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City Environs: Trip to Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin)
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  • Updated By HORSCHECK on April 10, 2007
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  • Catherine's Palace (Tsarskoye Selo) - Saint Petersburg
    Catherine's Palace (Tsarskoye
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    by HORSCHECK
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    The Pushkin town Tsarskoye Selo is home to two palaces and lovely parks with small lakes. The baroque Catherine's Palace is famous for the Amber Room which disappeared mysteriously during WWII when the palace was almost totally destroyed. Tsarskoye Selo is located about 25 km south of St. Petersburg. I went to Tsarskoye Selo with VT member yumyum by public transportation. We took a marshrutka from Moskovskaya Metro, from where various marshrutkas leave in this direction. Another option is to take a train from Vitebsky Station to Detskoe Selo Station.

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    City Environs: Trip to Staraja Ladoga
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    St. Nicolas Monastery
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    Staraja Ladoga was the first Russian capital and has a more than 1000-year old history. The old city is dominated by an ancient fortress, which nowadays houses a museum. Other sights along the River Volkov include a monastery, a nunnery, a chapel and various churches. VT member Natalya2006 took me to Staraja Ladoga by car and showed me around. The city is located about 130 km northeast of St. Petersburg near the road to Murmansk. Another option to get to Staraja Ladoga is to take a train from Moscow Station in St. Petersburg to Volchovstroj from where local buses go to Staraja Ladoga.

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    City Environs: Piskariovskoye Memorial Cemetery
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  • Piskariovskoye Memorial Cemetery - Saint Petersburg
    Piskariovskoye Memorial
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    Piskariovskoye Memorial Cemetery is one of the most impressive national war memorials in Russia. About 500.000 people, most of them civilians are buried in 186 mass graves here. They all died during the 900 day Nazi siege in WWII. An eternal flame and a monument with the statue of Motherland mark the beginning and the end of the alley with the graves. Directions: The Piskariovskoye Memorial Cemetery is located at Prospekt Nepokorionnykh 74, just north of the city centre. The nearest metro stop is Ploshchad Muzhestva, from there it is still a 30 min walk. Local buses or a VT friend with a car are other options to get there.

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    City Environs: The local "hangout"
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  • By Upstate1NY on June 5, 2005
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    The "Corner Store" at Peterhof
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    Just a few meters up the street from the cathedral is a small "corner store". It probably is busy in summer when Peterhof is "rocken" with tourists but this was March, well before the hoardes desend. They were totally shocked to find a lone, English speaking tourist in their midst looking for a Pepsi and a candy bar, I became almost the "attraction" of the moment as family, freinds and all desended the stairs seemingly with a bare excuse of "checking on something" and then to try their English by asking me a question. очень приятные, очень очень приятные люди

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    City Environs: Southern coast of the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Finland
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  • Cathedral at Peterhof - Saint Petersburg
    Cathedral at Peterhof
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    Peterhof and area. Indeed Peterhof's best season is summer, the fountains are in service and it is beautiful, but even in winter you can appericate the scenes the area offers. The Cathbedral at Peterhof is very large. Much bigger than you woul;d expect for being well out on the coast line of the Gulf of Finland, but then again, it probably was where the "court" attended services, so it's statement is "configured" accordingly!

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    City Environs: Peterhof in winter
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  • Peterhof fountains - Saint Petersburg
    Peterhof fountains
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    Peterhof has an array of large gravity feed fountains supplied by a large resoviour across the street, behind the cathedral. There is no waste of energy except the lights at night. Tthe water flows naturally without help. Due to the time of year, the whole "system" was shut down, but the fixtures remained in place. LIttle inmagination is needed to mentally see the water flowing with the fountains gushing forth in their fluid display.

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    City Environs: Peterhof boat basin
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  • Peterhof boat basin and pier - Saint Petersburg
    Peterhof boat basin and pier
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    Peterhof is right on the coast of the Gulf of Finlanf, there were bathhouses dotting the beach area and a dock with a boat basin "harbor" at the end of it. At the edge of the boat basin was a cross shape set into the stones of the pier. I do not read Russian very well so I am not sure what or who the monumnet comemorates but the Russians seem to be very careful to pay due respect under all circumstances where heroism and selfless sacrifice are concerned. I view them with great respect for their willingness to honor those who deserve to be honored. Я рассматр 80;ваю их с большим уважение 84; к их готовнос 90;и соблюдат 00; те, кто заслужив 72;ет чтиться.

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    City Environs: Peterhof's "Imperial Era" entertainment
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    Peterhof musicians
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    These gentelmen were risking tooth and lip playing brass musical insturments in freezing tempatures but their music was well worth a generous tip of several USD apiece! Эти gentelmen рисковал 80; зубом и губой, играя медный музыкаль 85;ый insturments в заморажи 74;ании; tempatures, но их музыка хорошо стоила щедрый наконечн 80;к нескольк 80;х USD за каждый

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    City Environs: Anichkov Palace Park
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  • By Guantanamera on November 12, 2003
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  • City Environs - Saint Petersburg
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    Pictured here, the birdbath inside the Anichkov Palace park, where the Versace boutique is now located... This is still a lovely public park space, filled with green and X-shaped crisscross pathways... It's surrounded by extensive gates so you might have to walk around a while to find the entrance...

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    City Environs: Park in Tsar's Village
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  • By ania70pl on July 12, 2003
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    When you are in the Tsar's Village visit also beautiful park around the palace. If it only wouldn't rain when I was there and I wouldn't have to wear so many clothes (look at the pic, I have two jackets on me;-)) I'm sure I'd spend more time there walking and enjoying the park.

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