Saint Petersburg Things to Do Tips by Tanechka

Summer garden was lay out in 1704 on the regular park principle.
Nowadays ,as in the first part of XVIII century park is decorated with the Italian sculptors marble works.

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It was always en ivent for me while being a child to go to the Hermitage.Every time i came to city again and again i visit it .You have to know if you wish to see all collections in it it will take several days...
My favourite collection is Netherlands art

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While being to St.Petersburg even for few days ,obviously try boat trip over it's chanels!

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Directions: Magority of the boat stops, inviting you to the excursion you'll meet on your way along Nevsky prospect on the chanels, crossing it.

The foundation of Russian ballet were laid in the reign of Empress Anna Ivanovna.
In 1738 the Frenchman Jean Baptiste Lande got the permission to open a small dancing school in St.Petersburg to train the children of palace employees to dance .In 1801 Charles Didelot arrived in St. Petersburg to introduce the elaborate narrative ballet to Russia.At the same time he reorganized the training at the Imperial Ballet School according to the best traditions of the French classical school.When ballet went into decline in the West in the 1860s, Russian ballet maintained its high level of skills & technique. A succession of foreign ballet masters & dances came to Russia at that time. Jules Perrot was succeeded after a decade by Arthur Saint Leon,who also remained for a decade creating & re-staging ballets.His successor was Marius Petipa,to whom we look for the final grand flowering of the Petersburg ballet,and the creation of ballets which still delight the public. At the turn of the century Fokine emerged as a very promising choreographer. He was influenced by Serge Diaghilev and other members of the World of Art: "Les Sylphides", "The Firebird", and "Petrushka" formed the basis of the repertoire that Diaghilev took to Paris in 1909-11for the first Ballets Russes seasons.
The outstanding dancers of the Soviet period have included Galina Ulanova and Natalia Dudinskaya, Irina Kolpakova, Konstantin Sergeyev laid the foundation for the achievements of today. For dates , performances and prices, please view the repertoire.

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St. Isaac's Cathedral is the most lavishly decorated cathedral of St.Petersburg. Peter the Great was born on the feast day of St.Isaac, a famous Dalmatian monk, and he wanted to dedicate a church to him.
But only in 1818 the project of Auguste de Montferrand was approved. Costruction proceeded very slowly, and it was consecrated only in 1858.
The height of the cathedral is 101.5m. The dominant feature is a gilded dome, 100 kg of gold were used for gilding. 24 statues encircle the dome. They are copies of Antique originals by J.Hermann. The cathedral has 4 smaller bell towers, and each corner of the cathedral's roof is adorned by the sculptural groups of angels with torches by Vitali. Vitali was in charge of bronze bas-reliefs on biblical subjects for three huge doors made of oak.
The four enormous porticoes are decorated with monolithic granite columns, brought by sea from Vyborg.The columns are 50 feet high and weigh 114 tons each. It took 45 min. to put up one column. The pediments of the porticoes are decorated with reliefs by Vitali and Lemaire and reflect the life of St.Isaac, the Adoration of the Magi, the Resurrection.
The decor of the cathedral is extremely impressive.The Iconostasis is decorated with ten malachite and two lazurite columns,two lower tiers are mosaics while the upper tier has paintings.
The gilded bronze Holy Gates are adorned by a sculptural group "Christ in Glory" by Clodt. The walls inside of the cathedral are faced with 14 kinds of marble of contrasting colors. A group of the most talented painters: F.Bruni, T.Neff, C.von Steuben, C.Mussini painted the monumental murals, the ceiling painting was created by K.Brulov. It depicts the Madonna surrounded by saints and angels.

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Address: Isaakievskaya Pl.
Directions: Open: Thur.-Tue. 11a.m.-6p.m.
Closed: Wednesday