum: Digital Collection. See many high resolution artifacts at the Hermitage Museum, zoom in on what you want to examine closer.

Video from Peterhof "The Capital of Fountains". Short video clips of some of the fountains at Peterhof. From the www.ticketsofrussia.ru web site.

St. Petersburg as Imperial Tragedy. A multi-media slide lecture (258 slides) by Benjamin Sher (Notes to the show are linked from the first slide, or may be found at this address. One section of Yale's Professor Sher's larger mega site.

Photographs. A slideshow from "Welcome to St. Petersburg" From www.freelines.ru. Forty slides.

Anniversary Frenzy in St. Petersburg. Brief slide show from the New York Times online travel page. Shots of Petersburg getting reading for its 300th anniversary (2003).

Free Screensaver. Nice Petersburg scenes screensaver from the "www.ticketsofrussia.ru" web site.

Museums of Petersburg

Art Museums and Art Collections

The State Hermitage Museum. Home page. [Check it out: especially the sections on Russian Culture, their Digital Collection, Hermitage History (includes a Timeline, Pages of the Hermitage History, The Buildings and Rooms, The Heritage During the Seige), Collection Highlights (including The Winter Palace of Peter I, and the Menshikov Palace), Exhibitions. [A wonderful site!!]
Russian Museum - Collections. Russian art. [Enlarge the pictures by clicking on them]
Tretyakov State Gallery. Home page. This museum is in Moscow and contains mostly Russian art works.
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. Home page. Includes museum history, exposition and collections (virtual tour). The Pushkin Museum is in Moscow and contains mostly foreign art works.
Olga's Gallery. Links to hundreds of pictures by Russian artists.
Russian Art. Links to numerous Russian art works. Copyright © 1999. George Mitrevski. Auburn University.
IMRC Russian Art Links. Page includes Icons, 18th and 19th Century Russian Painting, Avant-Garde Art, an A-Z List of Artists, Art/architecture, Socialist Realism, Applied Arts, Folk Art, Cartoons, etc. Produced by the Institute of Modern Culture.
Russian Painting of the Nineteenth Century. Flipping pictures of famous paintings and text from Alexander Boguslavski's page.

Palaces

The Palace of Peter I. Winter Palace of Peter-the-Great (Peter's first main winter residence in Petersburg). Information about this unique 18th century palace recently uncovered. From the Hermitage Museum home page.
The Treasures of Russia. Narrated visual tours of Peterhof: Palaces of the Tsars. Real Networks plug-in will allow you hear the narration for each exhibit; to experience the interactive panoramas, you need QuickTime. Tour the Romanov Gallery, Monplaisir, Assembly Hall, Drawing Room, Fountains, Grand Staircase, Dining with the Tsars, etc.
Peterhof. Home page for the museum. Contains good information and a wonderful assortment of pictures and panoramic views and some short movies of the place.
Winter Palace. 360° panorama view of the Winter Palace from Saint-Petersburg.com.
Tsarskoye selo. From "Face of Russia" for PBS. © 1998 WETA. All rights reserved. [Lots of nice pictures; take a walk "inside"; and "stroll in the park".
Alexander Palace Time Machine. Tour the palace of the last Tsar of Russia, Nikolas II, and his family in the town of Tsarskoe Selo outside St. Petersburg. Includes a history of the Romanov family, biographies of those in the palace, photos of the family, and more.
Dimitri Likhachev. Sound recording (snippit) from "The Face of Russia." He discusses importance of the park around Catherine's Palace, the relationship of nature and man. [Needs RealPlayer to hear]
The State Museum "Tzarskoie Selo". New site from Russia. Home Page of the Museum. Includes history, restoration information, notes on the collections, exhibits, cultural and recreational programs, ceremonies. You can search the site too.
Tsarskoe Selo. History. Pictures and descriptions of the palace and the park, the town, links to other sites, map. From Bob Atchison.
The Great Catherine Palace of Tsarskoe selo. Actually built for another Catherine, but Catherine the Great loved this palace and stayed there often. Tour the palace room by room; learn the history of the place. [One of those great pages brought to you by Bob Atchison!]
*Pavlovsk. Enjoy a few interior/exterior photos and learn the history of this place. By B. Atchison. [Informative site!]

Other Museums and Exhibits

Jewels of the Romanovs. Highlights of the Exhibit: "Treasures of the Tsars," "Costumes and Portraits," "Church Treasures."
Coins and Medals of Imperial Russia. Collection of coins and medals: Yale University. Up close looks.
Kunstkammer. Home page for Peter's "museum of curiostities."

PHOTO ALBUMS

Wandering Camera. Copyright: Peter Sobolev. Excellent site!
Photo Galleries. From www.ticketsofrussia.ru. Sites include: Kirov (Mariinsky) Opera and Ballet Slide Show; Peterhof Photo Galleries; Pavlovsk Photo Galleries; Russian Museum collections; Peter and Paul Fortress Photos; Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Lavra Icons; Holy Trinity Alexander Nevsky Lavra Photo Gallery. Also, at the top of this menu page: a photo gallery of the White Nights in St. Petersburg.
A Walk in St. Petersburg. Photography by Toomas Vendelin.
Pre-Revolutionary Photo Gallery. On the Fresh Guide to St. Petersburg site.
Saint Petersburg City. Many photos of the city and surrounding area.
St. Petersburg Pictures Album. From Lak-12.
St. Petersburg Picture Gallery. From "personal-guide.spb.ru".
The Russian Empire, 1895-1910 Photographs from stereoscopic negatives in the Keystone-Mast Collection. University of California, Riverside. California Museum of Photography.
St. Petersburg 1900: a photographic travelogue of the capital of Imperial Russia. A marvelous site by Bob

(in Russian)
Teatry Sankt-Peterburga. Copyright © 1998-2001 Sergey Fedorov. [Enjoy the pictures!]
Sankt Peterburg. Photos. Copyright © 1998-2001 Sergey Fedorov. [Enjoy the pictures!]
Khramy Sankt-Peterburga. Copyright © 1998-2001 Sergey Fedorov. [Enjoy the pictures of the cathedrals!]
St. Petersburg Home Page. Nice photos (text in Russian).

MISC PETERSBURG WEB SITES

Saint Petersburg. Official site of the city government. Besides the general categories at the top of the page: Official St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg in Figures, History of the City (follow the topics in the left window to find information on certain periods of history); Business and Economics, Culture and Tourism. Check out the sitemap for specific info Atchison.
Saint Petersbourg. This site has many pictures and text (on palaces, churches and cathedrals, other buildings, monuments and squares. Hosted by fortunecity.com.
PetersburgCity.com. Links to an illustrated online city history, a good collection of St. Petersburg in Pictures plus information on culture (theatres, museums, galleries), etc. (c) 2001-2003 Agency "Information Resources".
Where Russia: St. Petersburg. What's on, city tours, sites, museums, suburbs, etc. + reviews. A nice site to get started on a virtual trip to St. Petersburg. From "whererussia.com".
St. Petersburg Times. Daily newspaper from St. Petersburg (in English). [Use the "Search" feature to look up subjects of interest; be sure and search in the archive for some interesting articles.]
St. Petersburg: The Impterial City in 1894. Written by E. Melchoir de Vogue. Site maintained by Bob Atchison.
Fresh GUIDE to St. Petersburg. Includes a link to a Pre-Revolutionary Photo Album. Copyright 1999-2004 Fresh Air St. Petersburg.
Welcome to St. Petersburg. Views and historical information, plus a special section on churches are presented by Peterlink.
Lonely Planet Destination: St. Petersburg. History, map, attractions, entertainment info and a slide show of the city.
Saint-Petersburg. Interactive map. Copyright © 1998-2001 Sergey Fedorov.
St. Petersburg in Facts and Figures. A brief collection of facts from Saint-Petersburg.com.
Russia. Besides a map and a recording of the national anthem, brief info on the languages spoken, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
The Populace. Page from the Fresh Guide to St. Petersburg.
CNN - Weather - St. Petersburg, Russia. The 5 day weather forecast for St. Petersburg, Russia.
Russia's Weather. Server developed by Space Monitoring Information Support laboratory. Includes maps, satellite data and other info.

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