The Menshikov Palace, the first large structure built with stone in St. Petersburg, was constructed for Prince Alexander Menshikov, a close associate of Peter the Great, in the early 1700s.

St. Petersburg's main thoroughfare. The street runs from the iconic Admiralty Building in Palace Square and continues to the Moscow Railway Station, and then further south to the Alexander Nevsky ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- St. Petersburg's iconic Palace Bridge was raised early Wednesday to celebrate the Chinese New Year, marking a historic first for the city. The bridge ...

ST. PETERSBURG, September 18. /TASS/. Alexander Beglov ... first fall session of the legislative assembly in the Mariinsky Palace. According to tradition, Beglov took the oath on the St ...