Tsar Alexander III of Russia sparked a royal tradition that would become one of the most opulent and iconic legacies in the history of art. He commissioned famed jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé to create a ...

the Imperial State Duma. Near the Russian Museum in the Admiralteysky District is a collection of luxury hotels, including the Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace St. Petersburg, the Belmond Grand ...

It draws more than 4 million visitors each year – in fact, this museum is the main reason some travelers visit St. Petersburg in ... and the Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory costs ...

The story of the shipwrecked sailor is one of a series of papyrus that was located at the Imperial Museum of St. Petersburg in the 1940s. The exact origins of the papyrus is unknown, although they do ...