For the brilliant, ruthless, generous and visionary empress, art and culture were tools both to charm Europe, with the scope ...

Catherine the Great founded the Hermitage Museum in 1764 ... visitors each year – in fact, this museum is the main reason some travelers visit St. Petersburg in the first place.

Nestled along the banks of the Neva River, Saint Petersburg emerges like a European paradise, earning its title as "The ...

This is the official hotel of the St. Petersburg State Hermitage Museum, considered one of the ... the Great is open for dinner only and serves Russian cuisine, while the Michelangelo Restaurant ...

Russia’s State Hermitage Museum and ... "The next stage for us is the cultural forum in St. Petersburg," the Hermitage Museum director said. "Now that we have joined this large-scale UNESCO ...

More than 200,000 people visited an exhibition organized by Russia’s State Hermitage ... most of them said they wanted to visit St. Petersburg and the Hermitage Museum," he said.